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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
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Żołnierz i służba wojskowa w świetle kościelnych źródeł normatywnych z IV i V wieku
Vox Patrum, 2015 At the beginning of the fourth century the legal situation of Christians in the Roman Empire changed dramatically. Thanks to the Emperor Constantine they were no longer persecuted, and their faith became religio licita. From that point onwards the views
Andrzej Hołasek
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Australian Royal Commissions Into Child Welfare, Abuse and Protection
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Both nationally and internationally, the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (RCIRCSA) is widely viewed as a remarkably successful public inquiry. Unlike many other commissions, it was stable, attracted little controversy, was highly regarded, and led to extensive legal, regulatory and policy reform ...
Shurlee Swain, Katie Wright
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The Royal Commission on the Constitution, 1927–1929
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Royal Commission on the Constitution (1927–1929) is a little‐remembered event in Australian political, policy and legal history, which produced—in the words of the constitutional law scholar Geoffrey Sawer—‘a useful student's textbook and a minor alteration in the Judiciary Act’.
Carolyn Holbrook
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Nordicum-Mediterraneum, 2012 Arnason and Raaflaub’s edited volume, The Roman Empire in Context: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, is the fifth volume in a series entitled The Ancient World: Comparative Histories.
Michael Gibbons +3 more
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Rulers on the road: Itinerant rule in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Itinerant rule, rule exercised through traveling, was a common yet insufficiently researched, premodern form of governance. Studying the determinants of ruler itineraries in the Holy Roman Empire, AD 919–1519, we argue that rulers' visits targeted “marginal” elites.
Carl Müller‐Crepon +3 more
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Rome’s seat of passion: An assessment of the archeology and history of the Circus Maximus
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2016 It is a place where the general public can gather communally to watch ludi, provisionally erasing invisible boundary lines which sharply divide one social class from another.
Cody Scott Ames
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Allergy, EarlyView.This study examines the current state of food allergy prevention guideline implementation worldwide, identifying key variables that may explain the observed global variation. Among 731 healthcare professionals across 80 countries, geography and clinical specialty independently drove allergenic food introduction practices, creating an 8.5‐month practice
Agnes Sze‐yin Leung +20 more
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The Syriac Aḥiqar, Its Slavonic Version, and the Relics of the Three Youths in Babylon
Slovene, 2013 The author argues that the earliest recension of the Slavonic Aḥiqar (Povestʹ ob Akire Premudrom) was produced in Bulgaria as a direct translation from Syriac, whereas the original Christian (Syriac) recension was created in the Syriac-speaking anti ...
Basil Lourié
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Anaesthesia, EarlyView.Summary Introduction Chronic postsurgical pain after caesarean delivery is an important cause of postpartum morbidity, yet its impact on maternal quality of life has not been comprehensively synthesised. The aims of this systematic review were to evaluate the impact of chronic postsurgical pain on quality of life, including possible temporal changes in
Samira Alwahabi +6 more
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