protectionist legislation
1protectionist — protectionism pro‧tec‧tion‧is‧m [prəˈtekʆnɪzm] noun [uncountable] ECONOMICS when a government tries to help industry, farming etc in its own country by taxing foreign goods that compete with it, so limiting the number that can be imported: •… …
2Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp. ArgueDate=November 4 ArgueYear=1980 DecideDate=March 24 DecideYear=1981 FullName=Raymond Kassel, Director of the Iowa Department of Transportation, Iowa Governor Robert D. Ray, and… …
3Costa Rica — Costa Rican. /kos teuh ree keuh, kaw steuh, koh /; Sp. /kaws tah rddee kah/ a republic in Central America, between Panama and Nicaragua. 3,534,174; 19,238 sq. mi. (49,825 sq. km). Cap.: San José. * * * Costa Rica Introduction Costa Rica… …
4Six Point Group — The Six Point Group was a British feminist campaign group founded by Lady Rhondda in 1921 to press for changes in the law of the United Kingdom in six areas.AimsThe six original specific aims were: # Satisfactory legislation on child assault; #… …
5Jules Méline — 65th Prime Minister of France In office 29 April 1896 – 28 June 1898 Preceded by Léon Bourgeois …
6United Building & Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden — SCOTUSCase Litigants=United Building Construction Trades Council v. Mayor and Council of Camden ArgueDate=November 28 ArgueYear=1983 DecideDate=February 21 DecideYear=1984 FullName=United Building Construction Trades Council of Camden County and… …
7Australia — Originally Terra Australis Incognita, or the unknown southern continent, Australia was first claimed for Britain by Captain James Cook on August 22, 1770. Although the Dutch navigator Tasman had first explored what is now Tasmania in the… …
8Criticism of intellectual property — Critics of the term intellectual property argue that the increased use of this terminology coincided with a more general shift away from thinking about things like copyright and patent law as specific legal instruments designed to promote the… …
9Victoria — /vik tawr ee euh, tohr /; for 3 also Sp. /beek taw rddyah/, n. 1. the ancient Roman goddess of victory, identified with the Greek goddess Nike. 2. 1819 1901, queen of Great Britain 1837 1901; empress of India 1876 1901. 3. Guadalupe /gwahd l oohp …
10AG Manitoba v. Manitoba Egg and Poultry Association — SCCInfoBox case name=Manitoba Egg Reference full case name=AG Manitoba v. Manitoba Egg and Poultry Association heard date=? decided date=? citations= [1971] S.C.R. 689 history=none (Reference question) ruling= appeal allowed ratio= SCC=1970 1971… …
