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6 days ago · Magna Carta - a Common Law document - came into being in 1215; a contract between the knights, barons, clergy, townspeople and the King. Magna Carta affirmed the right of the People to such things as trial by jury, and protection from excessive fines.
The Law on the Freedom of the Press of 29 July 1881 (French: Loi sur la liberté de la presse du 29 juillet 1881), often called the Press Law of 1881 or the Lisbonne Law after its rapporteur, Eugène Lisbonne , is a law that defines the freedoms and responsibilities of the media and publishers in France. It provides a legal framework for publications and regulates the display of advertisements ...
3 days ago · Laws designed to protect wildlife frequently are not observed. In addition, many rural people, especially in tropical-forest areas, still depend on game as a source of food; and the sale of live animals for pets or laboratory use has further depleted stocks.
4 days ago · Indigenous communities in Argentina are actively engaged in efforts to preserve and revitalize their cultural traditions. They are working to promote language preservation, cultural education, and the creation of art and crafts. The revitalization of indigenous languages is a critical aspect of cultural preservation.
5 days ago · October 11, 2024. 52. -. 0. In the latest of a series of violent clashes, members of the ‘uncontacted’ Mashco Piro tribe left several loggers dead as they defended their ancestral lands in the Madre de Dios region of southeastern Peru. With logging continuing unabated, these conflicts reveal the growing tensions between Indigenous rights ...
3 days ago · In Argentina the Pampas broaden out west of the Río de la Plata to meet the Andean forelands, blending imperceptibly to the north with the Chaco Austral and southern Mesopotamia and extending southward to the Colorado River. The eastern boundary is the Atlantic coast.
4 days ago · In astronomy, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, published by Johannes Kepler absent the third law in 1609 and fully in 1619, describe the orbits of planets around the Sun. These laws replaced circular orbits and epicycles in the heliocentric theory of Nicolaus Copernicus with elliptical orbits and explained how planetary velocities vary.
