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    differences the European and the north American healthcare systems have suffered in the past decade and to assess the efficiency of these systems. Special attention will be paid to the new healthcare project in the USA, the Obama-care, which has been seen by many americans as an ‘europeanised’ system. 1. Introduction Health services are built depending on three main factors of a country: economy, politics and culture. Health care systems not only help to the improvement of people’s health conditions

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    Julian Moore Mrs.Pesda Honors 9 English (6) 12/21/2014 Adopting From Afghanistan International adoption is the process of adopting a child from one country to come live in another (1). This process is generally very expensive and there are many legal snags. The monetary drain usually scares away most prospectors, but if it doesn’t, then the religious beliefs in regions like the Middle East can still skew a plan (1)/(3). Last, even if the adopter gets through those issues, they may hurt

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    over 38.53 million as of 2013. The politics of Poland can arguably be viewed as complex to an outsider, such as one from the United States of America. Unlike the United States, Poland does not use a two-party system in elections and it also operates under a semi-presidential system meaning the country has both a president and prime minister. Poland operates with a semi-presidential system in which there is both a president and a prime minister taking part

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    creates vagueness, which, in turn opens up room for individual interpretations and assessments. Theocratic law: This legal system is based on religion and religious interpretations. An example of this legal system is the Islamic law. It governs all aspects of life, including commercial activities. Contracts laws illustrate well the differences between the above legal systems. Civil law contracts, for example, tend to be short and less detailed than common law contracts. The latter tend to have

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    A country being authoritarian or democratic is not a choice; it’s a result of the policies the country makes. There is no one factor that makes a country democratic or authoritarian, but the degree of capitalism that is implemented in a country is the most effective factor in determining a countries regime type. Australia and North Korea are two countries, which have two completely different regime types and economies. Using these countries as examples, I will show how capitalism is the most important

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    constitution is an important document specifically to countries with federal systems. A federal system is one where the states get their authority from the people instead of relying on national government. (Geer et al. 71). Constitutions are specifically important to countries with federal systems because they prevent national governments from having too much power, one of the main reasons a federal system exists. A constitution can be amended in two ways; Congress can propose

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    Country X’s Constitution In order for Country X to thrive as a democratic country, certain measures must be followed. Country X’s fundamentals come from two of Thomas Hobbes’ main points: there must be a modern day Leviathan, elected by the people, and everyone in the country must work to better the commonwealth. To structure Country X, this constitution’s main goal is to establish the main rules of politics. Country X’s constitution will consist of: connecting individuals to higher authority,

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    introduction in Spanish. First I began my translating what I said, Hi, I’m going to tell you a little bit about Argentina. Argentina’s national language is Spanish. The capital of Argentina’s is Buenos Aires, its flag is planned with horizontal line between two colored lights blue straight lines. The color in the flag mean undecided and the white colors represents silver according to some of Argentina’s residents. The name of Argentina’s was selected from the early conquistador from the Latin word Argentinum

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    started in length of time. The education system in both countries has some similarities in the options of choosing any type of schools and years of study. Also, the education goals were developed by technology tolls to be useful for the teacher gives the targets easily by different methods. However, there are some differences exist between the dresses and segregated in both countries, as well as the times of holidays in each country. As can be seen, both countries have a great history of highly qualified

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    portions of the legal system. Laws are made in order to give us rules of conduct that protect everyone’s individual rights (Canada Department of Justice). How law is dealt with is seen to vary throughout different countries for the reason that each country contains different laws that are based to fit their culture and customs. However, when law is dealt with, regardless of the area it is enforced in; if the crime of the accused is serious enough it will go through a trial system which is also seen

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