La fondation d'une petite école
Dissertation - 5 pages - Histoire médiévale : Moyen-âge
À partir du XIe siècle, l'écrit se développe avec les besoins de la société. Alors que la tradition orale dominait, l'écrit devient plus important et surtout plus crédible, car il préserve des traces écrites des événements. À la fin du XIIIe siècle, en Angleterre, l'écrit est ancré dans le...
There are circumstances under which telling the truth is not advisable
Fiche - 2 pages - Philosophie
Document: There are circumstances under which telling the truth is not advisable, essay en agnlais de 2 pages. Note reçue : 16/20 Extrait: According to its definition, the truth is a fact that has been verified. This definition seems to be more scientific, mathematical : numbers...
Six feet under
Dissertation - 16 pages - Médias divers
Jusqu'à la moitié des années 90, les séries télévisées les plus populaires étaient principalement des « soap opéra » ou des séries policières. Dallas, Magnum, Beverly Hills ou l'inébranlable Amour, Gloire et Beauté en sont le parfait exemple. Dans le sillage de Friends, sitcom née en 1993 une...
Forward look at life with review of state of the art in plasma and laser advanced technologies
Cours - 103 pages - Électronique, mécanique, ingénierie & technologie
According to K. Darwin theorem, all elements of the world still evolve. If human actions come under scrutiny, unfortunately some of them should come in for criticism, as they frequently produce disastrous consequences that have to be taken later. Certainly, there are lots of useful...
Coriolanus, Shakespeare, Act I, scene 1, lines 93 to 160
Commentaire de texte - 7 pages - Littérature
Rosencrantz: My Lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king. Hamlet: The body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. (Hamlet, IV, 2, 24-26). This famous quotation -and particularly the chiasmus in Hamlet's answer- points out Shakespeare's recurring...
L'accord du Conseil de Sécurité de l'ONU légitimise-t-il l'usage de la force dans les relations internationales ? L'absence d'un tel accord délégitimise-t-elle l'usage de la force ? Discutez à partir de deux cas récents
Étude de cas - 5 pages - Relations internationales
Since the foundation in 1945 of the United nations as a collective security system and especially, since the operation Desert storm in 1991, the problem of the use of force and whether it might ever be justified - and if so under which circumstances - lies at the heart of all debates...
Just War Theory: the Case of the war in Chechnya
Dissertation - 37 pages - Sciences politiques
With the impeding fall of the USSR, nationalist ideologies began to arise in the Chechen Republic. With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Dzhokar Dudayev, president of the Republic of Chechnya declared independence and established the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. Unable to effectively...
Seven, directed by David Fincher
Commentaire d'oeuvre - 3 pages - Cinéma
We will study Seven, a thriller directed by David Fincher in 1995. This film deals with a serial killer (John Doe) who kills seven people who represent one of the seven deadly sins. I have chosen to study the last sequence but one, in which John Doe punishes the two deadly sins remaining: the...
Drawing from the cases of Taiwan and South Korea, assess whether or not capitalism and economic growth can develop in an authoritarian state
Dissertation - 15 pages - Sciences politiques
The actual economic system is based on capitalism. Nowdays, even communist states have decided to open their borders to accept the free market. Thus, in order to understand what is suggested by Capitalism it is useful to choose one defintion: that capitalism is a ??system in which private or...
Etude de survie d'S.Enterica à PH acide et au stress oxydatif après exposition préalable à l'acétate et NaCl
TD - Exercice - 5 pages - Biologie
The objective of the manipulation was to study the survival of S.Enterica in oxidative and acid oxidative after preliminary exposure in the acetate. To do so we followed by measuring absorance bacterial growth under exposure to acetate for 1 hour and then we added citric acid or hydrogen...
Quels sont les arguments pour et contre le monopole naturel ?
Dissertation - 11 pages - Économie générale
We all know Microsoft, the biggest producer of operating systems in the world, which has almost 95% of the total market under its influence. This firm faces no real competitors ? its market is thus said to be incontestable ? and has therefore an important market power. This situation is...
An Assessment of Romania's Economic Potential
Dissertation - 4 pages - Sciences politiques
Romania has been under important media coverage since the President of the European Commission J.M. Barroso announced to the Members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on October 3rd 2006 that both Romania and Bulgaria would enter the European Union on January 1st 2007. This was of...
Le modèle Mundell-Fleming
Cours - 8 pages - Économie générale
Théoriciens du modèle Le modèle Mundell-Fleming a été élaboré au début des années 1960 par les apports respectifs de Robert Mundell à travers son ouvrage International Economics (New York : Macmillan, 1968) et de J. Marcus Fleming à travers « Domestic Financial Policiers under Fixed and...
The nature and the historical importance of the known links between Dublin and England
Dissertation - 4 pages - Histoire médiévale : Moyen-âge
In September 1170, Dublin was captured by the Anglo-Normans under the commandments of de Cogan and le Gros; henceforth England's relationship with Ireland became a mix of colony and feudal lordship. The presence of Anglo-Normans in Dublin can therefore conventionally be dated after the...
Les conséquences de l'Acte de Tolérance en Angleterre
Commentaire de texte - 2 pages - Histoire moderne : Renaissance à XIXe
The two texts under consideration both deal with the consequences of Toleration, a remarkable transformation introduced in England during the 17th century. The first excerpt represents an Anglican negative view of Toleration, written by the Archdeacon of Norwich in 1691 and the second one...
The Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the African Court for Human and Peoples' Rights
Dissertation - 9 pages - Sciences politiques
The Inter American Court of Human Rights and the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights are two international courts that were inspired by the European Court of Human Rights. They are very recent courts, and are part of a whole system devoted to the protection of Human Rights. They work with...
La Génération volée
Dissertation - 10 pages - Histoire contemporaine : XIXe, XXe et XXIe
Facts and changes from the rapport « Bringing Them Home » in 1997 to the discourse of Kevin Rudd The Stolen Generation is the name used for the aboriginal children who was removed from their families by the Australian and State government agencies and church missions, under various acts...
Des cartes pour comprendre le monde - publié le 11/05/2015
Cours - 10 pages - Sciences politiques
- Planisphère classique de Gerardus Mercator : Europe au centre pour les navigateurs et cartographes, vision à 360° : les territoires du Nord sont plus importants. - Projection « équivalente » d'Arno Peters : le Sud a autant d'importance que le Nord. - Production Eckert IV, à la fois équitable et...
"Géographie du sous-développement" d'Yves Lacoste
Fiche de lecture - 14 pages - Économie internationale
Au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, on a commencé à parler de « sous-développement » (traduction du terme under-development inventé par des politiciens américains), c'était après des déclarations et des ouvrages dénonçant que les 3/4 de l'humanité souffraient de la faim et attirant...
Implications for performance and satisfaction
Présentation - 39 pages - Management organisation
Implications for performance and satisfaction. Document powerpoint. Learning Objectives : Outline the motivation process. Describe Maslow's need hierarchy. Contrast Theory X and Theory Y. Differentiate motivators from hygiene factors. List the characteristics that high achievers prefer in a job....
The Least Developped Countries and the WTO
Dissertation - 10 pages - Économie générale
The WTO allows its members to negotiate multilateral trade agreements following two main guiding principles, that is to say, liberalism and symmetry. On the one hand, liberalism implies that the use of tariffs and quotas are restricted, since they are an obstacle to free trade which is itself...
British Airways
Étude de cas - 8 pages - Stratégie
BA is one of the world's largest international airlines, providing travellers with a broad network to/from the UK and a global service for premium travellers in cooperation with one world alliance partners. The company expanded rapidly in the 1990s, which led to overcapacity, lower fares and...
Which British party currently has the most innovative policies?
Dissertation - 4 pages - Sciences politiques
Which party currently has the more innovative policies: Labour, the Liberals or the Conservatives? With former minister Clare Short's allegations that British intelligence services had spied on the UN Secretary General in early 2003, Tony Blair's government is likely to come under...
"New Politics" in Scotland
Dissertation - 7 pages - Sciences politiques
What does “New Politics” mean and what evidence is there for it? From the late 1980s, the Campaign for Scottish Parliament was gaining an increasing power throughout Scotland. In fact, a long spell of dissatisfaction under Thatcher's rule, the awareness of a disjuncture between...
En démocratie, le peuple a-t-il toujours raison ?
Dissertation - 12 pages - Philosophie politique
Est-il raisonnable qu'en démocratie tous les pouvoirs trouvent leur origine dans la volonté majoritaire ? Le demos est-il toujours dans le vrai? En d'autres mots, doit-on, en démocratie, entendre le peuple sur tout et tout le temps? Et si, comme le souligne Robert Dahl , historiquement...
Procédure de check out d'un hôtel
Fiche - 4 pages - Management organisation
R: Good Morning Sir/Ma'am. Bonjour Monsieur/Madame. How can I help? Or Are you ready to check-out? En quoi puis-je vous aider? Ou êtes vous prêt à effectuer votr départ? G: Yes! Can I check out please? Oui! Puis procéder à mon départ s'il vous plait? R: Certainly Sir. What room were you in?...
What is the European Social Model?
Dissertation - 3 pages - Union Européenne
This essay will try to define the European Social Model (ESM). This concept can be found at two stages: the national and UE levels. Indeed, the member states prove to have more or less different social models, whereas the European integration has constantly been seeking to create a social model...
Analyse financière : Quicksilver Inc. Rapport annuel 2005
Analyse financière - 19 pages - Finance
Analysing financial statements : QUICKSILVER Inc. Annual report 2005 (titre original) The company began its business in 1976 as a California company producing boardshorts for surfers in the United States under a licence agreement with the Quicksilver brand founders in Australia. In the...
La Guerre froide : une longue paix ? - publié le 17/04/2013
Dissertation - 6 pages - Relations internationales
En février 1946, à l'occasion des élections soviétiques, Staline déclare au théâtre du Bolchoï : « There could be no lasting peace. Perhaps catastrophic wars could be avoided (...) but this is impossible under the present ». Par ces mots, l'homme d'État soviétique voyait dans le face à...
Le trésor de Sutton Hoo
Dissertation - 4 pages - Histoire de l'art
Le trésor de Sutton Hoo dévoile de multiples artéfacts. Ce qui fait de lui sa particularité est que ces objets sont renfermés au coeur d'un bateau funéraire, une technique d'inhumation typiquement utilisée par les Anglo-Saxons, mais aussi les Vikings à l'époque barbare (IIe-Ve...
