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The Allies established in the city their own police and courts. Except of the Bureau of International Police, which was located on the Golden Horn seafront, each European Power had its own police department (British crocker, French and Italian section) in their zone of control. Americans, having neither a district to control, nor its own army in the city, dispatched their police patrols by evenings to gather from the streets drunken American sailors. Ottoman Police had permanent stations…

The first question you may ask is " what is affirmative action?" Affirmative action is the encouragement of increased representation of women and minority group member, especially in employment (Dictionary). This applies mostly in schools and workplaces. Evidence suggest that it has had some success in improving educational and economic opportunity for women and minorities (Gale). This topic has started many large debates and has become a very big issue since it has to deal with discrimination…

Brazil Broad Country Overview Introduction Brazil is geographically the largest country in South Africa. The Amazon River runs through the Northeastern part of Brazil, which permits the Amazon Rainforest to cover one-third of the country. Brazil adopted their current constitution in 1988, which lead to the elimination of monarchy in Brazil and lead to separate state powers. The constitution also introduced environmental protection and reinforced the powers of the legislature. Brazil’s…

There have been many debates about how the First World War started in 1914 among historians. A German historian, Fritz Fischer, proposed the most common theory about how the war started by putting the blame completely on Germany. However, historians nowadays tend to overlook this proposal and try to re-apportion the guilt, which is not merely based on either the sole-guilt thesis or the sole- innocence thesis. Four different trends in the historiography have appeared that explain how the war…

“In Greek tragedy the consequences of personal integrity and/or discovering the truth are often equally fatal.” Throughout my study of Greek tragedies, it has become evident that the plot will always be a sad and deplorable one. My study of the ancient Greek dramatist Sophocles has proved just that. Before Sophocles’ time, dramatists wrote tragedies three at a time. He in fact broke this practice by writing single plays that stood alone as dramatic units. As Dr. Michael Hinds stated in a lecture…

The Spur Corporation, a public company, founded by Allen Ambor in 1967, has become one of South Africa’s most renowned franchises4. With approximately 270 outlets in South Africa and 39 internationally, Spur continues to dominate the casual dining industry3. This may be attributed to its implementation and use of specific internal controls and audit procedures in majority of its restaurants. (Wild Eagle Spur in Ruimsig will be used as the main source of information in this report). • Internal…

6.1. CAIRN-VEDANTA DEAL I n August 2010 Vedanta Resources Plc (“Vedanta”), a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, announced it proposal to purchase 51% controlling stake in Cairn India (“Cairn India”), for a consideration of (reportedly) USD 9.6 billion. Cairn India is a subsidiary of Cairn Energy Plc, a listed entity in the United Kingdom, a leading player in the Indian oil and gas industry. The deal was structured to include a non-compete fee into the price of the shares of the…

The Power of Oppression Introduction The power aspects of oppression are abundant throughout our world. This power of oppression continuously moulds and changes the views of people in our society. Throughout this course we have learned various aspects of power misuse on various groups within our society as well as different theories and the history behind them. Through the next five sections, we will reflect back, on five different areas specifically addressed, that has/is/will affect the…

Arguments for a codified constitution The doctrine of Separation of Powers is designed to ensure that power is distributed fairly between institutions within the government. Today, there is much speculation about the amount (if any) of checks and balances made in the process of enacting and Act of Parliament. “The present constitution as it has evolved in recent times has become one of ‘elective dictatorship’, lacking separation in powers between executive, legislature and judiciary, and a…

Introduction Recently Dakota Access pipeline is running the headlines. Native American tribes and their partners, drove by the Standing Rock Sioux, have been challenging the Dakota Access pipeline, a venture that would transport oil from the Bakken oil fields in North Dakota and Montana over the Plains to Illinois. The nonconformists, numbering in the thousands and including individuals from several distinct tribes, contend that finishing the pipeline would profane hereditary grounds, undermine…