Several disciplines have developed as separate branches of comparative law, including comparative constitutional law, comparative administrative law, comparative civil law ( in the sense of the law of torts, delicts, contracts and obligations ), comparative commercial law ( in the sense of business organisations and trade ), and comparative criminal law.

Several modern theories have ventured to explain this decline, including the breakdown of trade routes to supply the needed metals, the lack of trace impurities in the metals, the possible loss of knowledge on the crafting techniques through secrecy and lack of transmission, or a combination of all the above.

Several authors have argued that the debate was merely to regulate trade and collect a tax.

Several important institutional changes took place in this period, such as free and mandatory schooling introduced 1842 ( as first country in the world ), the abolishment of a previous national monopoly on trade in handicrafts in 1846, and a stock company law in 1848.

Several sources of current news exist about the trade union movement in the world.

Several conflicts about trade privileges were fought by Lübeck and the Hanseatic League against Denmark and Norway with varying outcomes.

Several church-related groups are working to promote sexual abstinence until marriage and fidelity in marriage and to prevent child exploitation ; they care for victims of Thailand's massive sex trade as well.

Several important trade routes from India and China ( including the Silk Road ) passed through Bactria and, as early as the Bronze Age, this had allowed the accumulation of vast amounts of wealth by the mostly nomadic population.

Several Latin American countries approached the U. S. after the announcement, seeking to negotiate their own bilateral free trade agreements with the U. S., but the U. S. refused to negotiate more bilateral PTAs in the region until NAFTA was implemented.

Several towns and villages grew up along the canal, as it carried much trade and passenger traffic during its peak years.

Several others were dedicated to almost exclusively to Demopolis and the cotton trade, including the Allen Glover, Canebrake, Cherokee, Demopolis, Frank Lyon, Marengo, and the Mollie Glover.

Several thousand Huron lived as far south as present-day central West Virginia along the Kanawha River by the late 16th century, but they were driven out by the Iroquois, who invaded from present-day New York in the 17th century to secure more hunting grounds for the beaver trade.

Several prominent families developed as a result of the cloth and leather trade, beginning in the 14th century, including Gottrau, Lanthen, Affry, Diesbach ( originally from Bern ), Von der Weid, Fegeli, and Weck.

Several foundlings appear in Terry Pratchett's Discworld: most notably Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson ( found as a toddler among the ruins of a caravan party attacked by bandits, surrounded by the bodies of the adults ; Carrot was adopted and raised by the dwarfs who discovered him, and was surprised to learn at age 16-and 6ft 6in tall-that he was not a dwarf ; mounting evidence suggests that Carrot is the scion of the deposed Ankh-Morpork royal family, but he himself has suppressed this as much as possible, considering the role of police captain to be a preferable one in which to safeguard his city and keep order ), also Tomjohn ( rightful heir to the throne of Lancre, rescued from his father's killer by loyal servants, entrusted to the local witches and given to travelling actors to raise ; Tomjohn eventually returns to the kingdom, but does not wish to rule it, preferring to remain an actor ) and Keith ( The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents-ironically, Malicia, obsessed with fairytales, is certain that this makes him likely to be a prince, but Keith explains that it is common in the city to abandon babies outside the Guilds where they are likely to receive care and training in a trade ).

Several people working for the group were killed, and trade unions were initially suspected of hiding some of the attackers in their organizations, though the same terrorists later targeted trade unionists like Guido Rossa.

* Black Eagle tank ( prototype: cancelled ): Several Russian prototypes shown at trade shows, with a longer chassis and extra pair of road wheels, and very large turret with separate ammunition compartment.

Several new plants were introduced to Europe in trade with both the Zengids and Ayyubids, including sesame, carob, millet, rice, lemons, melons, apricots, and shallots.

Several other factors also contributed to the flowering of trade, industry, the arts and the sciences in the Netherlands during this period.

Several marine species of hermit crabs are common in the marine aquarium trade.

Several companies operate trips on the river, including Dart Pleasure Craft Limited, who also trade as River Link and operate the Passenger Ferry between Dartmouth and Kingswear.

Several people who became members sent letters to Justice, the journal of the Social Democratic Federation, attacking trade union leaders and bureaucracy for their compromising stance, a line of criticism echoed by other impossibilists such as Daniel De Leon.

Several thousand Huia were exported overseas as part of this trade.

Several other locations were considered, but due to the continuing resistance of nearby inhabitants ( backed by the Solidarity trade union ), planned mast height and transmitter range were both greatly reduced, and an old military site just southeast of Solec Kujawski was chosen.

Several organizations, such as the American Association of Variable Star Observers and Center for Backyard Astrophysics, exist to help coordinate these contributions.

Several organizations concerned with antimicrobial resistance are lobbying to eliminate the unnecessary use of antibacterials.

Several secular holidays are observed, such as Earth Day or, Arbor Day, or Labor Day, both internationally, and across multi-country regions, often in conjunction with organizations such as the United Nations.

Several modern religious movements, for example the organizations within the New Thought Movement and the Unity Church, may be said to have a particularly idealist orientation.

Several Latter Day Saint organizations make their headquarters in Independence, just east of the city.

Several incarnations of political groups promoting lesbian issues have evolved ; 13 lesbian organizations were active in Mexico City in 1997.

* Several gay rights organizations, such as Lambda Legal, and the Lambda Literary Award derive their names from the use of a lower-case lambda as a symbol for gay and lesbian rights.

Several organizations, typically government sponsored, exist globally to qualify and approve such lubricants by evaluating their potential for environmental harm.

Several major computer-related organizations have originated at MIT since the 1980s: Richard Stallman's GNU Project and the subsequent Free Software Foundation were founded in the mid-1980s at the AI Lab ; the MIT Media Lab was founded in 1985 by Nicholas Negroponte and Jerome Wiesner to promote research into novel uses of computer technology ; the World Wide Web Consortium standards organization was founded at the Laboratory for Computer Science in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee ; the OpenCourseWare project has made course materials for over 2, 000 MIT classes available online free of charge since 2002 ; and the One Laptop per Child initiative to expand computer education and connectivity to children worldwide was launched in 2005.

Several reports have been published by various governmental and non-governmental organizations to present alternatives to the ozone depleting substances, since the substances have been used in various technical sectors, like in refrigerating, agriculture, energy production, and laboratory measurements

Several multilateral organizations, such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, and the UN Development Programme also provide assistance.

Several organizations exist that assert that conversion therapy can help diminish same-sex attraction.

Several of the FARC leaders appeared on the Justice Department's Consolidated Priority Organization target list, which identifies the most dangerous international drug trafficking organizations.

Several police organizations condemned this study and suggested more studies like this would make them hesitant to pull over visible minorities.

Several sealed and stamped letters are planted in public places, addressed to various entities, such as individuals, favorable organizations like medical research institutes, and stigmatized organizations such as " Friends of the Nazi Party ".

Several bands, groups, and organizations with members claiming Tuscarora descent reside in North Carolina ; they have organized and split in various configurations.

Several organizations developed from the popularization of Blavatsky's ideas and are considered new religious movements.

Several Unitarian organizations still promote Christianity as their central theme.

Several organizations established in Iran since the late 1990s offer a unique blend of interdisciplinary research.

Several organizations, such as British Greyhounds Retired Database, Greyhound Rescue West of England, GAGAH, Adopt-a-Greyhound and Greyhound Pets of America, and the Retired Greyhound Trust try to ensure that as many of the dogs as possible are adopted.

Several international organizations work to promote international co-operation on standardization ( harmonization ), including publishing various EMC standards.

Several brochures and flyers were published in national languages and special group for contacts with other youth organizations was established.

Several sports clubs were founded across the entire territory, among them were some of the largest and oldest sports organizations of Mozambique like Sporting Clube de Lourenço Marques established in 1920.

Several different ADLs have been developed by different organizations, including AADL ( SAE standard ), Wright ( developed by Carnegie Mellon ), Acme ( developed by Carnegie Mellon ), xADL ( developed by UCI ), Darwin ( developed by Imperial College London ), DAOP-ADL ( developed by University of Málaga ), and ByADL ( University of L ' Aquila, Italy ).