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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...ht consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imports; public works construction; food processing Electric power: 34,000 kW capacity; 4... ...49 communes, 1 town Legal system: based on Danish law; Home Rule Act enacted 1948 Branches: legislative authority rests jointly with Crown, acting thr... ... 6.8% transport, storage, and communications; 6.5% con- struction and public works; 5.5% agricul- ture, forestry, and fishing; 5.8% personal and other... ...l systems; commercial matters regulated substantially by codes adopted since 1948; no formal constitution; some of the functions of a constitution are... ... functions of a constitution are filled by the Declaration of Establishment (1948), the basic laws of the Knesset (legislature) relating to the Knesse... ...J jurisdic- tion National holidays: Israel declared inde- pendence on 14 May 1948; because the Jewish calendar is lunar, however, the holiday varies f... ...with ecclesiastical law influence; constitu- tion came into effect 1 January 1948; judicial review under certain conditions in Constitutional Court; h... ...abor force: 100,000; 31.7% service indus- try, 29.4% construction and public works, 13.1% agriculture, 7.3% industry, 2.2% fisheries, 16.3% other; 14%... ...ably high Labor force: no business community in the usual sense; some public works; subsis- tence farming and fishing Government Official name: Pitcai...

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