As colonies gained independence from Britain, in most cases the newly independent countries adopted English common law precedent as of the date of independence as the default law to carry forward into the new nation, to the extent not explicitly rejected by the newly freed colony's founding documents or government.

But this is one more demonstration of the point mentioned above ( Commercial economies ), that the newly independent states recognized the importance of a predictable and established body of law to govern the conduct of citizens and businesses, and therefore adopted the richest available source of law.

Although a majority of distributism's later supporters were not Catholics and many were in fact former radical socialists who had become disillusioned with socialism ; distributist thought was adopted by the Catholic Worker Movement, conjoining it with the thought of Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin concerning localized and independent communities.

* 1917 – The current constitution of Mexico is adopted, establishing a federal republic with powers separated into independent executive, legislative, and judicial branches.

The name Haïti was adopted by Haitian revolutionary Jean-Jacques Dessalines as the official name of independent Saint-Domingue, as a tribute to the Amerindian predecessors.

Article 53 of the new Empire's constitution recognised the existence of the Navy as an independent organisation, but until 1888 it was commanded by army officers and initially adopted the same regulations as the Prussian army.

On 25 September 1991 the Declaration of Independence was formally adopted by the Macedonian Parliament making the Republic of Macedonia an independent country-although in Macedonia independence day is still celebrated as the day of the referendum 8 September.

Keïta quickly established a one-party state, adopted an independent African and socialist orientation with close ties to the East, and implemented extensive nationalization of economic resources.

In contrast, though they remained small independent operations, motels quickly adopted a more homogenized appearance and were designed from the start to cater purely to motorists.

The decision to let the currency trade freely as part of the IMF rescue package means that Seychelles is the smallest country in the world that has a completely independent currency-one that is neither pegged, nor an adopted foreign currency, nor a common currency used within a larger monetary union.

Shortly after becoming independent in 1991, Ukraine named a parliamentary commission to prepare a new constitution, adopted a multi-party system, and adopted legislative guarantees of civil and political rights for national minorities.

The Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.

This view won support at first and a resolution adopted, but was later moved away from in favor of a resolution by George Abernethy of the Methodist Mission to wait on forming an independent country.

Instead the CWI has adopted a range of tactics, mostly seeking to build independent parties, but in some cases working within other broad working-class parties.

Mustafa was the leader of an independent socialist movement that adopted Kurdish nationalism called " Komeley Renjderan ," some two months after the collapse of the Kurdish rebellion of 1974 – 1975 created a moment of profound crisis for the Kurdish people in Iraqi Kurdistan, the organization's aim was to revitalize resistance and to rebuild and redirect Kurdish society along modern and democratic lines.

These integrated sections borrowed from other Germanic codes are the Lex Ribuariorum, later Lex Ribuaria, laws adopted from the Ripuarian Franks, who, before Clovis, had been independent.

Not long after, Colonel Kawilarang with the use of military intelligence located and met with Major Rokus Bernardus Visser — a former member of the Dutch Special Forces who had remained a peaceful and law-abiding citizen in newly independent Indonesia, settled in West Java, married an Indonesian woman, and adopted an Indonesian name, Mohamad Idjon Djanbi.

In 1963 this branch amalgamated with Massey College to form Massey University College of Manawatu, and on 25 September, the Massey University Act 1963 made it an independent university as Massey University of Manawatu, with its present name being adopted in 1966.

Nonetheless, UPA had a significant impact on animation style, content, and technique, and its innovations were recognized and adopted by the other major animation studios and independent filmmakers all over the world.

While no one is sure when the city adopted the title of ' West Lafayette ', by the 1940s it had emerged as an independent, suburban city.

Amstelveen remained an independent and self-conscious municipality and adopted a policy that reflected many attractive new residential areas.

The strategy was later adopted by other independent labels.

With the creation of independent air forces and the growth in civil aviation in the first half of the 20th century, a range of distinguishing flags and ensigns were adopted.

Alder is appreciated for its claimed ( but laboratory unsubstantiated ) bright tone, and has been adopted by many electric guitar manufacturers.

He improved the model adopted by the rest of the Amatis and produced instruments capable of yielding greater power of tone.

" This toughened the tone that the French government adopted with the new Adams Administration.

With Rheinsberg – ein Bilderbuch für Verliebte (" Rheinsberg – a Picture Book for Lovers ") in 1912, Tucholsky published a tale in which he adopted a fresh and playful tone ( which was unusual for that time ) and which made him known to a wider audience for the first time.

However, women composers were not part of that circle, and some have suggested that, as a critic, he pointedly ignored their works, or adopted a patronizing tone.

The contrast between his early life and the high moral tone adopted by him in his writings has frequently made him a subject of reproach, but history gives no reason why he should not have reformed.

Kierkegaard records that shortly before his death, Møller cautioned him regarding the polemical tone that he had adopted.

He demanded that before anything further was done the members should be cleared of their impeachment ; was himself leader in the impeachment of the Duke of Richmond ; and on 31 January 1642, when taking up the militia petition to the House of Lords, he adopted a very menacing tone, at the same time presenting a petition of some thousands of supposed starving artificers of London, congregated round the House.

He is first observed at a party by F. Scott Fitzgerald, who notes that Zelig related to the affluent guests in a thick, refined accent and shared their republican sympathies, but while in the kitchen with the servants adopted a ruder tone and seemed to be more of a democrat.

By August 2005, al-Sadr had adopted a more conciliatory tone, along with a much lower profile, saying " I call upon all the believers to save the blood of the Muslims and to return to their homes " after an outbreak of violence between some of his followers and those of Abdul Aziz al-Hakim.

After seeing the potentially damaging effects on the state's image and business climate, Johnson worked to tone down any racist rhetoric and adopted moderate policies, including requesting that the state comply with the newly-passed Voting Rights Act in 1965.

During Cioran's lifetime, Saint-John Perse called him “ the greatest French writer to honor our language since the death of Paul Valéry .” Cioran's tone and usage in his adopted language were seldom as harsh as in Romanian ( though his use of Romanian is said to be more original ).

Although tonal spelling has been adopted as part of the normal romanization of a number of Asian languages ( e. g. Hmong ), all such systems indicate different tones in a simple and consistent fashion by adding letters to the end of a syllable ( e. g. in Hmong ,-b indicates high tone ,-s indicates low tone ,-j indicates high-falling tone, etc .).

This tone was adopted in the mid to late 1960's and replaced the older busy tone which was the same 400 Hz signal but at half the interruption rate ( i. e. 0. 75 sec.

The following year, after further research, Crane adopted a different tone.

The tone markings from Yale romanization were adopted for pinyin.

During the British era, then known as the " Northern Frontier Province language ", Bhojpuri adopted a patriotic tone and after independence it turned to community.

His writing style had shed all satire and now adopted the stern and moralizing tone of classical Romans so adored by French revolutionaries.

In addition, the second and third season episodes adopted a darker tone with darkly colored settings, psychedelic images, and atmospheric music.

Kealey wrote on lust, and he adopted a satirical tone, claiming that young female students were a " perk " for male academics and they should " look but not touch ".

The album was deeply personal and adopted a more serious tone, with tracks exploring issues such as child abuse (" Where Are You ") and their estrangement from their fathers (" Flesh and Blood ", " All the Way From New York ").