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Showing 1 to 20 of 801 for “"The constitution"”.
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The Constitution of Mercy
Recent alleged abuses of the pardon power by presidents in Peru and the US have drawn attention to a concept of the modern constitutional state that has largely operated under the radar: mercy. In addition to manifesting itself in the pardon power, mercy can also be found in the practices of judges …
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Maritime courts and the constitution
INTRODUCTION: The South African Merchant Shipping Act establishes three different kinds of shipping tribunal, namely, Courts of Marine Enquiry, Courts of Survey, and Maritime Courts. Courts of Marine Enquiry are used when a South African ship is lost, abandoned or stranded, or an accident occurs …
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Ways of reading the constitution
This thesis explores various approaches to constitutional interpretation, paying particular attention to the literalist approach to reading the Constitution set forth by W.W. Crosskey in Politics and the Constitution. Crosskey’s approach is compared to and contrasted with John Rohr’s intentionalist …
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In Search of the Constitution: How the Constitution Generated the Public Power in South Korea (1963-1979)
This study challenges the positivist view of the Korean Constitution, which sees it merely as an assemblage of rules and statutes defining its citizens’ status and setting out codes of conduct for the government, or mapping the government’s institutional arrangements. Prevalent in Korean …
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Biocapital : the constitution of post-genomic life
(cont.) In the process, this thesis intervenes in social theoretical debates not simply around the nature and production of knowledge and value, but also around the place of larger belief-systems - relating to religion, nation and ethics - in such productive enterprises. It simultaneously …
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The Power Behind the Constitution: The Supreme Court.
<P>The framers of the Constitution designed a document to be the "Supreme Law of the Land" and within its pages a branch of government, a federal judiciary, never before envisioned. The Constitution, along with the Federal Judiciary Act of 1789, set the framework for building the strongest branch …
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Deconstructing section 25 of the Constitution: has the inclusion of property rights in section 25 of the Constitution helped or hindered the transformation purpose of the Constitution, and specifically the state's commitment to land reform?
Prior to the advent of the Constitution and constitutional democracy land policies of the apartheid state secured resource ownership and control of land exclusively for the white minority, whilst dispossessing large communities of black, coloured and Asian people and banishing them to designated …
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Gender and Citizenship in the Constitution of Nepal, 2015
This research project explores the consequences of the citizenship provision of Nepal, as reflected in Nepal's most recent constitution promulgated in 2015, for the Nepalese citizens as well as the Nepalese society and culture in general. This project employs two methods of data collection: close …
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The constitution of lead salts dissolved in ammonium salt solutions
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Chemistry, 1903
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Relative Use of Phonaesthemes in the Constitution and Development of Genres
My research question is Does the presence of phonaesthemes in words play a role in the constitution and evolution of genres? A phonaestheme is a phonemic grouping that correlates well above chance with a particular semantic quality in etymologically unrelated words; phonaesthematic words are …
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A Critical race feminist perspective on Section 217 of the Constitution
Section 217 of the Constitution of South Africa regulates the procurement of goods and or services by any organ of state. Similarly, this section mandates state-owned institutions to adhere to a procurement system that promotes groups that were previously disadvantaged by past colonial and …
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Factors affecting the constitution and stability of iron-base austenitic alloys.
A study of the constitution of Fe-Cr-Ni based alloys has been carried out. The isothermal sections of the ternary Fe-Cr-Ni system have been determined for temperatures between 1150 C and 650°C by analysing the composition of the individual phases by a micro-probe technique. The transformation …
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The twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution of the United States
<p>This paper presents a study of the Twenty·-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. The Amendment was first proposed to Congress as Senate and House Joint Resolutions in February 1965. It became law in February 1967, when Nevada secured the distinction of being the …
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The constitution of the field of higher education institutions in Mozambique
The aim of this study is to investigate the implications of the expansion and diversification of public and private higher education institutions in Mozambique. There are two distinct stages of that expansion. The first stage is characterised by the establishment of two public higher education …
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My Faith in the Constitution is Whole: Barbara Jordan Signifies on Scriptures
… dissertation is a critical investigation of the engagements of scriptures in the life and speeches of U.S. Congresswoman Barbara C. Jordan (1936–1996). I engage in a research methodology that utilizes critical historical, auto/biographical, literary, and rhetorical analyses. My research …
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Legitimacy of power in the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Over the few years that led to the creation of the constitutional law of the Islamic republic of Iran, I (the author) noticed a series of ambiguous and often contradictory points in its contents. Discovering the roots and the causes of such contradictions became my priority. After the Iranian …
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The reader's quest : reading and the constitution of meaning in five novels
In this thesis, I attempt to show how the concept of reading as literary interpretation has been influenced by the insights of the psychoanalyst and theorist Jacques Lacan (1901-1981). Broadly speaking, I call for a revised view of the role of the reader and the act of reading in the light of …
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