In charge of this arrangement was the Bank of Latvia, with a bullet-proof independence, entrenched in law.The almost religious regard for the lat's stability echoed the arrangement in the pre-war republic, which stayed on the gold standard even after Britain abandoned it.
But ending the currency peg would be tricky, not least because the central bank's independence is constitutionally entrenched.
Earlier in the morning, in an apparent contradiction to her later position, Sturgeon cautioned any future Conservative prime minster against blocking a second referendum on Scottish independence, as she entrenched her position on Scotland's continued membership of the EU.
Before independence, under British rule (entrenched from the 18th century), there were princely states within dialect areas; under Mughal rule (16th 18th centuries), Persian was the language which was used by the court and by courts of justice and this practice continued in the latter function for a time under the British.
There is still little independence from the already entrenched political actors, even if these groups stay within the tight legal lines.
Around the Mediterranean, new powers were rising, foremost amongst them the Carolingian Empire, while in 803, the Pax Nicephori recognized the de facto independence of Byzantine Venice, which was further entrenched by the repulsion of a Byzantine attack in 809.
"Most Nigerians are poorer today than they were at independence in 1960, victims of the resource curse and rampant, entrenched corruption," says International Crisis Group in a new report.
Corporate law, the courts and activist institutional investors such as Calpers (which began publishing lists of "underperforming" boards in the 1980s) have further entrenched the shareholder model.One strand of history traces a push by shareholders for greater board independence.
Special interests are entrenched.
Because they are entrenched.
