Francisco de Vitoria

The growth of international economy is significantly being driven by trade liberalization. The concept of free trade was firstly presented by Francisco de Vitoria in 16th century (Nussbaum, 1947). Then two early economists Adam Smith and David Ricardo proposed the concept of liberalization trade and applied the theory to practice. Since the end of World War II, the United Sates devoted itself into reducing tariff-barriers and free trade. As a result, the United States led the establishment of the

2.0 Introduction International law is an old concept that came into play because of the need to establish a strong international relations system that was characterized by justice and respect for the rights of the minority groups and the general human rights. This was very crucial in ensuring that there was a codified system of laws that had the capacity was universally applicable and acceptable to all nations. This paper traces the development of international law and the manner in which the United

The consensus among the international community affirms that nations, like individuals, have basic rights, namely, the right to territorial integrity and political sovereignty. When another nation violates these rights, it is considered an act of aggression. However, there certainly are situations where a violation of territorial integrity or political sovereignty is justified, namely in humanitarian intervention, “the use of military force against another state when the chief declared aim of that

The Lost Truth: The Western Civilization was built by the Catholic Church It is not unusual for an average American to possess a negative view on the Catholic Church. Indeed, historians find it difficult to convince most people that the Catholic Church did not give rise to the cultural and intellectual retrogression experienced during the Middle Ages. Dr. Thomas E. Woods, Jr. wrote a book called “How the Catholic Church built Western Civilization” to demonstrate that the Church’s contributions

A Short History of the Basque Country Archaeological and ethnographic findings indicate that Basque [people] evolved from Cro-Magnon [...] in this area over a period dating from about 40,000 years ago until distinct features were acquired approximately 7,000 years ago. Two thousand years later the sheep, not native to these lands, was introduced and horse and cattle farming came into being, as shown by Adolf Staffe. These circumstances made it necessary for the people

Apollonia Johnson Professor Kroh POLS 2301 April 25th 2016 Intergovernmental Unions – Our future? “Imagine there 's no countries, it isn 't hard to do” In 1971 John Lennon together with Yoko Ono wrote these lyrics with world peace in mind about a place without borders and confrontation. It became his bestselling single ever and with good reason; people found the lyrics to ring true in their hearts. A world where every nationality is human. In theory it sounds quite simple. Every day I wake up

Can there ever be a just war on terror A Just War is a war which is fought, however, conducted under certain rules and regulations; these were created by Thomas Aquinas and Francisco de Vitoria. (Anon,[n.d]a), This theory is used as a means of showing those who are going to war, excluding those which classify under the regulations, that going to war is wrong and were deemed immoral. The intentions which were used to forward this process were to encourage the other states that there are other means

Vol. 3, No. 1 Vitória-ES, Brasil – Jan/ Jun 2006 p. 104-117 ISSN1807-734X O Papel das Subsidiárias de Corporações Multinacionais: Um Estudo de Caso na Indústria Brasileira de Refrigerantes Pedro Rocha Lima Massa* IBMEC-RJ Luiz Alberto Nascimento Campos Filho** IBMEC-RJ RESUMO : Um importante desafio para as empresas que hoje internacionalizam seus negócios é desenvolver um nível de globalização que gere concentrações adequadas das operações locais e globalizadas para a empresa. Em um cenário muito

HUMAN RIGHTS INTRODUCTION Human Rights are rights that belong to an individual or group of individuals as a consequence of being human. They refer to a wide continuum of values or capabilities thought to enhance human agency and declared to be universal in character, in some sense equally claimed for all human beings. It is a common observation that human beings everywhere demand the realization of diverse values or capabilities to ensure their individual and collective well-being. It also is