... their territory, drawing inspiration from elsewhere, essentially from the IRA's separatist struggle in Ireland. Thus, in the years 1968-69 the Front de Libération de la Bretagne, FLB, also known as the Breton Republican Army were to enter into action and continued until the start of the 1980s ... that was effective in combatting terrorism. At that time, there was already a special court responsible for trying terrorists in France, the "Cour de sûreté de l'État" or State Security Court, that dealt with military offenses or infringements of State security. Article 698 of the ancient cri...

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... a democratic rule, putting an end to military power. Ever since 1958 until very recently, the democratic parties were able to dominate the Venezuelan government. However, as the major countries of Latin America worked their way out from authoritarianism through "transition" to democracy, and hopefully toward democracy's consolidation, Venezuela, has moved in the opposite direction. Since its ... powers. Although the Supreme Court of Justice carried out many judicial duties normally expected of a nation's highest court, it did not rule on constitutional issues. This was a major problem. I...

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... of citizenry inclusion and governmental accountability. Turning our focus to the Czech Republic, a lot of evidence is pointing towards a trend of weakened governmental accountability in the last years as some major corruption scandals took place in 2013. Nevertheless, corruption and the lack of political agencies' autonomy has been a hereditary problem from the earlier communist regime. A case that shows corruption embodied in ... culture and also language in the private sphere. Overall, the Czech Republic scored on the comparative democratization scale in the middle compared to the two...

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... don't, which is unequal opportunity for ordinary people to have an impact on government. An examination of the interest group system in the United States today reveals that there is a major flaw in the pluralist theory, which supports the equality of all interest groups needs. The pluralist model is based on four premises: it assumes equal access to the policy-making ... ...

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... there would be more candidates to choose from than in a small republic, therefore it's more likely that a worthy and uncorrupted candidate would be chosen as representative in an extensive republic. A major concern of the Anti-Federalists that was the foundation of their demand for a small republic was the fact that they believed a small republic would guarantee that the voices and opinions ... ...

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