Unlike most Common-law jurisdictions, the majority of civil law jurisdictions have specialized courts or sections to deal with administrative cases which, as a rule, will apply procedural rules specifically designed for such cases and different from that applied in private-law proceedings, such as contract or tort claims.

Unlike the communist parties in most other East European states, the BCP ( changing its name to Bulgarian Socialist Party ) retained majority power after the transition in Bulgaria by winning the first free national elections in June 1990.

Unlike its predecessor games, CoC assumed that most investigators would not survive, alive or sane, and that the only safe way to deal with the vast majority of nasty things described in the rule books was to run away.

Unlike modern systems, which can be applied to widely different databases and needs, the vast majority of older systems were tightly linked to the custom databases in order to gain speed at the expense of flexibility.

Unlike other versions of the character, Shea's Lex has a full head of hair for the majority of the series.

Unlike the Gemara, which is written primarily in Aramaic, the majority of the Mishnah is written in Hebrew.

Unlike the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or the President of the United States who can appoint his own government cabinet, the General Secretary of the Central Committee, in the post-Stalin period, could not appoint new members to the Politburo without support from a majority within the Politburo itself.

Unlike the majority of species in the class arachnid, which are oviparous, scorpions seem to be universally viviparous.

Unlike his father and the majority of his branch of the family, Ieyasu's father, Hirotada, favored the Imagawa clan.

Unlike the majority of the Texian volunteers, the Greys looked like soldiers, with uniforms, well-maintained rifles, adequate ammunition, and some semblance of discipline.

Unlike in some Westminster system parliaments, in which the office of speaker is considered to be non-partisan, in the United States the speakership of the House is a leadership position in the majority party and the office-holder actively works to set that party's legislative agenda ; the office is therefore endowed with considerable political power.

Unlike the majority of the pretenders during the Crisis of the Third Century, Valerian was of a noble and traditional senatorial family.

Unlike federal courts, where judges are Presidential appointees confirmed by the U. S. Senate serving life terms of office, the vast majority of states have some judges who are elected, and the methods of appointment for appointed judges vary widely.

* Unlike those in Spain, the Anarchists lost popularity and significance due to the nationalism brought about by World War I and lost the CGT majority.

Unlike many rural counties throughout Southeast Missouri, Perry County is exempt from the Bible Belt with Roman Catholicism being the majority religion, according to the Association of Religion Data Archives County Membership Report ( 2000 ).

Unlike the Charter, it was an ordinary Act of Parliament, which could be amended by a simple majority of Parliament, and it was applicable only to the federal government.

Unlike the majority of the islands of French Polynesia, the Marquesas are not surrounded by protective fringing reefs.

Unlike terrestrial ecosystems, the majority of primary production in the ocean is performed by free-living microscopic organisms called phytoplankton.

Unlike the majority of naval officers, Villaret did not emigrate during the Revolution.

Unlike an enormous majority of planets, the Stargate on Earth was kept secret from the general populace to prevent widespread panic because " we are not alone ".

Unlike other states, most of which require a two-thirds supermajority to override a veto, the Indiana General Assembly may override the veto with only a simple majority vote in both chambers.

Unlike stocks and shares, the majority of transactions in the philatelic or stamp market take place informally, by mail order or in retail environments, and therefore the size of the market is hard to determine.

Unlike the majority of police forces in the United Kingdom, the PSNI is the only territorial police force that routinely arms all of its officers.

Unlike most national newspapers, the Daily Star has limited articles on politics and has rarely shown clear support for any specific party or leader ; although in the run-up to the 2010 general election the newspaper printed several articles which hinted that it wanted to see Labour and Gordon Brown voted out of power, while at the same time it offering no explicit support for the Conservatives or their leader David Cameron – who ultimately became Prime Minister following the formation a new coalition government with the Liberal Democrats when his party failed to gain an overall majority in parliament.

Unlike many other early mammals, Morganucodon is well represented by abundant and well preserved, though in the vast majority of cases disarticulated, material.

Unlike reality television franchises, international game show franchises generally only see Canadian adaptations in a series of specials, based heavily on the American versions but usually with a Canadian host to allow for Canadian content credits.

Unlike most other specialized international agencies, the IAEA does much of its work with the Security Council, and not with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Unlike marriage which has an international recognised legal status, there are no international treaties on recognition of unmarried couple's legal status.

Unlike the Holy See, it does not receive or send diplomatic representatives, and the Holy See acts on its behalf in international affairs.

Unlike the ISOC and other international standards bodies, the W3C does not have a certification program.

Unlike other parts of Romania, such as the Black Sea coast or Transylvania, Bucharest's cultural scene is much more eclectic, without a defined style, and instead incorporates various elements of Romanian and international culture.

Unlike Vladivostok, the city has never been closed to foreigners, despite it being the headquarters of the Far East Military District, and retains its historically international flavour.

Unlike the 1900, 1904 or 1908 games, they were neither stretched out over months nor overshadowed by an international exhibition.

* Unlike the video formats specified in international standards such as MPEG-2 and the format specified in the JPEG still-picture coding standard, there is no document that defines a single exact format that is universally recognized as a complete specification of “ Motion JPEG ” for use in all contexts.

Unlike Swiss Bank and Credit Suisse, which had both made aggressive international acquisitions in trading and investment banking, UBS ’ s investments had been more conservative in businesses such as asset management and life insurance while 60 % of the bank's profits came from its even more conservative Swiss banking operations.

Unlike treaty law, customary international law is not written.

Unlike earlier theories, international dependence theories have their origins in developing countries and view obstacles to development as being primarily external in nature, rather than internal.

Unlike the secessionist region of Somaliland to its west, Puntland is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation.

Unlike previous Apple II models, however, the layout and shape of keys were the same standard for all countries, and the ROMs inside the computer were also the same for all countries, including support for all the different international keyboards.

Unlike Spitting Image, which satirised many international public figures, Dead Ringers tends to concentrate on British ones.

( Unlike the international latte drink, the milk in the Italian original is not foamed.

Unlike ordinary customary law, which has traditionally required consent and allows the alteration of its obligations between states through treaties, peremptory norms cannot be violated by any state " through international treaties or local or special customs or even general customary rules not endowed with the same normative force ".

Unlike many international tendencies the IST has no formal organisational structures and has only ever made one publicly known decision, which was to expel the US International Socialist Organization ( ISO ) from its ranks.

Unlike France and Britain, at the outbreak of the First World War Germany found itself largely excluded from international financial markets.

Unlike most congressional travel, in the highly secretive world of intelligence little is disclosed where Members of Congress travel unless reported by the House intelligence committee, foreign governments, or international media.

Unlike the case of refugees, there is no international humanitarian institution which has the overall responsibility of protecting and assisting the refugees as well as the internally displaced .. A number of organizations have stepped into the breach in specific circumstances.

Unlike the case of refugees, there is no international treaty which applies specifically to IDPs.

Unlike the case of the Yasukuni Shrine, there was no element of intentional disregard of international opinion involved, as is often claimed for the politician visits to the Japanese shrine.

Unlike many other unions ( e. g., the CIO's United Steel Workers of America, USWA, and numerous other craft unions ) which were organized from the top down, the ITU had a number of large, strong, local unions who valued their autonomy, which existed long before the international was formed.