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from British influence, the Philippines’ judiciary is based on the American’s influence. The history of the Philippines’ judiciary spans across six major timelines; that is, the pre-Spanish Conquest, the Spanish Regime, the American Regime, the Commonwealth period, the Martial Law period, and subsequently the post-independence period in which Philippines recovered its status of a ‘republic’ country. Before the Spanish invaded Philippines, the indigenous Filipinos had their own system of laws in…

regime was falling apart at the seams. Therefore, Gorbachev was unable to regain the control demanded by the Communist party. Nor could he meet the demands of the people for the more independent democratic government. Ultimately, by the end of 1990, Gorbachev resigned his position, the Commonwealth of Independent States replaced the Soviet Union and the long standing Kremlin flag was replaced with the one that flies…

increasingly obvious. In 1985, with Mikhail Gorbachev in power, the Soviet Union was entangled in catastrophic economic problems. Also, the Soviet satellite states in Eastern Europe began successively abandoning…

conventions that we have today were taken from the major global influences of the time: America and England. This is why like the United States, but unlike the United Kingdom, Australia has a written constitution that prescribes the rules and regulations that must be followed by the Australian people, government and legal system. One segment of the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act (1901) is considered to be a major base element of how Australia is run. This segment of the constitution…

Buy British Last Policy of Mahathir Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia was a former British colony. By the 1980’s, Malaysia had been independent for almost two decades, beginning from 1957. In 1981, the Federation of Malaysia was a developing nation, striving to achieve a status of an industrialized country. By July of the same year, a new Prime Minister came to power, Mahathir Mohamad. Few months after taking office, he presided over a clash between the former colony and former colonizers. The Buy…

The main similarity being what the purpose of the government or political power is, whereas the main difference is how they view the state of nature. Hobbes views the state of nature as a state of war, whereas Locke views it still as a society, but one that lacks true executive powers. Both philosophers made great contributions to political philosophy, but each had their own failures which later political philosophers…

Edmund Barton was the first prime minister of Australia he remained with his sport was prime minister for two years and 10 months. He was born on 18 January 1849 at Glebe, Sydney, His family included Edmund Alfred, Wilfrid, Jean Alice, Arnold Hubert, Oswald and Leila Stephanie who was his eldest daughter. He, himself belonged to a large family which counted 10 children while he was one of there males and youngest child of the family. Unfortunately, he died on the 7th of January 1920 at the 71,…

Britain on the colonists beginning in 1651. Post Seven-Years’ War, the Constitutional Convention in 1789, resulted in a different lifestyle for Americans. The Seven-Years’ War marked a significant turning point in America’s transition into an independent functioning country between the period of the Navigation Acts and the Constitutional Convention. The Navigation Acts started in 1651 and lasted for many years to come. At the time, Britain was fighting their own war within their country,…

The American Civil War or War of Secession was a conflict significant in the history of the United States of America, which took place between 1861 and 1865. The opposing sides were the forces of the states of the North against the newly formed the Confederate States of America, composed of eleven Southern states that proclaimed its independence. In 1859, John Brown, a supporter of abolitionism, had tried to start a rebellion of slaves in Virginia attacking an ammunition dump of the army.…

Article Critique: Disaster Management and Critical Thinking Skills of Local Emergency Managers Planning, guiding, and executing emergency and disaster response plans are part of the responsibilities held by an emergency manager. Numerous skills such as communication, cooperation, time management, and organization are necessary in emergency management. However, the most important valued yet challenging learning skill to develop is critical thinking skills. In practice, many obstacles stand in the…