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This thesis offers a comparative analysis of the Constitutional law mechanism for human rights protection in Canada and Russia. Russia is experiencing a transition from the former soviet regime towards democracy and civil society. Since the beginning of the transition in 1991 Russia has made three major steps in that direction: the adoption of the Declaration of Rights and Freedoms of the Individual and Citizen of 1991, the Constitution of 1993 and the ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights in 1998. However, the existent constitutional law mechanism for human rights protection is not fully effective due to its novelty for Russian society. A number of lessons can be learned from the Canadian and European experiences of human rights protection. Among them is the necessity to build the mechanism for human rights protection that will be based on the rule of law, direct application of the Constitution, and the creation of a human rights culture, supported by the people's trust in independent judicial institutions.

Thesis--Faculté de droit de l'Université de Genève, 1990. / "Thèse no 674 de la Faculté de droit de l'Université de Gèneve"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-341).

Thesis (Doktorwürde)--Universität Greifswald, 1905. / Cover title. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 607-620) and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2007. / Thesis directed by Donald Kommers for the Department of Political Science. "July 2007." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 274-277).

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Research into the background of the Second Amendment is hampered by its relationship to the current highly emotional debate over gun control. Many otherwise useful secondary sources either ignore the issue completely or give accounts which reflect the controversies of the twentieth century rather than those of the eighteenth. Fortunately, however, the Americans of the revolutionary era wrote extensively about the subject. With independence, the Americans were faced with the problem of organizing and controlling a defense establishment. The new nation was virtually defenseless: the Continental Army was disbanded and the militia, after years of neglect, emasculated. During the decade following the War for Independence, many unsuccessful attempts were made to revitalize the militia and thus prevent the establishment of a professional army. With the adoption of the Constitution in 1787, military affairs reached a turning point. The central government was granted almost unlimited power to rise a standing army without any firm mandate to reform the militia. In an attempt to prevent this and assure that the people would continue to control the military power of the nation, the Second Amendment was adopted as a part of the Bill of Rights.

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Zugl.: Basel, Universiẗat, Diss., 2005.