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- 5221: Law - An Overview
- ... United States is moving away from its long established concern for and advocacy of international legal norms of state behavior." The implication of the United States' departure is extremely troubling. The decline of universalism in world politics can be seen through the example of the United States. Moynihan has no trouble in finding examples in recent history to support his argument. During the Bush Administration two examples are cited of unilateral action condoned by the United States, which are violations of international law. The first is the precedent allowing the Federal Bureau of Investigation apprehend fugitives of United States law anywhere around the world. This violates the principles of sovereignty and jurisdiction. The second example is the United States' raid on the home of the Nicaraguan embassador in Panama. This clearly violates the idea of extraterritorality. These actions are ... the notion of morality in the international community, that either there is complete surrender to its principles or total abstinence in participation. Perhaps one day a solution will arise to successfully solve the dilemmas the world faces in obtaining a world of order. A world where the law is not based on mere custom but a legislature empowered to create laws that are binding to all states. Having a system ...
- 5222: Economics
- ... economics easily evolves into the science of making most people miserable. Nine-tenths of life are economic. The remaining one-tenth is social- political. If there is a fruitful source of supression loose upon the world and if it makes people unhappy, then it is a legitimate field for comment, as it must form a large "misunderstood" in our daily lives Let us see how involved it can be made. The ... virulent philosophy of the 19th Century was not that of Dewey or Schopenhauer. It was that of a fellow named Karl Marx, a Germam. In his book, Das Kapitas, he sets out to destroy the world of capitalism, by introducing the philosophy of Communism, borrowed in some part eviidently from Lycurgus, of the ancient Greek State of Sparta. Marx has succeeded to date (though himself dead and buried in England) in extending his philosophy over perhaps two-thirds of the world's population and upsettiing the remainder most thoroughly. Capitalism, under attack, surviving only in the West in a faint form, has borrowed so heavily from Marx in it's modern "Socialism" that it cannot ...
- 5223: Racism - The Future
- ... they could have been a criminal. A robber from "the hood." After all, isn't that what most of "them" are. No one deserves to be prejudged like that. The prejudice of people in the world is disgusting. The worst part of it all is that they don't even know that they are doing it. They think it's normal behavior, it doesn’t even phase them when they do ... are they supposed to give any preference to unqualified candidates (Froomkin). And they are not supposed to harm anyone through "reverse discrimination." 3 Then there are those who are completely unaware of racism in the world. They walk down the streets, through the stores and working at their job, completely oblivious. They're so blind! Why can't they see what is happening around them? Have they really lived such sheltered ... it with their own eyes, but it won't register in their mind. If these people don't open their eyes, they will never see what is happening. What is going to happen to the world if people don't start realizing what is happening? Will we be plunged into a time where racial tension is everywhere? Will we soon start having racial wars? Will racial violence be a normal ...
- 5224: NAFTA: Canada's & Mexico's Viewpoints
- ... trading frame work for North America. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was set to be implied. The North American Free Trade Agreement often raises questions regarding the new economic trading blocs around the world. The twelve-nation European Community (EC), a Central American free trade zone, and a four-nation South American group, as well as preliminary discussions regarding an Asian trading bloc, all point to the fact that ... Canada's excellent and fertile farming land has produced many great results. A very superior livestock and excellent crops have contributed to a productive and prosperous trade of their agricultural products and services around the world. Canada's total exports surpasses $13 billion a year. Under NAFTA Canada and Mexico have worked out a separate agreement between themselves. Over all Canadian exports will enjoy immediate access to the Mexican market under ... role in Canada's development as a nation. Investment is an important tool for Canada's growth and prosperity. It will continue to aid Canada's goal of maintaining and enhancing their competitiveness in the world marketplace. Under the free trade agreement with the U.S., Canada agreed to raise the thresholds for the review of foreign takeovers by U.S. investors. With NAFTA Mexico will enjoy the same access ...
- 5225: BECOA Report on Investing Currencies in the Far East
- BECOA Report on Investing Currencies in the Far East Introduction In the world today, the possibilities are endless for people who want to make money. These opportunities may exist in the form of a bond, currency, stock, or business venture, but the common tie between them is that ... too volatile for any significant gains to be made by pursuing any countries within. As is evident from classroom work in this course, the Far East has the greatest potential of any area in the world to be the next big area, in terms of economic expansion. With the many countries available to select for currency trade, it is very difficult for a student with limitedresources to accurately and to the ... were all good strategic investments. Japan The first country that I chose to buy currency in was Japan. Japan, as many people know is a country that has proven itself as having one of the world's most powerful and stable economies. When we examine the Real Growth Rate in Japan (Fig. 1, pg: 7), we can see that the Japanese economy is growing every year over the charts history. ...
- 5226: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
- ... the government help blacks when they do not help themselves and apply themselves like they should? “Life is a competition” (Curry 171). Minorities will be at a disadvantage if standards are lowered, in the real world one either has the skill to accomplish the job or Aguilar 6. doesn’t. When programs like affirmative allow minorities to slide through the cracks that affirmative action has made and places minorities at a ... difference in the black and the Hispanic society. Affirmative action has a huge negative impact on our economy, affirmative action is costly, futile, and worst of all destroys the legitimacy of minorities. In the business world the main concern of an employer should be to hire personnel that will increase productivity, the concern should not de to hire to have a racially diverse faculty. How can the most effective person for ... from this extended leave in many cases proves to be impossible to recover from. In the majority of cases, beginning a family is choice that both males and females make. Falling behind in the business world is an eventual consequence, and a sacrifice to beginning a family. There have been numerous cases and incidents where affirmative action and similar programs have made people victims. Janice Camarena, a widowed mother of ...
- 5227: Affermative Action
- ... at a time when discrimination still exists, sought to preclude them from attaining constitutionally guaranteed right, like jobs and schooling.” (Ayres 34). As Rosenbaum pointed out, discrimination does still exist in our not so perfect world, and so far Affirmative Action is our only solution; so why is California trying so hard to put an end to it? Abolishing Affirmative Action is not the answer. President Clinton spoke out in his ... Affirmative Action in admissions, scholarships and college recruiting programs.” This ruling is now being applied to almost all Texas colleges (Applebome a14). As Peter Applebome puts it “ Texas and California have become laboratories for a world without Affirmative Action” (a14). So far the results have proved the world desperately needs Affirmative Action. Statistically the abolishment of Affirmative Action on graduate schools this year in California show that the enrollment of blacks in a random law school declined from twenty last year to ...
- 5228: My Vision of Tomorrow
- My Vision of Tomorrow Tomorrow's world will be much different and also, much better in many ways. We will have developed much better technology. We will have made huge medical advancements. The general quality of life will be much better, and living will also have become much easier. Still, nothing can ever be perfect, and in a world of the future, we will experience many complex and unavoidable problems such as depletion of resources, overpopulation, and the threat of nuclear and biological warfare. The solutions to these dilemmas will not be immediately apparent ... completely lost. At the pace that doctors and medical researchers have been moving at, in the next few generations we will have developed treatments and/or cures for all of the diseases that plague the world's people today. These diseases include; AIDS, cancer, the common cold, Alzheimer's disease, and even the most exotic and deadly diseases like Ebola. But, the practice of medicine will not be eliminated because ...
- 5229: Will Computers Control Humans In The Future?
- ... The increased use of computers in the future, however, might have negative results and impact on our lives. In the novel Nine Tomorrows Isaac Asimov often criticizes our reliance on computers by portraying a futuristic world where computers control humans. One of the images which Asimov describes in the book is that humans might become too dependent on computers. In one of the stories, Profession, Asimov writes about people being educated ... they would only want to be educated by computer tapes. Putting in knowledge would take less time than reading books and memorizing something that would take almost no time using a computer in the futuristic world that Asimov describes. Humans might began to rely on computers and allow them to control themselves by letting computers educate people. Computers would start teaching humans what computers tell them without having any choice of ... and doing everything for them. According to another story in the book, Asimov also describes how computers would be able to predict probabilities of an event, future. In the story All the Troubles of the World one big computer predicted crime before it even happened, allowing the police to take the person who was going to commit the crime and release him/her after the danger has passed (All The ...
- 5230: The Millennium Bug
- ... affected, but they are paying millions upon millions of dollars in order for computers to recognize the difference between the years 2000 and 1900. The year 2000 computer bug is a huge problem that our world must face. In order to explain how to solve the "millennium bug", it is a good idea to be informed about exactly what the year 2000 problem is. The year 2000 industry expert, Peter de ... 2000 problem, an addition to the obstacle. Combined, they form what seems more like a hideous monster than an insignificant bug. The impact of Y2K on society is enormous, bringing the largest companies in the world to their knees, pleading for a fix at nearly any cost. "The modern world has come to depend on information as much as it has on electricity and running water. Fixing the problem is difficult because there are [less than] two years left to correct 40 years of ...
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