How do the United States, France, Nigeria, and Chile deal with the problem of judicial review? Which countries guarantee their citizens equality under the law? Which states may suspend civil liberties in times of crisis? This informative reference work allows easy comparison between the constitutions of the 194 countries of the world. Written by specialists in the respective country, the entries follow a common structure that makes the systems easily comparable. Following a brief preface, the introduction explores the concepts of constitutional law and fundamental rights.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Charles Fourrier observed that citizens' lives were marked not by the home but by the office; 200 years later, this somewhat eccentric statement expresses the reality of post-industrial society: In Western countries, one of the consequences of the globalization of the economy has been the concentration of workers in the tertiary sector; more than half of the population works in offices.
Global Economic Prospects 2010: Crisis, Finance, and Growth
This report explores both the short- and medium-term impacts of the financial crisis on developing countries. It presents evidence that the financial boom played a critical role in the growth boom experienced by developing countries between 2003 and 2007, but that tighter conditions in the future are expected to result in weaker growth over the next 5 to 15 years. Although global growth has resumed, the recovery is fragile, and unless business and consumer demand strengthen, the world economy could slow down again.
Paramotor is the only International English language publication for paramotor, powered hang glider and paratrike pilots. Read by pilots in over 50 countries.
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The Last Ticket & Other Stories
This is a collection of contemporary literature for young people from Asia and the Pacific countries which is widely read, published under the Asian /Pacific Co-publication Programme (ACP) carried out by the Asian Cultural Centre for UNESCO (ACCU), with the joint efforts of UNESCO member states in the region, and in co-operation with UNESCO. 21 Asian/Pacific countries participated; this volume comprises ten stories from ten countries, and the second volume The Wall and Other Stories contains eleven stories from eleven countries.
