..., the Organization of African Unity (now African Union). Further, it examines Nigeria’s role in Africa’s struggle against European imperialism, especially its leadership of the liberation movement in Southern Africa. Finally, the chapter briefly examines Nigeria’s declining power in Africa in the contemporary period...

...This chapter suggests the need to rethink, on both doctrinal and political grounds, the distinction between core and transnational criminal law with a view to recovering a sense of the discipline of international criminal law’s lost unity. It identifies a tendency towards fragmentation...

... in the chaos of flight. For refugees and other beneficiaries of international protection, family reunification in the country of asylum is generally the only way to ensure respect for their right to family life and family unity. The chapter examines the extent of the rights to family life and family unity...

...This lecture presents the text of the speech about visions of European unity since 1945 delivered by the author at the 2007 Elie Kedourie Memorial Lecture held at the British Academy. It discusses Jean Monnet's Memoirs, wherein he expressed the hope for a United States of Europe...

.... Here the sermon of George (Gedaliah) Silverstone does not underline the patriotism of Jews towards all the countries where they lived, but rather emphasizes the underlying unity of the Jewish people, and the sometimes painful tension between that unity and such patriotism. The preacher introduces...

... into the hands of a larger number of people. It was a practical embodiment of his quest for unity among the Jews of America. Though described as a collective enterprise (‘By the committee of the Cleveland Conference’), it was regarded as Wise’s very own child. He advanced its claims without inhibition...

... increased in scale because of technological advances, they could dominate without being on higher ground. The chapter explains how linking important sites could create a certain unity, which then refers to how the monument assumed a dominant role in the city’s context such as the historical-artistic basis...

... vis viva kinematic behavior Germany Lagrange analytic mechanics virtual work constrained motion nomic unity Lagrange multiplier The zenith of theory-building in the century after the Principia was Lagrange’s treatise on “analytic” mechanics. In this chapter, we address two...

... rational mechanics gained significant momentum around the turn of the century. Nomic unity was based on the Lagrangian Principle of Virtual Velocities, and the ontic unity relied on a constructive approach (due to Laplace) based in a physical object, the “molecule.” Subsequently, the authors argue, work...

... the logical structure of the ideal science, we will better understand the nature of his ‘God,’ the causal relation between God and his ‘creatures,’ what the infinite modes are and why Spinoza thought they must exist, and in what sense his system is necessitarian. unity of science causality of God infinite...

... diction generic references epic songs pre-Homeric epic entextualization coherence and cohesion quotation exegesis evaluation unity of composition The research that will be presented in this book touches on several theoretical aspects which are key to evaluating claims of authenticity...

... that motivated him and other anti-slavery reformers. inaugural address Abraham Lincoln Confederate States secession slavery Fugitive Slave Act despotism anarchy national unity civil war Abraham Lincoln delivered his First Inaugural Address during the worst crisis in American history. Between November 6...

... policy with the situation facing Prime Minister Mackenzie King in the mid-1930s. Similarities include the impact of outside forces on Canada’s global posture, an unstable world order, the rise of populist political movements, and the United States’ evolving global role. Some issues, like national unity...

...: 10.1093/oso/9780198908678.003.0001 One important theme in David Charles’ work is his emphasis on two requirements Aristotle places on definition: the unity requirement (a definition must be unified and not an accidental conjunction) and the explanatory requirement (a definition must be able to serve...

... Political Party Database Project PPDB research questions Scarrow Susan E Webb Paul communication political ideologies party Konrad Adenauer Foundation KAF organization of parties social groups connection with state subsidies unity party parties and democracy democratic backsliding party...

... benefitting from vertical transmission from parent to offspring. This is presented as explaining that basic observation that organisms are extraordinarily adapted, rather than design appearing at some other focal point in the hierarchy of biological organisation. Therefore, if ‘The unity of the organism...

...India was not, and its peoples were not, one at the republic's beginning, which made the leaders anxious and focused their minds on achieving unity. President Radhakrishnan warned the country that petty considerations, factions, and caste disputes raised ‘doubts about the stability of a united...

...Central governments in all federations have means to make their will felt in the capitals of the country's constituent units. These were unusually extensive in India. This has been true because of at least four factors: the country's initial top-down federalism, anxieties about national unity...

... of the states, the representation of individual states is more important than being from the same region. The premium placed on geographic representation — on the membership of the SCI being a veritable map of India — means that the Court is an institution that has enhanced the unity of India...

...The question whether the soul has parts arises for Aristotle because of his concern with the unity of the soul. DA II.2 gives us a way of differentiating parts which does not violate the unity of the soul, namely, parts that are separate in definition. Aristotle understands parts...