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  2. Suzerainty - Wikipedia

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    Suzerainty (/ ˈ s uː z ər ə n t i,-r ɛ n t i /) includes the rights and obligations of a person, state, or other polity which controls the foreign policy and relations of a tributary state but allows the tributary state internal autonomy.

  3. Benevolent dictatorship - Wikipedia

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    It stands in contrast to the decidedly malevolent stereotype of a dictator, who focuses on their supporters and their own self-interests. Characteristics A benevolent dictator may allow for some civil liberties or democratic decision-making to exist, such as through public referendums or elected representatives with limited power and can make ...

  4. Constitutional dictatorship - Wikipedia

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    The dictator is not absolute and the dictator's authority remains limited by the constitution. The Roman Republic made provision for a dictator who could govern unchecked for a stipulated period of time. Unlike other magistrates, a dictator was not subject to review of his actions at the conclusion of his term. [1]

  5. List of heads of state and government who suspended the ...

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    Suspended the Constitution after a military coup. Saw Maung Than Shwe Myanmar: 1988–2008 Suspended the Constitution after crackdown of the 8888 uprising. Ratified a new Constitution in 2008. Henri Namphy Haiti: 1988 Suspended the Constitution after the June 1988 coup. Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir Sudan: 1989 Suspended the Constitution after a ...

  6. Lex Valeria (82 BC) - Wikipedia

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    The lex Valeria was a law in 82 BC which established the dictatorship of Lucius Cornelius Sulla. [1] Going around the traditional process for nominating a dictator, the law ratified Sulla's previously illegal actions (especially his proscriptions) and facilitated Sulla's goal of effecting large scale reforms to the Roman Republic by granting him constituent legislative power.

  7. Serbian Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The adoption of the first written Constitution in 1835 abolished feudalism and serfdom, [4] and made the country suzerain. [3] The term Serbian Revolution was coined by a German academic historiographer, Leopold von Ranke, in his book Die Serbische Revolution, published in 1829. [5] These events marked the foundation of modern Serbia. [6]

  8. Constitutio Antoniniana - Wikipedia

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    The Constitutio Antoniniana (contemporaneous Greek translation) in a display case The Roman empire around 211. The Constitutio Antoniniana ( Latin for "Constitution [or Edict] of Antoninus"), also called the Edict of Caracalla or the Antonine Constitution , was an edict issued in AD 212 [ 1 ] by the Roman emperor Caracalla .

  9. Codex Theodosianus - Wikipedia

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    A commission was established by Emperor Theodosius II and his co-emperor Valentinian III on 26 March 429 [1] [2] and the compilation was published by a constitution of 15 February 438. It went into force in the eastern and western parts of the empire on 1 January 439. [ 1 ]