It is important to emphasize that this exercise is constructed on the assumption that ground rules for communication, dialogue, and dispute settlement are not only desirable but essential precisely because all people are of equal moral value and their views on a wide of moral-political questions ...
Synonyms for synonymity nounthe semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning Synonyms synonymousness synonymy Related Words semantic relation Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. ...
the process by which a subsequent peremptory norm could replace such a previous norm; the relationship between the existence of fundamental values underlying jus cogens and the expression of their existence; the dispute settlement mechanism in article 66 of the 1969 Vienna Convention; and the question...
*Sent: A spirit of concord was restored when the company compensated its employees. consummate complete or perfect in the highest degree; to bring to a state of completion or perfection *Syn: masterful; clinch, conclude *Sent: The lawyers could not consummate the settlement until ...
the Aztecs migrated from their mythic home of Aztlan to the Valley of Mexico. Huitzilopochtli designated their eventual place of settlement by taking on the animal disguise of an eagle and devouring a snake atop a cactus. This symbol features on the Mexican flag. Huitzilopochtli is also ...
2Westward Settlement ... Ambitious Americans had always looked West for new opportunities, particularly after the Homestead Act in 1862 offered the prospect of free land. Now thousands more took advantage of the easier journey by rail and rushed to settle the vast expanse of the nation. Towns ...
settlement into a political and economic power. Puritans kept diaries in which the focus was on the writer's spiritual journey. But often, special religious meaning or significance was found in everyday events. The appearance of a snake on one's property might suggest the presence of evil, ...
the process by which a subsequent peremptory norm could replace such a previous norm; the relationship between the existence of fundamental values underlying jus cogens and the expression of their existence; the dispute settlement mechanism in article 66 of the 1969 Vienna Convention; and the question...
The Chumash Indians inhabited the southern California coast for thousands of years prior to European settlement. First the Spanish conquistadors and then American settlers nearly wiped them out; today, the Chumash culture is not recognized by the American government. One band, the Santa Ynez Samala ...
1The Purpose of the Missions The Spanish king saw the missions as the easiest, fastest and cheapest way to settle the frontier. Instead of paying lots of money for soldiers and settlers from Spain and Mexico, the government wanted the missions to transform the Indians into loyal Spanish subject...