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  2. List of sovereign states - Wikipedia

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    The dominant customary international law standard of statehood is the declarative theory of statehood, which was codified by the Montevideo Convention of 1933. The Convention defines the state as a person of international law if it "possess[es] the following qualifications: (a) a permanent population; (b) a defined territory; (c) government; and (d) a capacity to enter into relations with the ...

  3. Capacity (law) - Wikipedia

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    Legal capacity is a quality denoting either the legal aptitude of a person to have rights and liabilities (in this sense also called transaction capacity), or altogether the personhood itself in regard to an entity other than a natural person (in this sense also called legal personality).

  4. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in North ...

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    The following is a list of sovereign countries and dependent territories in North America, a continent that covers the landmass north of the Colombia-Panama border as well as the islands of the Caribbean.

  5. List of national legal systems - Wikipedia

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    "The Law on Obligations" ("Zakon o obveznim odnosima") was enacted in 2005. [14] Today, Croatia as a European Union member state implements elements of the EU acquis into its legal system. Cuba: Influenced by Spanish and American law with large elements of Communist legal theory. Curaçao: Based on Dutch Civil Law. Czech Republic: Based on ...

  6. List of sovereign states and dependent territories in the ...

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    This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).

  7. List of sovereign states in the 2020s - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of sovereign states in the 2020s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 2020 and the present day. It contains 210 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .

  8. List of legislatures by country - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of legislatures by country. A "legislature" is the generic name for the national parliaments and congresses that act as a plenary general assembly of representatives and that have the power to legislate. All entities included in the list of sovereign states are included in this list.

  9. Lists of sovereign states and dependent territories - Wikipedia

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    List of countries and dependencies by number of police officers; List of countries that regulate the immigration of felons; List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers; List of serial killers by country; Allegations of apartheid by country; Capital punishment by country; Number of terrorist incidents ...