At 04:48 PM Monday 10/27/2008, Claes Wallin wrote: >[snip] > >Modern version (and possibly a digression): > >(1) If a country's government is forced out of the capital and loses >control of most of the country, is the area controlled by that >government still the original country, only with a drastically >diminished territory? > >(2) If the opposition of a country's government forces the government >out of the capital and announces a new constitution, is the entity ruled >by the new constitution simply the same country, only with a new >constitution? > >In 1949-1972 the governments of the world seem to have felt that >the answer to (1) was "yes" and the answer to (2) was "no". In 1972 the >position was reversed. So which is true?
Which specific country[ies] are you thinking of which changed in 1949 and 1972? . . . ronn! :) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
