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- 691: American Revolutionary War 2
- ... Justified in Their Rebellion against England? Did They Have an Adequate Cause for Revolution? Starting after the termination of the Seven-Year s war, by the Peace of Paris, England repeatedly violated the American Colonists rights. A series of events, happening between 1763(ending of the Seven-Years war) and 1775 (starting of the revolution), could be taken as motives for the American s revolution. The Americans claimed that through both, the Sugar Act (1764) and the Stamp Act (1765), the British dishonored their rights to taxation. The Townshend Acts also infuriated the Americans, and as in all other circumstances, they were willing to fight for their rights. The final justification for the Revolution came from the Coercive Acts. The Sugar and the Stamp Acts were the first events by which the Americans felt their rights violated. The British wanted to collect ...
- 692: Capital Punishment: Injustice of Society
- ... capital punishment was common, the value of life was less, and societies were more barbaric--capital punishment was probably quite acceptable. However, in today’s society, which is becoming ever more increasingly humanitarian, and individual rights and due process of justice are held in high accord, the death penalty is becoming an unrealistic form of punishment. Also, with the ever present possibility of mistaken execution, there will remain the question of ... suitable substitutes that require fewer resources. I ask society, “...why don’t we stop the killing?”(Grisham 404). Bibliography Bright, Steven B., and Patrick J. Keenan. “Judges and the Politics of Death: Deciding Between the Bill of Rights and the Next Election in Capital Cases.” Boston University Law Review 75 (1995): 768-69. Cavanagh, Suzanne, and David Teasley. “Capital Punishment: A Brief Overview.” CRS Report For Congress 95-505GOV (1995): 4. Frame, ...
- 693: Euthanasia
- ... constitutes ordinary and extraordinary medical treatment? The court indicated that a patient’s right to refuse treatment was an extension of the constitutionally derived “right to privacy” and, more importantly, permitted the assignment of those rights to Quinlan’s guardians. With the Matter of Quinlan decision, the Supreme Court attempted to set forth a process to balance the state’s interests, which were seen as preserving human life and the physician ... of a woman’s decision to terminate a pregnancy as being analogous of a decision to terminate a comatose patient, as the Quinlan court had. The Cruzan court also found that the cloudiness of privacy rights that the Quinlan court relied on to develop the right to refuse treatment was not absolute. Finally, even if the right to privacy included the right to refuse treatment, that right had its limitations. The ... privacy or the right to refuse treatment included the right to refuse food and water. The court’s determination of what individual interests did and did not consist of substantially weakened the balance between individual rights and state’s rights in favor of the state. The Cruzan court further shifted the balance towards the state when it stated that the State’s interest is in the unqualified preservation of life, ...
- 694: Euthanasia
- ... in California has gone one controversial step further. (Walter 176) It ruled that Elizabeth Bouvia, a cerebral palsy victim, had an absolute right to refuse a life-sustaining feeding tube as part of her privacy rights under the US and California constitutions. This was the nation's most sweeping decision in perhaps the most controversial realm of the rights explosion: the right to die... As individuals and as a society, we have the positive obligation to protect life. The second precept is that we have the negative obligation not to destroy or injure human ... are against euthanasia. The way you talk you'd think people have absolute right over their bodies and lives. But that is obviously just not true. No individual has absolute freedom. Even the patient's Bill of Rights, which was drawn up by the American Hospital Association, recognizes this. Although it acknowledges that patients have the right to refuse treatment, the document also realizes that they have this right and ...
- 695: Napolean
- ... expedition to Turkish-ruled Egypt, which he conquered. The British admiral Horatio Nelson, leaving him stranded, however, destroyed his fleet. Undaunted, he reformed the Egyptian government and law, abolishing serfdom and feudalism and guaranteeing basic rights. The French scholars he had brought with him began the scientific study of ancient Egyptian history. In 1799 he failed to capture Syria, but he won a smashing victory over the Turks. France, meanwhile, faced ... arisen during the Revolution. In France the administration was reorganized, the court system was simplified, and all schools were put under centralized control. French law was standardized in the Code of Napoleon. They guaranteed the rights and liberties won in the Revolution, including equality before the law and freedom of religion. In April 1803 Britain, provoked by Napoleon’s aggressive behavior, resumed war with France on the seas, two years later ... the Code Napoleon was established as law. Feudalism and serfdom were abolished, and freedom of religion. Each state was given a constitution, providing for the right for a male vote and a parliament and a bill of rights. French-style administrative and judicial systems were required. Schools were put under centralized government, and free public schools were thought of. Higher education was opened to all that qualified, regardless of class ...
- 696: American Revolution 4
- ... that line and the colonists to the east. This angered the colonists because it put their western claims under royal control and severely limiting their expansion. Another legislation that promoted the violation of the colonists' rights was the writ of assistance. A writ of assistance is a general search warrant permitting customs officers to search any ship or building where stolen goods where thought to be. The evil in this law ... Branch Petition was written (in very polite language) by John Dickinson just after the beginning of the war demanding three things: a cease-fire at Boston, repeal of the Coercive Acts, and negotiations about American rights. The King refused to even read it. By observing colonial society after the Revolutionary War, it is evident that the revolution was conservative. The first example is the issue of slavery. Leaders did not attempt ... North do not make much difference for the whole cause. Second, freed slaves lived as second-class citizens and still remained living in conditions like those of slavery or worse. Another issue is women's rights. The revolution gave now new political rights to women and still treated them as inferior and subordinate to the male figures in their lives. The final social issue is that of Native Americans. The ...
- 697: How Much Power Should The Fede
- ... responsible for creating beneficial laws for its citizens, but many times over-steps its bounds. In trying to make laws to protect health and well-being, the government takes away from its citizens freedom and rights as competent adults. The governement does have its responsibilities, such as dealing with foreign affairs, however, every time the government makes decisions for us we creep closer and closer to an Orwellian society. The government ... cannot be trusted to decide where to cross the street. The simple freedom of choosing where to cross a particular street is dimished. The overbearing power of the government may best be viewed in the rights parents have been robbed of. In May of 1996, President Bill Clinton announced that he was supporting a new nationwide teen curfew policy. This policy recommended weekday curfew at 9:00 PM, with punishments of fines and court summons for parents of the offenders. This ...
- 698: Counterfeiting: We're In The Money
- Counterfeiting: We're In The Money A frequently asked question by a customer is "Can you break a hundred dollar bill?" If this request has been granted, why do the cashiers take the bill and turn it into a biology experiment? Between pouring a liquid on the note and/or holding it up to the light to check for authenticity, is our currency system in danger? As of the beginning of 1996, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve and the Secretary of the United States Treasury, prove their economic wizardry by making the new one hundred dollar bill nearly impossible to counterfeit in attempt to protect our economy. This is just the first step in improving our currency system. Counterfeiting U.S. currency is an illegal practice that has has been around ...
- 699: Capital Punishment: Injustice of Society
- ... capital punishment was common, the value of life was less, and societies were more barbaric--capital punishment was probably quite acceptable. However, in today's society, which is becoming ever more increasingly humanitarian, and individual rights and due process of justice are held in high accord, the death penalty is becoming an unrealistic form of punishment. Also, with the ever-present possibility of mistaken execution, there will remain the question of ... suitable substitutes that require fewer resources. I ask society, "...why don't we stop the killing?"(Grisham 404) Bibliography Bright, Steven B., and Patrick J. Keenan. "Judges and the Politics of Death: Deciding Between the Bill of Rights and the Next Election in Capital Cases." Boston University Law Review 75 (1995): 768-69. Cavanagh, Suzanne, and David Teasley. "Capital Punishment: A Brief Overview." CRS Report For Congress 95-505GOV (1995): 4. Frame, ...
- 700: Age Of Reform In America
- ... new ideas sprang up. Conflicting opinions between the people of the United States caused the emergence of an Age of Reform, where people tried to change things such as the educational system and women s rights. These movements were the result of our nation s self-determination and interest in improving the society we live in. Between the 1820 s and 1860 s, Americans were trying new things and promoting different ... around today, it is not in wide practice. Mormonism is another example of people trying to raise the standard of society for the better. The Age of Reforms also brought new hope to women s rights. Women had often played a lesser role in societies around the world, especially in America. They were never involved in politics and nearly all women at the time stayed home to take care of the house chores. The women s rights movement that arose in the 1920 s really started during the Age of Reforms, in the 1800 s. The Women s rights reform began in 1840, at a London convention concerning slavery, when two ...
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