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The European Community (EC) has expressed through treaty provision and case law that the protection of the fundamental rights of EC citizens is vitally important. However, the EC itself is not currently bound to a set of agreed fundamental rights. For years, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has respected and protected fundamental rights by considering the position of state constitutions and the terms of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Yet, the ECJ is not bound to follow these

The History of Catholicism an How Its Depicted The series of events which form the history of Catholicism in the mid sixteenth century are most often depicted as follows. A violent shock causes the very foundations of Christendom to tremble, and whole sections of the Church's ancient edifice are swallowed up in heresy. Her rulers then drag themselves from their lethal indifference; they determine to oppose the Protestant menace, and at last take steps that should have been taken long

Success of the Council of Trent in the years 1545-1563 in Tackling the Problems Confronting the Catholic Church The council met over a period of eighteen years, in this time there were three distinct periods in which there were a total of 25 sessions. There were several problems with the Catholic Church which needed to be sorted out, this including doctrine and discipline. The council met to sort out this problem which had persisted over a number of years. There were several

3.2 Regulatory issues and non-tariff barriers: a cap for the potential Despite the high level of openness concerning trade, Appendix 1 and 2 show that trade partnership between EU and US have been worsening compared to other area of the World. This is because connections among trade and all other economic relations is higher and difficult to estimate; indeed 46% of TTIP stakeholders declared concerns about unnecessary regulatory barriers, 45% by tariffs, 38% by customs procedures and 20% by barriers

“How Context Affects Art” If someone is to understand or analyze something in “historical context," he or she needs the knowledge about the historical circumstances in which it had influence on the work’s themes, techniques, messages, etc. Without understanding the context of the era, a full understanding of the work will be impossible. A work of art can be analyzed within its historical contexts, such as historical circumstances, and contemporary art developments and trends. Most artists and their

his advanced religious ideas and arresting a religious conservative, Henry VIII also executed his Catholic wife and remarried to Catherine Parr who again had protestant sympathies. During the year of Henry VIII’s death, his regency council of extremely conservative catholic men was replaced with a group who quickly established Protestantism. No clear

Is the orthodox view of parliamentary sovereignty still relevant in the modern British constitution? Why (not)? 1. The orthodox view of parliamentary sovereignty To define parliamentary sovereignty does not seem too complicated when it is assessed in isolation. Only in connection with other constitutional principles difficult tensions arise. The orthodox view of parliamentary sovereignty is simply that only parliament has the right to make or unmake law and that no other institution can challenge

Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Convention’) stands as the world’s most successful legal instrument and foundation for international legal process in the protection of Human Rights. Drafted two months after the founding of the Council of Europe, in the aftermath of the atrocities of World War II, it was fundamental to the future and stability of the region to introduce Human Rights in a document able to bring peace, unity and accountability. This was articulated at the conference

In order to review the advantages and disadvantages of technocratic governance, this paper will be drawing on the policy developments in the fields of GMO (Genetically Modified Organism) regulation in the European Union (EU) and UK drug policies. The paper aims to review how policy developments in these areas are approached technocraticaly and whether this approach is effective. With regards to GMOs, the specific type of technocratic governance that this paper will look at is comitology. This is

Child Abduction: Bringing together the ECtHR and the ECJ for the Best Interests of the Child The 1980 Hague Child Abduction Convention provided the method of securing the prompt return of children to the State of their habitual residence in cases of abduction. The Convention assumes that return of the children to the State of their habitual residence immediately prior to their abduction is in their best interests. However, it also provides a few exceptions for the non-return of the child. In case