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- 13471: Our Living Shield: The First Amendment
- ... of liberties which were, at the time ascribed, to most people belonging to the United States. The main author, James Madison, transported the previous ideas of f undamental liberties from the great libertarians around the world, such as John Lilburne, John Locke, William Walwyn and John Milton. Madison and other previous libertarians of his time were transposed into seventeen different rights which were to be secured to all those in the ... the Bill of Rights was marked by a rebirth in which the Bill of Rights was no longer a set of ideals. The second half began when in 1925, the court ruled in Gitlow v. New York that the First Amendment supersedes state laws . This nullified the Court's ruling in Barron v. Baltimore, which took place 92 years earlier. Also, in 1931, the Court overturned Minnesota's conviction of Jay ...
- 13472: Pro Choice Among Women
- ... account of the wrongness of killing is correct because it explains why we believe that killing is one of the worst of crimes.”(141) Would it also be wrong to place an individual in the world that is handicapped, deformed, or otherwise incompetent? Abortion is an inexpensive procedure to prevent this from occurring. If a woman knows that the fetus will more than likely not have a “FLO”, then she is ... life followers tend to direct the woman towards adoption services, or orphanages. To Pro-life believers, the cost of adoption is incomparable to the cost a life. If finances decide bringing a child into the world, then Pro-life activists believe there is no reason not to fulfill a pregnancy. They will raise funds, or incorporate funding from the government to support an infant that can not be raised by the ... to life. I believe Immanuel Kant would suggest that maybe a woman has a duty to abort a child for the mere fact that she has a duty not to bring that child into the world. On the other hand, he might state that she has a duty to give that child the right to live life to the fullest. The child may lead a prosperous life that leads to ...
- 13473: Juvenile Justice
- ... Thus, from almost the beginning children have been treated differently from adults who commit the same acts. The origin of juvenile corrections in the United States goes, back at least to the opening of the New York House of Refuge in 1825. This house of refuge was established to meet the same kinds of needs the JJS of today tries to meet, including avoidance of harsh criminal penalties for unfortunate children ... understanding of the human mind, we will be able to treat juveniles more effectively. Works Cited Little, Michael (1990). Young men in prison. Vermont: Dartmouth. Lundman, Richard J. (1993). Prevention and control of juvenile delinquency. New York: Oxford University Press. Quay, Herbert (1987). Handbook of juvenile delinquency. New York: Wiley- -Interscope Pub.
- 13474: Governement's Bureaucratic Half-Witted Laws
- ... fine for such a crime is fifty dollars and up to ten days in jail. Once again a government decided it didn't have enough power and thought that it might as well impose a new law to show its "immense" power over the people. In Connecticut you can be stopped be the police for bike riding over sixty-five miles an hour. You can also be arrested for walking across ... may last for as much as, but no more than, five minutes." One is not allowed to transport an ice cream cone in ones pocket or one can be arrested in the state of Kentucky. New Mexico also has its own form of personal suppression in the form of a law that states "Females are strictly forbidden to appear unshaven in public." Massachusetts has an array of personal suppressors involving its ... makes snoring a crime unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked. If one wants to wear a goatee a special five dollar permit must be purchased to wear a goatee in public. In New York a fine of twenty five dollars can be imposed on any citizen that flirts. Some laws and ordinances seem to be "jokes". One instance that a law seems humorous is it is illegal ...
- 13475: Development of Defense of Provocation
- ... 1963-64) 111 CLR 610 was the case of a man who killed his wife's lover, after she left him and their children for the deceased. Chief Justice Dixon of the Supreme Court of New South Wales delivered the primary judgment. It is interesting to note at this point that legislation had been enacted in New South Wales with regard to provocation. This legislation re- iterated many of the principles established at common law. Dixon, however, believed that the common law principles still held some influence, and in this case the ... that "characteristics of a permanent … nature, which marked the accused from … the ordinary man in the community might properly be taken into consideration for the purposes of the "ordinary man" test." The limits of this new test would be explored in R v Voukelatos [1990] VR 1. In an analysis on the defence of provocation Justice Murphy allows that any beliefs held by the accused, whether they be delusional or ...
- 13476: Business and Government Agencies
- ... be food for the media and a public scandal. The second question if the director were to leave and become a superior for a firm. I don't see this as a big threat, the new director would have his new alliances. It would seem like any influence that the former director would have would have to be kept to a minimum in order to preserve the rulemaking under the circumstance that the findings were on ... the public on request. The Government in Sunshine Act, here every portion of every meeting that is headed by a collegial body is open to public observation. The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980, If a new regulation has a significant influence on small business an analysis is done to determine if the financial burden out weighs the benefits. If so then less costly alternatives are given. The two cases of ...
- 13477: Affirmative Action
- ... Why can't I become successful on my own? Why do I need laws to help me get a job?” These African Americans want to be treated as equals, not as incompetents. In my Idealistic world neither Black, White, Mexican, Asian, Woman or Man should need nothing, except their skills. In a statement released in 1981 by the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Jack P. Hartog, who directed the Affirmative ... only crime that they were guilty of was being White. The injustice toward the White Male does not end there. After the White Male has been fired, he has to go out and find a new job to support his family, that depended on the company, to provide health care and a retirement plan, in return for years of hard work. Now, because of Affirmative Action, this White Male, and the ...
- 13478: Recent Changes To Welfare
- ... a program that would bring significant benefits to the needy and hungery people of our country. However, the response and criticisms are equivalent to what our president expected, very negative. Mary Jo Bane believes the new welfare law poses serious dangers to poor children and families. As assistant secretary for children and families in the Department of Health and Human services, she supported the administration's efforts to refocus the welfare ... intended. "No longer will cash assistance to dependent children be guaranteed by the federal government. Instead it will be provided, or not, by states using block grants." (Bane) This is the basic premise of the new bill. Specifically, there are nine titles addressing separate issues involved. The bulk of the 54 billion dollar savings appears in Numbers XV and XIII. They offer the most serious impact, according to Mrs. Smith and ... as the child care and self-improvement initiative. They express how the program set forth in a well intended manner, in the hopes of correcting one of our nations greatest problems, can turn into many new problems. The hardest part lies in the fact that there is no universal answer to an issue as large, widespread, and diverse as the welfare program. We have learned that there is much work ...
- 13479: The Strategies The Meiji Government Used to Achieve Economic Development?
- ... which included father, teacher, official and employer. The Japanese education system also created a system of technical schools and universities both public and private that educated a growing class of Japanese on how to use new western machinery, administrate government and run private industries. The Japanese education system following the Rescript on Education served primarily to teach people what to think and not how to think; and as Edwin Reischauer stated ... Germany in perfecting these techniques." Japan's education system was a tool in creating for Japan a reliable citizenry who respected the government and had the knowledge to act as "technically efficient clogs" in the new industries and administration that an industrializing state created. The ratification of the Meiji constitution drafted in the summer of 1887 and signed into law in 1889 helped create a stable constitutional order in Japan. The ... democracy for the wealthy. It ensured investors and the Zaibutsu a say in government and promoted growth by creating a stabile government that was critical to ensuring investors will put capital in businesses. Both the new education and governmental structure of Japan passed in the 1880's and 1890's was essential to Japanese stability and economic and industrial growth.
- 13480: Religion The State And Soverei
- ... people. Thus, once again the authority of the church was restricted, however this time by the emergence of an institution called the state. During this period states begin to develop colonies and exploration of the new world. The discoveries and travel further challenged church authority. An example of this is the well founded "scientific" fact that the earth was flat. After such journeys by Columbus and Magellan, the concept of church's ...
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