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21Freedom of religion in Moldova — The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice; however, the 1992 Law on Religions, which codifies religious freedoms, contains restrictions that inhibit the activities of… …
22Berber Policy — This policy refers to a series of measures taken by the French in Algeria from 1890 to 1930 and in the Protectorate of Morocco from 1913 to 1934 to implement the system of education, the organization of justice, and the reform of the jama a… …
23Commercialization of traditional medicines — Biopiracy is a negative term for the appropriation, generally by means of patents, of legal rights over indigenous knowledge particularly indigenous biomedical knowledge without compensation to the indigenous groups who originally developed such… …
24Hong Kong Basic Law Article 23 — is the basis (parent statute) of a security law proposed by the Government of Hong Kong. It states:cquote The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall enact laws on its own to prohibit any act of treason, secession, sedition, subversion… …
25United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances — Article 3 requires nations to criminalize money laundering and other drug related white collar crimes. Signed December 20, 1988 [1] Location …
26Per Stjernquist — Per Sternquist (1912 mdash; 2005) was a Swedish law professor who was almost single handedly responsible for establishing the teaching of the new field of sociology of law in Sweden from the 1960s. Sternquist had begun his career as a local judge …
27Grokster — Ltd. was a privately owned software company based in Nevis, West Indies that created the Grokster P2P file sharing client in 2001 that utilized the FastTrack protocol. Grokster Ltd. was rendered extinct by the United States Supreme Court s… …
28Advisory Service for Squatters — The Advisory Service for Squatters (ASS) is a non profit group based in London, UK, run by volunteers which aims to provide practical advice and legal support for squatters. It was founded in 1975, having grown out of the Family Squatters… …
29Mary W. S. Wong — Mary Wong is a professor at the Franklin Pierce Law Center at the University of New Hampshire in Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.A. [1] Mary Wong currently teaches Advanced Topics in Copyright, Copyright, Copyright Licensing and Intellectual Property …
30Venezuela — Venezuelan, adj., n. /ven euh zway leuh, zwee /; Sp. /be ne swe lah/, n. a republic in N South America. 22,396,407; 352,143 sq. mi. (912,050 sq. km). Cap.: Caracas. * * * Venezuela Introduction Venezuela Background: Venezuela was one of the three …
