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Constitution of the Republic of Italy (from the article "Italy") The Constitution of the Republic of Italy established a parliamentary system of government with two ... Constitution of the United States of America the fundamental law of the U.S. federal system of government and a landmark document of ... [57 Related Articles] Constitution of the Year III (from the article "France") ...of 1793, the Thermidorian Convention was preparing a new, more conservative charter. Anti-Jacobin and antiroyalist, ... Constitution of the Year VIII (from the article "France") Approved almost unanimously in a plebiscite by 3,000,000 votes (of which half may have been ... Constitution of the Year XII (from the article "France") ...the governing class. In April 1804 various government bodies agreed "that Napoleon Bonaparte be declared ... 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Constitutional Court (from the article "South Africa") ...common law of the republic is based on Roman-Dutch law, the uncodified law of The ... constitutional court (from the article "court") The democratic transition that occurred in many parts of the world in the late 20th ... Constitutional Court (from the article "Indonesia") A number of important reforms also took place. In late 2003 the Constitutional Court began ... Constitutional Court (from the article "Hungary") ...of representative democracy, with free elections. The legislative and executive branches of the government were ... constitutional government (from the article "constitution") The general idea of a constitution and of constitutionalism originated with the ancient Greeks and ... Constitutional Information, Society for (from the article "United Kingdom") ...led by Charles James Fox, a Whig MP, and by former Wilkite activists, wanted more ... constitutional isomerism (from the article "Number of possible alkane isomers") ...compounds that have the same molecular formula are called isomers. Isomers that differ in the ... constitutional law the body of rules, doctrines, and practices that govern the operation of political communities. In ... [23 Related Articles] constitutional monarchy (from the article "monarchy") ...led by rulers who exercised full authority as heads of states. In the midst of ... Constitutional National Party (from the article "Inukai Tsuyoshi") Of samurai origin, Inukai began his career as a reporter. He became minister of education ... constitutional oligarchy (from the article "democracy") After the western Roman Empire collapsed in 476, the Italian Peninsula broke up into a ... 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Constitutionalist Liberal Party (from the article "Nicaragua") ...were the highlight of the year in Nicaragua. The four main contenders were the left-wing ... Constitutionalists (from the article "Finland") ...power was conferred on the ultranationalist governor-general, General Nikolay Bobrikov. Faced with this situation, two ... constitutiones principum enactments or legislation issued by the ancient Roman emperors. The chief forms of imperial legislation ... 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As k is increased, a ... constriction (from the article "snake") Other feeding specializations are not so widespread among species, and some are restricted to a ... constrictor muscle (from the article "muscle") ...with respect to another or with respect to the midline. Pronators turn the sole of ... constringence in optics, a measure of the dispersive power of a transparent substance for the visible ... Construcciones Aeronauticas S.A. (from the article "European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company") In the first decade after its founding in 1923, Spain's Construcciones Aeronauticas S.A. built a ... construct (from the article "personality assessment") ...to define and to understand the diversity of human traits, the many ways people have ... construct validity (from the article "personality assessment") ...empirical validation of an untested measure hopefully designed to measure any personality attribute is not ... constructed order (from the article "Hayek, F.A.") In composing a final set of arguments against socialism, Hayek made a distinction between "spontaneous ... construction (from the article "mathematics") Descartes's goal in La Geometrie was to achieve the construction of solutions to geometric problems ... constructional apraxia (from the article "apraxia") Constructional apraxia, typically caused by a lesion in the right cerebral hemisphere, is the inability ... constructive analysis (from the article "analysis") One philosophical feature of traditional analysis, which worries mathematicians whose outlook is especially concrete, is ... constructive dilemma (from the article "logic") ...is a simple dilemma; when they differ, it is a complex dilemma. If the antecedent ... constructive engagement (from the article "international relations") ...Africa's problems by pressuring Pretoria to release South West Africa (Namibia) and gradually dismantle apartheid ... constructive interference (from the article "interference") If two of the components are of the same frequency and phase (i.e., they vibrate ... constructive realization (from the article "income tax") ...escape tax permanently. An alternative would be to require that accrued but unrealized gains be ... constructive skepticism (from the article "Sanches, Francisco") physician and philosopher who espoused a "constructive skepticism" that rejected mathematical truths as unreal and ... constructive treason (from the article "Erskine, Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron") ...Augustus Keppel. His successful defense of Lord George Gordon on the charge of high treason ... constructive trust (from the article "trust") ...of contexts, most notably in family settlements and in charitable gifts. 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Consultative Council for Fair Management (from the article "Kyrgyzstan") In early May Akayev called on the newly formed Consultative Council for Fair Management to ... consumer (from the article "zoology") ...they maintain and reproduce themselves at the expense of energy from sunlight and inorganic materials ... consumer (from the article "income tax") ...and businessmen over the question has not been resolved by empirical research. Some studies in ... consumer advocacy movement or policies aimed at regulating the products, services, methods, and standards of manufacturers, sellers, ... [7 Related Articles] consumer credit short- and intermediate-term loans used to finance the purchase of commodities or services for personal ... [2 Related Articles] consumer customer (from the article "marketing") Consumer customers consumer electronics (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...of storage-in only two months. 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