Tag: United Kingdom

  • United States Institute of Peace

    The United States Institute of Peace promotes research, policy analysis, education, and training on international peace and conflict resolution. The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an independent institution, established by Congress pursuant to title XVII of the Defense […]

  • Restrictive British Policies

    Restrictive British Policies in the United States Before the Independence of the United States Some measuers and facts include: Navigation Acts (1650s – 1770s): The Navigation Acts were an attempt by Great Britain to regulate and control trade within the British empire. The […]

  • Restrictive British Policies

    Restrictive British Policies in the United States Before the Independence of the United States Some measuers and facts include: Navigation Acts (1650s – 1770s): The Navigation Acts were an attempt by Great Britain to regulate and control trade within the British empire. The […]

  • Atlantic Charter

    The Atlantic Charter 1941 August 14 in the United States This charter was signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston S. Churchill. The Text The President of the United States of America and the Prime Minister, Mr. Churchill, representing His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, […]

  • Titles of Nobility

    Titles of Nobility in the United States History of Titles of Nobility According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, in the twentieth century, the idea of a hereditary ruling elite using titles of nobility as a device for maintaining its authority seems a bit frivolous. To […]

  • Thomas Paine

    Thomas Paine in United States Paine, Thomas (1737-1809), Anglo-American political philosopher, whose writings had great influence during two upheavals in the 18th century: the American Revolution (1775-1783) and the French Revolution (1789-1799). Life in England Paine was born in Thetford, […]

  • Cyprus Treaty of Guarantee

    Cyprus Treaty of Guarantee in the United States NO. 5475. TREATY OF GUARANTEE. SIGNED AT NICOSIA ON 16 AUGUST 1960 The Republic of Cyprus of the one part, and Greece, Turkey and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland of the other part, I. Considering that the […]

  • Revision of the European Patent Convention

    Revision of the European Patent Convention (EPC), November 2000 in the United States The European Patent Convention (EPC) is an intergovernmental agreement, signed in Munich in 1973, to regulate the European patent system. By creating a single patent procedure based on a uniform body of […]

  • Pitcairn Law

    Pitcairn law in the United States The Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of New Zealand concerning Trials under Pitcairn Law in New Zealand and Related Matters was signed by the New Zealand Minister of Foreign […]

  • Explanatory Memoranda

    Explanatory Memoranda in the United States See: Application of the Ponsonby Rule – Ponsonby Rule (United Kingdom) Explanatory Memoranda in the United Kingdom Following an undertaking by Ministers on 16 December 1996 [H.C. Deb. (1996) 287, WA 94302; H.L. Deb. (1996) 576, WA 101], all […]

  • Application of the Ponsonby Rule

    Application of the Ponsonby Rule (United Kingdom) in the United States See Ponsonby Rule (United Kingdom) – Explanatory Memoranda In the United Kingdom, the Ponsonby Rule requires that every treaty signed by the United Kingdom subject to ratification should be laid before Parliament for […]

  • Ponsonby Rule (United Kingdom)

    Ponsonby Rule (United Kingdom) in United States It is the constitutional practice of the UK to lay all treaties which the UK has signed subject to ratification (or its equivalent), or to which it intends to become party by accession, before both Houses of Parliament. Mixed agreements, entered […]