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- 1041: Causes of the The French Revolution
- ... of the land, collected tithes, and paid no direct taxes. They also provided social services and helped out running schools, hospitals, and orphanages. The Second Estate was made up of the nobles. These people had rights and good jobs in the government, the army, the courts, and the church. With these rights came strict royal control over them. The nobles didn't like the bureaucracy for fear of loosing their freedoms to the middle-class. The Third Estate was everyone else in France. This was the largest ... gun powder. The Bastille incident set off revolts all over France and Louis was soon deposed afterwards democratic government was set-up in place of the old monarchy. A doctrine called the Declaration of the Rights of Man and citizen served as a basis for the revolutionary French leaders. The French set up a government in which an elected legislative group met annually. It also consisted of an elected judiciary ...
- 1042: Affirmative Action
- Affirmative Action In the Human Rights Act, Chapter 214 of the revised statutes, 1989, it states that in recognition that human rights must be protected by the rule of law, this Legislature affirms the principal that every person is free and equal in dignity and rights without regard to race, religion, religious creed, colour, sex, physical or mental disability or ethnic or national origin. Unfortunately though, sometimes this law is not always abided by. Women, aboriginal people who are physically ...
- 1043: Government Intervention of the Internet
- ... from another source. "The Internet is much more like going into a book store and choosing to look at adult magazines." (Miller 75). Jim Exon, a democratic senator from Nebraska, wants to pass a decency bill regulating the Internet. If the bill passes, certain commercial servers that post pictures of unclad beings, like those run by Penthouse or Playboy, would of course be shut down immediately or risk prosecution. The same goes for any amateur web site ... its leaders would be held responsible for a $100,000 fine and two years in jail. Why does it suddenly become illegal to post something that has been legal for years in print? Exon's bill apparently would also "criminalize private mail," ... "I can call my brother on the phone and say anything--but if I say it on the Internet, it's illegal" (Levy 53). Congress, in their pursuit ...
- 1044: Black Power
- Black Power What did the phrase "black power" mean to African Americans who participated in the civil rights struggle? Booker T. Washington felt that black power meant financial power. During the movement that would soon be a landmark in our country's history, the black community lacked black owned businesses, black teachers, and ... were without these things it was impossible for them as a group to attain financial power. The "Black Power" movement grew out of frustration with the slow progress and non-violence of the early civil rights demonstrations. During the early sixties peaceful protests took place consistently through out America. Usually little was done to protect protesters, and police brutality was becoming all too common towards these non-violent demonstrators. During a ... or unwilling to enforce order, the citizens can, and must, act in self-defense against lawless violence. I believe this right holds for black Americans as well as whites." The general mood of the civil rights movement drifted more toward aggressive action if change was desired quickly. Williams also explained that, " when an oppressed people show a willingness to defend themselves, the enemy, who is a moral weakling and coward ...
- 1045: Anti-government Censorship on the Internet
- ... what is objectional for them to see or read." The Communication Decency Act (CDA) of June 4, 1995, the U.S. decided to make that decision for us. Senator Jim Exxon (D-Nebraska) sponsored the bill. The bill is sometimes called the Exxon bill. The bill focuses on the word "indecent." Problems arise because the term is so vague. It could be applied to virtually any site on the Internet. This federal law was recently ruled unconstitutional by ...
- 1046: Welfare Reform: A Matter of Justice
- ... everyone by not acting while this Leviathan digs us deeper and deeper into debt. In his Justice as Entitlement theory, Robert Nozick describes his view of social justice. He states that aside from nontransferable natural rights like life, liberty and happiness, justice is to do with holdings, and that government is to have as small a part in the lives of its citizens as possible. This is his idea of the ... Entitlement, as he puts it, has three major parts. First is how people acquire their holdings, Justice in Acquisition. This states that if a person acquires their holdings by their own labor, without violating the rights of others, then this holding is just. It is each persons responsibility to work to support themselves and their families. Next is the idea behind transacting business, or Justice in Transfer. This principal states that ... not, be. He states that government has the obligation to protect its citizens from theft, force, fraud, and also to enforce contracts. He states that any more extensive a government will violate its citizens natural rights. He also says that a government must not prohibit activities of its citizens for their own good or protection, and it cannot force any citizen to aid another citizen against their own will. With ...
- 1047: British Society
- ... were the landowners who had the ability to vote and serve in government and then there the oppressed, who are the back breaking workers. The factory workers and miners (the oppressed) were denied basic human rights and their opinion and beliefs were discarded as being useless. These workers wanted change and reform, however they did not speak out against their masters or government because of fear of retaliation by the oppressors ... estate was sold off to the Baycliff family. Legally the estate belonged to Tommy Transome, an illiterate peasant who had been paid off to keep quiet. If anything were to happen to Tommy Transome, the rights to the estate would pass to any existing heir of the Baycliff family. Harold Transome the lord of the Transome estate was a strong handsome man who left home to find his fortune in the ... He also demanded that the working men united themselves and give their "hands and voices for the right man," and when you shout for Transome, remember you shout for more wages, and more of your rights, and you shoot to get rid of rats and sprats and such animals, who are the tools the rich make use of to squeeze the blood out of the poor people," (p. 117). If ...
- 1048: Protecting The Innocent
- ... possibility. During the past century many innocent persons have been given the death penalty. Many of these people spend years on death row only to later be exonerated. The House Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights issued a report in October of 1993 listing 48 persons who had been released from death row between 1973 and 1993 due to new evidence that proved their innocence (www.un.org). However recently President ... When we gain knowledge of thought patterns leading to criminal activity our society is given the opportunity to prevent more crimes like these from taking place. Our country is known as a champion of human rights. But we seem to be forgetting the principles and ideals that founded our nation and made our country what it is today. Why do we need to be not only the judge but also the ... Economic and Social Council. "Report of the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial or Arbitrary Executions". 22 January 1998. (http://www.unhchr.ch.org/hurdoca.html). United Nations Organization. Home Page. 29 March 2000. (www.un.org/rights.html). White House Office of the Press Secretary. "Clinton Administration Plan to Expand Community Policing and Reduce Gun Violence". 11 August 1993. (http://www.pub.whitehouse.gov/uri-res/I2r.text). Bibliography Works Cited " ...
- 1049: Haig v. Agee: Power to Revoke Passports
- ... passport violates the first and fifth amendments of the Constitution of the United States. Not only does the Secretary of State have implied powers, but revoking Agee's passport did not violate any laws or rights. In Haig v. Agee, the defendant claims that the Passport Act of 1926 does not grant the Secretary of State the right to revoke passports. However, the Passport Act does state that the Secretary of ... This shows that the Congress agrees that the Executive branch has been recognized as having the power to revoke passports. By revoking a passport, the government is not infringing on the party's first amendment rights, freedom of speech. The party involved is merely being told that they cannot leave the country, not that they cannot speak out against the government. For example, if a person is sentenced to jail, they ... roam around the world, but they can speak out against the government. Revoking Agee's passport only limits where he can go, not what he can say; This does not infringe on any of his rights granted in the Constitution. Revoking a passport also does not infringe upon the fifth amendment because illegal activities are involved. For example, if you commit a crime, the police do not wait until after ...
- 1050: Ancient Greece: A Time Of Great Cities And Lives
- ... an interesting time and place with huge markets in which people could sell items of every kind. Strict laws with even stricter penalties if broken, a place where women were did not have as many rights as they do today, and along with the most outstanding army in their time. A quote that goes along with this time is; "I have killed one I have killed two -- the vampire who said ... the worlds economy and was to be home to more than twice as many shops and people than the city already held. Although women in the world today are always talking about women and their rights and how they deserve to be equal in everything that they do and receive, it was not a problem to Greeks in their society which has been described as a place where women's freedom ... today's society. In Greece it was a mans world in which a man could do what he pleased to a certain extent of the law. Which is better than today due to women's rights movements and decency laws that have been implemented in the past years. It also would have been interesting to see how the women really were treated instead of from books and and assignments. Along ...
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