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1. Define and explain the significance of grundnorm. Essentially a grundnorm is an ordinance that states follow to make contracts between each other (J.G. Rumsey, International Law Lecture 2)(Murphy, 11). The significance of this term is that it helps to establish what states can put down on their treaties, so that they have something to refer to and go off of when making such a contract. 2. Define and explain the significance of pacta sunt servanda. The definition of pact sunt servanda is…

The Reminiscence Bump: Literature Review The reminiscence bump is the increased tendency for older adults to have an increased recollection of events that happened during adolescence and early adulthood. It was identified through the study of autobiographical memory and the subsequent plotting of the age of encoding of memories to form the lifespan retrieval curve. This literature review attempts to focus on both the methodology that has been used to study autobiographical memory and the…

in wax at London's Madame Tussauds because the museum thinks he is too uninspiring. Since the waxworks museum opened at its current site in 1884, it has made models of every major political leader, including Mr Duncan Smith's predecessor, William Hague. A Madame Tussauds spokeswoman told The Times: "We want figures that will inspire strong emotions and provoke strong reactions. In our view, Mr Duncan Smith, who most people have never even heard of, is unlikely to achieve either of those feats…

The Painted Veil is a 1925 novel by British author W. Somerset Maugham. The title is taken from Percy Bysshe Shelley's sonnet which begins "Lift not the painted veil which those who live / Call Life". The biographer Richard Cordell notes that the book was influenced by Maugham's study of science and his work as a houseman at St Thomas' Hospital. The novel was first published in serialised form in five issues of Cosmopolitan (November 1924 – March 1925). Beginning in May 1925, it was serialised…

In the twentieth century many reached the understanding that disputes are normal in human society, and not necessarily destructive, and that if they do not get out of hand they may have within them a potential for growth, maturity, and social changes, an opportunity for new ways of thinking and new experiences. Because conflicts are an integral part of human interaction, one should learn to manage them: to deal with them in a way that prevents escalation and destruction, and arrives at new,…

Maintaining Spanish as a Heritage Language in Australia Stephanie Natolo, Griffith University, Australia Abstract: Heritage language maintenance in Australia faces great challenges. In Australia, English is the dominant official language de facto, whilst Spanish is a community language. Spanish is primarily learnt and used in the home with parents and other family members, however, English holds power via hegemonic means, and is used in a multiplicity of domains. This paper presents an…