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Write about your strongest memory of heart-pounding belly-twisting nervousness: what caused the adrenaline? Was it justified? How did you respond?

 

What exactly is comparative law?

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Continuing with my mini-series "What exactly is..." (following on from What exactly is forensic linguistics? and What exactly is a lawyer-linguist?), today let's take a brief look at the subject of Comparative Law.

The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law* describes the discipline as "time-honoured but not easily understood in all its dimensions". According to Michael Bogdan**, comparative law may be defined as "

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Keep it simple.

State Dept's New High Threat Posts Are Not All Danger Posts

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We posted yesterday about a brand new office within Diplomatic Security with a new Deputy Assistant Secretary responsible for “evaluating, managing, and mitigating the security threats, as well as the direction of resource requirements at high threat diplomatic missions.”

The news report from the National Review dated Nov 30 listed the 17 high threat missions as the diplomatic facilities in…

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Don't know what a "danger post" is? Read. Ask.

. . .and why it doesn’t

. . .and why it doesn’t.

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