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TABLE OF NAFTA CHAPTER 11 INVESTOR-STATE CASES & CLAIMS February 2005 Key **Indicates date Notice of Intent to File a Claim was filed, the first step in the NAFTA investor-state process when an investor notifies a government that it intends to bring a NAFTA Chapter 11 suit against that government. *Indicates date Notice of Arbitration filed, the second step in the NAFTA investor-state process when investor notifies an arbitration body that it is ready to commence arbitration under NAFTA Chapter

journal Time is an American news magazine. The magazine was created in 1923 by Briton Hadden & Henry Luce, making it the first weekly magazine in the United States. The first issue of Times was published on March 3, 1923 featuring or its cover Joseph G Cannon, the retired Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The distinctive Time writing style brought him criticisms, for example on September 10th, 2007 the Indonesian Supreme court awarded former Indonesian President Suharto

CM : THE JUDICIARY IN THE U.S.A. INTRODUCTION -Among the judicial systems of the world, the American judiciary is perhaps the most controversial: - the Founders never clearly defined its precise nature, and its role has been heatedly debated since their time. - The question whether the judiciary clarifies or makes policy, or both has never been fully resolved. -The judiciary has had to render a decision on almost every major controversy in American history. Ex: the rights of African-Americans

minister born in Atlanta (United States) on January 15th, 1929 and dead man murdered on April 4th, 1968 to Memphis. Martin Luther King, Jr., was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later he had his name changed to Martin. Not violent activist for the civil rights of the Blacks in the United States, for the peace and against the poverty, he organizes and manages actions such the Boycott of Montgomery's buses to defend the right to vote, the desegregation and the employment of minorities. " I have has

people everywhere to better understand and appreciate the principles of government that are set forth in America’s founding documents, the Cato Institute is pleased to publish this pocket edition of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America. This preface has been prepared by Roger Pilon, director of Cato’s Center for Constitutional Studies. For more information about the Cato Institute, please see the end of this publication. W‡‡‡±bIL∞« rN≠ oOI∫¢ vK´ ÊUJ±

Obama black? On the 4th November 2008, Barack Obama became the first black president of the United States. However born of a white mother of Kansas and a Kenyan father, only his black side is proposed, whereas he is scientifically biracial, or “mixed-race”. Why is he considered black? The media have continually said that Obama became the first black president of the United States but it would be quite accurate to say that he is the 44th president of the United States. Yet the only way consider

LECTURE 1: The Marshall Court Extract from Marbury v. Madison (1803) Three points to remember about the historical context of this case: Firstly In 1800 the federalists tried to compensate for their loss in the elections by creating nex courts and nominatin Federalists judges. Secondly The new president, Thomas Jefferson, refused to carry out the nominations made by his predecessor. Thirdly The case Marbury vs Madison would set a precedent for the respective roles of the president and

American History X I. A study of the root of racism 1) The movie: quick summary The film tells the story of two brothers, Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) and Daniel "Danny" Vinyard (Edward Furlong) of Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California. Both are intelligent and charismatic students. Their father, a firefighter, is murdered by black drug dealers while trying to extinguish a fire in South Central neighborhood of Los Angeles, and Derek is drawn into the neo-Nazi movement. Derek brutally

Enforcement of the INTERNATIONAL COURT of JUSTICE’s decisions | Enforcement of the UNO decisions | | INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS | | The birth of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) is linked to two mains events: the end of a world conflict (World War II) and the emergence of an international organization with universal prospects: the United Nations Organization (UNO). Within the Committee entitled to write the UN Charter, States were divided about the necessity to create a new

granted by the Government of the United States of America to an individual or group (such as a corporation) which permits the grantee the ability to prevent others for making, using or selling the invention described in the patent for a limited period of time. It gives the inventor the right to prevent others from exploiting the invention in the countries for which it has been granted. This right is enshrined in the article 1 section 8 of the United States constitution in order to “to promote the science