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Childers now uses popular sovereignty as a lens for viewing the radicalization of southern states' rights politics.
It led her to buy the intellectual property rights to the food waste decomposer and the company's Singapore units.
Several companies have disinvested from the country to protest its human rights policies.
It has become a truism in today's world that intellectual property rights have taken the place of access to commodities in the traditional economy.
The two governments are currently in a standoff over who has rights to the land.
The civil rights movement fought against practices that segregated blacks and whites.
It also takes a progressive approach to social policies such as civil liberties, animal rights, LGBT rights and drug policy reform.
She has been an outspoken advocate of women's rights throughout her life.
The matches between the two clubs are said to have bragging rights at stake and banter between the fans of both clubs is commonplace.
Similarly to the BBC, ESPN chose to opt out of its final year of Open rights, causing NBC's rights to begin in 2016 instead.
Prior to the final 2014 contract event ESPN traded the Friday cable rights back to NBC for increased usage of English Premier League highlights.
Maidana landed a series of follow up uppercuts and rights but could not drop Khan.
In 2009, animal rights group PETA released undercover video of alleged abuses of former race horses at a slaughterhouse in Kumamoto, Japan.
Genoa and Pisa became the only states with trading rights in the Black Sea.
The Byzantine Empire had granted the majority of free trading rights to Genoa.
Genoa, which had supported the Aragonese, was granted free trading and export rights in the Kingdom of Sicily.
To create his own claim to the throne of Jerusalem, Charles executed one rival and purchased the rights to the city from another.
It also campaigned to end child labour, increase the rights of women in the workplace, and make shipowners liable for accidents involving seamen.
The commission chose to cede Memel to Lithuania and give the area autonomous rights.
The 2005 World Summit reaffirmed the UN's focus on promoting development, peacekeeping, human rights, and global security.
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With the end of the Cold War, the push for human rights action took on new impetus.
Sedentary agriculture led to the development of property rights, domestication of plants and animals, and larger family sizes.
The others are in buildings in different parts of Rome that have extraterritorial rights similar to those of embassies.
The Faroese minister of fisheries negotiates with the EU and other countries regarding the rights to fish.
Though not used this way in all countries that had this system, in England, all rights and privileges were ultimately bestowed by the ruler.
Nationality is also the status that allows a nation to grant rights to the subject and to impose obligations upon the subject.
In the modern era, the concept of full citizenship encompasses not only active political rights, but full civil rights and social rights.
Nationality is a necessary but not sufficient condition to exercise full political rights within a state or other polity.
They knew what the state could require of them, and they accepted their duties as a condition of the rights that came with them.
Moore's relationship with DC Comics had gradually deteriorated over the issues of creator's rights and merchandising.
It is also responsible for the rights of navigation agreements on sections of the Lugg, Severn and Wye.
The British and Irish Olympic committees are seen by the International Olympic Committees as having joint rights over Northern Ireland.
Sky Sports currently have the rights to show all of Northern Ireland's international fixtures.
In May 2013, Sky acquired the rights to all Northern Ireland qualifying games for UEFA Euro 2016 and the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
In 2015, BBC Northern Ireland acquired the rights to show Northern Ireland's friendlies before UEFA Euro 2016 live.
Naming rights were sold to an insurance company, and the venue is now referred to as the Aviva Stadium.
Ireland's end of year tests were by the BBC until 2013 before Sky Sports secured the rights.
Each jurisdiction raises its own taxation, although in 1949 Alderney transferred its rights to Guernsey.
That restriction on the exercise of certain freedoms does not apply to all Community or Union rights.
But the Great power system institutionalizes the position of the powerful state in a web of rights and obligations.
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The most contentious issue at Dumbarton and in successive talks proved to be the veto rights of permanent members.
It is to this court that Europeans can bring cases if they believe that a member country has violated their fundamental rights and freedoms.
The EU would thus be subject to its human rights law and external monitoring as its member states currently are.
Kings had their own brehons to deal with cases involving the king's own rights and to give him legal advice.
The law texts take great care to define social status, the rights and duties that went with that status, and the relationships between people.
The obligations and corresponding rights between lord and vassal concerning the fief form the basis of the feudal relationship.
Any actions of government authorities that violate Convention rights are illegal except if mandated by an Act of Parliament.
This would safeguard the taxing rights of the colonies from future infringement while enabling them to contribute to maintenance of the empire.
The Whigs generally favored lenient treatment of the colonists short of independence while the Tories staunchly upheld the rights of Parliament.
In 1920, the women's rights movement won passage of a constitutional amendment granting women's suffrage.
The rights and duties of the British government with regards the Company's new territories came also to be examined.
Ward says that Locke's liberal Whiggism rested on a radically individualist theory of natural rights and limited government.
Numerous reforms of voting rights, especially that of 1832, increased the political power of Dissenters.
Enclosures during the Tudor period were often accompanied by a loss of common rights and could result in the destruction of whole villages.
This emphasis on rights was to have a pivotal role in the modern era unfolding from the Enlightenment.
When he went to relinquish his rights to the book, he discovered the publisher had gone bankrupt.
Enclosure consisted of exchange in land, and an extinguishing of common rights.
They also had to respect the open field system rights, when demanded, even when in practice the rights were not widely in use.
There was not much evidence that the common rights were particularly valuable.
Legislation was introduced in many jurisdictions reversing union collective bargaining rights, and many jobs were lost to contractors.
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In addition to the protection of rights, SEWA educates, mobilizes, finances, and exalts their members' trades.
The service model union focuses more on maintaining worker rights, providing services, and resolving disputes.
Court rulings restricted the rights of second wives and their children regarding inheritance.
In 1936, a Confessing Church envoy protested to Hitler against the religious persecutions and human rights abuses.
The fund would not supersede individual or state's rights for future claims.
Also, several consumer rights organizations have become active in the country.
Poland has maintained a high level of gender equality, an established disability rights movement and promotes peaceful equality.
Development rights were nationalised while the government attempted to take all development profits for the state.
Since that time, the term welfare state applies only to states where social rights are accompanied by civil and political rights.
Britain refused to withdraw from Suez, relying upon its treaty rights, as well as the sheer presence of the Suez garrison.
The Statute of Anne gave the publishers rights for a fixed period, after which the copyright expired.
Human rights are also protected by the Council of Europe's Committee for the Prevention of Torture and the European Social Charter.
The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union is a document enshrining certain fundamental rights.
Thus, European Union citizens were given voting rights in local elections by the 1992 Maastricht Treaty.
The Treaty also made the Union's bill of rights, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, legally binding.
Although O'Neill was a unionist, they viewed him as being too 'soft' on the civil rights movement and opposed his policies.
On 24 August 1968, the civil rights movement held its first civil rights march, from Coalisland to Dungannon.
On 5 October 1968, a civil rights march in Derry was banned by the Northern Ireland government.
Issues relating to sovereignty, civil and cultural rights, decommissioning of weapons, justice and policing were central to the agreement.
Some rights were restored to paramilitary prisoners, but not official recognition of political status.
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Its aim was to incorporate into UK law the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights.
In 2011 she said that the Act was overused, and criticised the decision of European human rights judges to give prisoners the vote.
Any person who feels his or her rights have been violated under the Convention by a state party can take a case to the Court.
The development of a regional system of human rights protection operating across Europe can be seen as a direct response to twin concerns.
The European system of protection of human rights with its Court would be inconceivable untied from democracy.
Signatory states to the Convention can only derogate from the rights contained in Article 2 for deaths which result from lawful acts of war.
Article 13 provides for the right for an effective remedy before national authorities for violations of rights under the Convention.
At the same time the article's protection is limited in that it only prohibits discrimination with respect to rights under the Convention.
This Protocol contains three different rights which the signatories could not agree to place in the Convention itself.
State Department, the Taliban committed human rights violations against women in Afghanistan.
White phosphorus has been condemned by human rights organizations as cruel and inhumane because it causes severe burns.
These rights were held on and off by the Mortons until 1766, when they were sold by James Douglas, 14th Earl of Morton to Laurence Dundas.
The charter gave Swansea the status of a borough, granting the townsmen, called burgesses certain rights to develop the area.
Some towns within these areas did, however, receive charters which outlined rights and duties in much the same way as a borough.
In September 1940, as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement, the UK granted the US base rights in Bermuda.
Pitcairn Island became a British colony in 1838, and was among the first territories to extend voting rights to women.
Only Privy Counsellors can signify royal consent to the examination of a Bill affecting the rights of the Crown.
An MP, The human rights group Liberty concluded that the new rules showed scant regard to the impact they would have on genuine families.
Nothing in this Act shall diminish or qualify the existing rights and privileges of the House of Commons.
Also emphasis on human rights, in particular the 'European Convention on Human Rights' whilst also supporting individual initiative.
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The SDLP initially rejected the Nationalist Party's policy of abstentionism and sought to fight for civil rights within the Stormont system.
The party pledges support for minority rights, migrants' rights, and eradicating poverty.
It served as a kind of medieval bill of rights for the aristocracy and the judiciary who developed the law.
It can relate to all aspects of civil law, including property rights, contracts or public law.
Its mandate includes issues such as arms control and the promotion of human rights, freedom of the press and fair elections.
The OSCE's human rights activities focus on such priorities as freedom of movement and religion, preventing torture and trafficking in persons.
There is disparity in the size, wealth and political system of member states, but all have equal rights.
As a result, sponsors may restrict workers' movements and workers may be afraid to report abuses or claim their rights.
Critics claim that the changes could fail to address some labour rights issues.
In 1974 Kosovo's political status improved further when a new Yugoslav constitution granted an expanded set of political rights.
It retained the rights to the Mini marque, while selling Land Rover to Ford.
Frank compare the situation to that of male elks who use their antlers to spar with other males for mating rights.
Both denied wrongdoing and the United Nations and Amnesty International said their rights had been violated at trial.
It has also led to action plans to boycott Shell by environmental groups, and human rights groups.
Within this historical contexts, the notion of reproductive rights has developed.
In the United States, the practice of racial profiling has been ruled to be both unconstitutional and a violation of civil rights.
German words found in the Polish language are often connected with trade, the building industry, civic rights and city life.
This is said to add to democracy by protecting the rights of religious minorities.
He was later appointed to the Legislative Council of Barbados, and fought for the rights of pensioners.
Many congregations, including cathedrals, have become publicly affirming of LGBTI rights.
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The rights to a plot of land in Ireland could mean the difference between life and death in the early 19th century.
A novel approach was the granting of rights across the national borders of states adhering to the directive.
A national human rights institution, it seeks to promote and protect human rights in England and Wales.
Section 3 states the EHRC has a general duty to work towards the development of a society where equality and rights are rooted.
This gives the Commission enhanced access to the Human Rights Council, treaty bodies and other United Nations human rights bodies.
The Commission is made up of 10 commissioners with backgrounds in various fields of equality and human rights.
The charter also usually provide for rights of recourse to the Queen in Council.
The Treaty of Lisbon will also make the Union's human rights charter, the Charter of Fundamental Rights, legally binding.
Themes of human rights, censorship and political freedom pervade his work along with exploration of linguistics and philosophy.
As of 2015, Eon holds the full adaptation rights to all of Fleming's Bond novels.
In recent years, this means a kind of idealism championing human rights on a broad scale.
In December, 2016, Capitol Records assumed distribution rights for the entire Bee Gees catalog.
Nonetheless, the bonds liquidated in 2007 as originally planned, without default, and the rights to the income from the songs reverted to Bowie.
Hirst is a supporter of the indigenous rights organisation, Survival International.
In May 2009, ITV acquired the rights to broadcast live cricket from the Indian Premier League.
In 1855, she devoted an essay to the roles and rights of women, comparing Wollstonecraft and Margaret Fuller.
Interventions by FIFA gave the FAI de jure organising rights over the 26 counties of the Republic, with the IFA restricted to Northern Ireland.
Members have voting rights and can use the Pavilion and other stands at Lord's to attend all matches played at the ground.
Saudi Arabia is widely accused of having one of the worst human rights records in the world.
Kuwait is among the Middle East's freest countries in civil liberties and political rights.
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Human rights in Kuwait has been the subject of criticism, particularly regarding foreign workers' rights.
The government has implemented various programs to foster innovation resulting in patent rights.
Some passports attest to status as a diplomat or other official, entitled to rights and privileges such as immunity from arrest or prosecution.
Civil rights activists in some cases have objected to people being rounded up, stripped and showered against their will.
Articles 77 to 81 define the rights of a country over its continental shelf.
The United Kingdom has not as yet claimed its rights with regards to Gibraltar or the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.
Classical economists contended that goods were objects of value over which ownership rights could be established and exchanged.
As early as the 18th century BC, ancient Mesopotamia recognized the need to protect women's property rights.
In the Code of Hammurabi, provisions were found that addressed inheritance rights of women, including female prostitutes.
In some countries the zones have been criticized for being little more than labor camps, with workers denied fundamental labor rights.
The protestors are protesting land grabs and lack of basic human rights such as the freedom to elect their representatives.
All the defendants denied the charges and claimed that they were merely protesting in defence of their rights.
Its constitution provides for the fundamental rights and freedoms for women.
Somalia evolved into a major world supplier of uranium, with American, UAE, Italian and Brazilian mineral companies vying for extraction rights.
An architect's lien statute may grant the same rights to a design professional as an ordinary mechanics' lien.
The President's arrogation of this new Act oversteps his bounds and causes our rights to suffer.
I bought the car as is, so the seller was within his legal rights to refuse to repair it when it broke down after two days.
He wished he were in London, where a girl in a minicab would set him bang to rights.
He'd been untouchable for the past decade, but now Roy Grace had finally banged him to rights.
Though not as demonstrably bloodyhanded as Idi Amin, Eyadema's repressive rule has aroused condemnation from international human rights groups.
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The combination of huge world sales, bogglesome advances and television rights to mini-series brings wads of moolah in every post.
Some even had book deals and movie producers sniffing around to secure rights to their stories.
Because of the video replay, the ref had him dead to rights on the penalty.
The values of the human rights movement have disseminated throughout the world.
It maintains a number of echomail areas, including 40 recently added that cover areas rainging from animal rights to robotics.
At that point, you have to elevate the account's rights, activate the feature, and then demote the account again.
While the New York, Fordham, and Bronx Railway never built any elevateds, its franchise rights were valuable.
Ought we be concerned that our rights to protest are being continually eroded under the guise of enhancing our safety?
Indian laws also adhere to the United Nations guidelines on human rights law and environmental law.
On Black Rod's approach, the doors are slammed shut against him, symbolising the rights of parliament and its independence from the monarch.
The charter is a codified catalogue of fundamental rights against which the EU's legal acts can be judged.
Although, the EU is independent from Council of Europe, they share purpose and ideas especially on rule of law, human rights and democracy.
Article 23 provided for Scotland's peers to have the same rights as English peers in any trial of peers.
The war had been costly in human rights and was widely criticised by Liberals in Britain and worldwide.
The rights listed in the UNCRC cover all areas of children's lives such as their right to have a home and their right to be educated.
Due to salic custom, inheritance rights were absolute, and all land was divided equally among the sons of a dead land holder.
The primary purpose of the survey was to ascertain and record the fiscal rights of the king.
As recently as the 1960s, it was still referred to in court cases regarding ancient land and property rights.
It doesn't give language rights to the people of Wales in every aspect of their lives.
The plebeians rebelled by leaving Rome and refusing to return until they had more rights.
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Both devices would allow the Senate to bypass the ordinary due process rights that all citizens had.
Gaius then proposed a law which would grant citizenship rights to Rome's Italian allies.
King John granted the city's first charter in 1212, confirming trading rights in England and Europe.
This lake was later called the King's Fishpond, as the rights to fish belonged to the Crown.
I inform you that I will be a gracious lord and a faithfull observer of God's rights and just secular law.
Representatives for both have joined Danish delegations in discussions on some international matters, such as fishing rights.
Norway has been a progressive country, which has adopted legislation and policies to support women's rights, minority rights and LGBT rights.
The French monarchy asserted its rights to encroach on Edward's legal rights in Gascony.
He may well have been influenced by his mother in this regard, as Matilda also had a strong sense of ancestral rights and privileges.
When the Archbishop of Canterbury, Theobald of Bec, died in 1161 Henry saw an opportunity to reassert his rights over the church in England.
In exchange for Philip's help against his father, Richard promised to concede to him his rights to both Normandy and Anjou.
Henry VI needed money to raise an army and assert his rights over southern Italy and continued to hold Richard for ransom.
Whereas he had so far been unpredictable and equivocating, from this point on he remained firmly devoted to protecting his father's royal rights.
In 1303, a similar agreement was reached with foreign merchants, in return for certain rights and privileges.
You are a human being. You have rights inherent in that reality. You have dignity and worth that exists prior to law.
We like to keep our product and process development in house to help protect our intellectual property rights.
Despite this, the King appealed to Pope Innocent for help in July, arguing that the charter compromised the Pope's rights as John's feudal lord.
Most of the 1215 charter and later versions sought to govern the feudal rights of the Crown over the barons.
These changes brought the customary rights of lay rulers such as John over ecclesiastical appointments into question.
For your body has rights upon you, your eyes have a right upon you, your wife has a right upon you, your guest has a right upon you.
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It had supposedly been a condition of the legitimation that the Beaufort descendants forfeited their rights to the crown.
By 2010, the General Synod voted in favour of extending pensions and other employee rights to clergy in civil unions.
Unlike his father, Feodor had no enthusiasm in maintaining exclusive trading rights with England.
The London Company was incorporated as a joint stock company by the proprietary Charter of 1606, which granted land rights to this area.
Free trade proved contentious, as did the issue of equal rights before the law.
Thus, Puritanism was the natural ally of a people preserving their traditional rights against arbitrary monarchical power.
This would have upset the gentry, who regarded the common law as reinforcing their status and property rights.
The Revolution led to limited tolerance for Nonconformist Protestants, although it would be some time before they had full political rights.
The Bill of Rights is an Act of the Parliament of England that deals with constitutional matters and sets out certain basic civil rights.
The rights expressed in these Acts became associated with the idea of the rights of Englishmen, and described as Fundamental Laws of England.
The Speaker is allowed to deny the motion if he or she believes that it infringes upon the rights of the minority.
William was introduced to the council on 31 May 1670 with full voting rights, despite De Witt's attempts to limit his role to that of an advisor.
These natural rights include perfect equality and freedom, and the right to preserve life and property.
The French legal system, however, was adopted, with its equal legal rights, and abolition of class distinctions.
Over subsequent decades, voting rights expanded to include more of the population.
Full enfranchisement was revived in 1965, with the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which provided for federal enforcement of rights.
Campoamor however pleaded for women's rights regardless of political orientation.
Reciprocal arrangements allow British and Irish citizens full voting rights in the two states.
Instead, they are united by language, history, culture and their shared values of democracy, free speech, human rights, and the rule of law.
The Commonwealth requires its members to be functioning democracies that respect human rights and the rule of law.
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Labor unions and craft guilds have played a historic role in the negotiation of worker rights and wages.
The Inuit also gained a share of resource royalties, hunting rights and a greater role in managing the land and protecting the environment.
The first is said that it evolved from a requirement for maintaining grazing rights on the common.
The party also desired increased rights for workers, and a welfare state including publicly funded healthcare.
On social issues like LGBT rights and education policy it favours traditional values.
The party campaigns for the rights of indigenous people and argues for greater autonomy for these individuals.
Interior Department, in efforts by the federal government to strip Louisiana of its submerged land property rights.
An unsatisfied litigant in England and Wales might complain to the ECtHR that English law has violated his rights.
Similarly, the rights of those accused of a crime include the right to present a defense before a court.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Justice have joint responsibility for a commission on a British bill of rights.
The first patent law in 1447 in Venice protected the rights of inventors to their inventions.
When this court was abolished in 1830, its rights were in turn transferred to the courts of King's Bench, Exchequer, and Commons Pleas.
Numerous subsequent Royal Charters over the centuries confirmed and extended the citizens' rights.
Later in the century Falmouth was awarded its own charter giving it rights to its harbour, starting a long rivalry between the two towns.
It can also mean strong private property rights, contract enforcement, and overall ease of doing business as well as low barriers to free trade.
The 1844 Bank Charter Act tied the issue of notes to the gold reserves and gave the Bank sole rights with regard to the issue of banknotes.
Small companies have a critical role, often then selling the rights to larger companies that have the resources to run the clinical trials.
Lotus then sold the rights to produce the Seven to Caterham, which has continued to produce the car since then.
Included in the deal were the rights to three other British brands, Jaguar's own Daimler, as well as two dormant brands Lanchester and Rover.
After the demise of MidWest, all rights were sold to Diamond of Austria, who have since developed a MkII version of the engine.
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Further Hawk exports were eventually blocked due to concerns over Indonesian human rights, particularly in East Timor.
This proposal was thwarted by arguments over property rights, as property owners were surreptitiously shifting their boundaries.
Many of Priestley's political writings supported the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, which restricted the rights of Dissenters.
Inspired by the gay rights movement, he endorsed the Out Campaign to encourage atheists worldwide to declare their stance publicly.
Roebuck went bankrupt, and Matthew Boulton, who owned the Soho Manufactory works near Birmingham, acquired his patent rights.
Romulus visited neighboring towns and tribes and attempted to secure marriage rights, but as Rome was so full of undesirables he was refused.
The farmer had freedom and rights over lands, with provision of a rent or duty to an overlord who provided only slight lordly input.
Widows were in a particularly favourable position, with inheritance rights, custody of their children and authority over dependants.
Activists campaigning on a range of issues may use the language of minority rights, including student rights, consumer rights, and animal rights.
International criminal law can protect the rights of racial or ethnic minorities in a number of ways.
As such, the exercise of liberty is subject to capability and limited by the rights of others.
Advocates of disability rights emphasize difference in physical or psychological functioning, rather than inferiority.
Many civil rights activists of various types were also seen as pushing a communist agenda of equality.
Once a work is accepted, commissioning editors negotiate the purchase of intellectual property rights and agree on royalty rates.
The FCNM provides certain rights and protections to a national minority with regard to their minority language.
Many of the rights and customs of the people of Archenfield were maintained until comparatively recently.
One study of Denmark found that providing immigrants with voting rights reduced their crime rate.
The BWA's goals include caring for the needy, leading in world evangelism and defending human rights and religious freedom.
The Soviet Union honoured him for the Communist attitude toward property rights expressed in Utopia.
This led to Clarendon, where Becket was officially asked to agree to the King's rights or face political repercussions.
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Democratic forms of government and the recognition of human rights are taking root.
The Queen granted additional rights for public access to the remainder of the park as part of this arrangement.
The movement strove to put women under the protective mantle of civil rights laws.
He fell in love with the cheese and made a business arrangement that granted the Bell Inn exclusive marketing rights to Blue Stilton.
The authority of the pater familias was unlimited, be it in civil rights as well as in criminal law.
The question of the relation between natural and legal rights, therefore, is often an aspect of social contract theory.
Each person should, therefore, avoid doing harm to, or interfering with, another, and any breach of these rights should be punished.
Lamb argues that Paine's analysis of property rights marks a distinct contribution to political theory.
He has also become known in recent years as an early advocate of animal rights.
I am not here going into the distinctions of rights, nor attempting to mark their boundaries.
The commercial rights are now owned by Dorna Sports, with the FIM remaining as the sport sanctioning body.
In the Buddhist Maurya Empire of ancient India, citizens of all religions and ethnic groups had some rights to freedom, tolerance, and equality.
In 1689 the Bill of Rights grants 'freedom of speech in Parliament', which lays out some of the earliest civil rights.
His relationship with Harriet Taylor reinforced Mill's advocacy of women's rights.
Meanwhile, he had to cope with rival claims of publishers Gollancz and Warburg for publishing rights.
In early 1998, an auction was held in the United States for the rights to publish the novel, and was won by Scholastic Inc.
Such rights are determined by a special Court of Claims, over which the Lord High Steward traditionally presided.
The acquisition gave him control over the publishing rights to more than 200 Beatles songs, as well as 40,000 other copyrights.
He subsequently swapped his rights to Psycho and his TV anthology for 150,000 shares of MCA, making him the third largest shareholder in MCA Inc.
Vitaphone still had legal exclusivity, but having lapsed in its royalty payments, effective control of the rights was in ERPI's hands.
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The Americans have the exclusive rights for the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, and Russia.
Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights and merchandising.
Heyman's enthusiasm led to Rowling's 1999 sale of the film rights for the first four Harry Potter books to Warner Bros.
The rights for the first four novels in the series were sold to Warner Bros.
Disney's contract is expected to end in June 2018, after which, NBCUniversal will take control of the rights, after their deal with Warner Bros.
Saltzman and Broccoli also created the company Danjaq, which was to hold the rights to the films which Eon Productions was to produce.
Feldman, who held the rights to the latter, but a deal proved too difficult to achieve.
In 1961, she licensed rights to Walt Disney Productions in exchange for royalties in the first of two agreements between Stephen Slesinger, Inc.
Milne's widow, Daphne Milne, also licensed certain rights, including motion picture rights, to Disney.
However membership does not convey voting rights or influence over the way English Heritage is run.
The aristocracy and landed gentry, with their ironclad control over land rights, dominated hunting, shooting, fishing and horse racing.
The FA's main commercial asset is its ownership of the rights to England internationals and the FA Cup.
The League's decision to assign broadcasting rights to BSkyB in 1992 was at the time a radical decision, but one that has paid off.
The income from overseas rights is divided equally between the twenty clubs.
Sky's monopoly was broken from August 2006 when Setanta Sports was awarded rights to show two out of the six packages of matches available.
This occurred following an insistence by the European Commission that exclusive rights should not be sold to one television company.
Because higher league placement results in a greater share of television rights, success on the field generates greater income for the club.
This was primarily due to a shift in ideology toward expansion of the Games through corporate sponsorship and the sale of television rights.
The organising committee had been able to create such a surplus in part by selling exclusive sponsorship rights to select companies.
So SLRC filed a case against MBC Networks for broadcasting rights at the Colombo Magistrate's Court.

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