Some other crimes include blackmail, shoplifting, graffiti, culpable driving; which are all summary offences which means that it is a common but not really serious crime and are dealt with by the magistrates court. ... If we study the law we will have an increase of knowledge of society and human nature, use reasoned arguments instead of force and crime for solving problems, and learn to focus on human problems. ...

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CUSTOM AND LAW According to the Living Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary: Custom: A long-established practice which has acquired the force of law. ... The distinction with regard to norms is those that are upheld through custom and those that carry the force of law. ... Because of the values, belief and norms, inherent in its Board of Directors, Executives and employees (the driving force behind the airline), the company continues to strive to be "the airline of choice-. ...

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An old woman endures a long journey to get medicine for her grandson. The journey itself is symbolic. Phoenix endures many obstacles throughout her journey. "Seem like there is chains about my feet, time I get this far" (Welty paragraph 5) She is describing her weakness and how hard it is for her to...

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The freedom to think for oneself is an essential quality of human nature. To lack this freedom is to lack morality, individuality, and overall humanity. Today, our ability to be freethinkers is constantly being tested; our lives are assaulted on a daily basis by relentless advertising and shameles...

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This is due, mainly, to the inherent characteristics of invisibility and ramification of ideology that makes of it a more potent means to integrate subjects into political and social power structures than physical force. ... These two poems, in fact, constitute the driving forces behind the two major patterns of attitudes of the animals in the novel, namely revolution and submissiveness. Indeed, this extract illustrates a shift in Comrade Napoleon's authoritarian strategy from imposing his power through physical force and direct interaction with the animals to instilling it in their minds...

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It is only when one looks deeper into the cultural forces driving both events that the similarities become evident. ... The need to relate to others and impress those around you is a driving force that affects everyone, everywhere, at one point or another. ...

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Mobility is a huge factor in the work force, and the less one is "tied down" to, the easier it is to make the necessary transitions. ... Many of these societies use dependence training as their driving force behind these cultural structures. ... Women can contribute significantly to a society, increasing the available work force two-fold. ...

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In today's modern world there is a driving force that unfortunately gets a lot Americans out of bed in the morning and off to the task they engage in every day. ... We know these responsibilities as pressures that face average college students and force them to change their own personal values of a college education. ...

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I fear for fellow classmates who are going to have a large debt from student loans and combined with their mortgage will force them to work much harder to pay it back. ... I couldn't see myself not wearing brand name clothes or driving my new truck, or wearing my fancy watch, truth is it makes you feel good or important and it affects your social standing in society. ...

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The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills C. Wright Mills imparts a bold statement in his opening sentence, when he writes, "The power of ordinary men are circumscribed by the everyday worlds in which they live, yet even in the rounds of job, family, and neighborhood they often seem driven by forces th...

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What can be seen as a driving force in the progression of political thought in 1920's Japan were the currents of liberal, individualist, rights-based ideology that had sprung from recourse to both Western philosophy and more traditional Japanese ideas of disobedience and resistance to authority. ... It could even be said that liberal ideas were becoming a dominant force in much of the Japanese political landscape, a force that was perhaps best articulated through the Universal Suffrage bill of 1925 and Diet success in making reductions made to the military. ...

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When looked up in the dictionary, the word identity refers to the distinguishing character or personality of an individual that is marked by psychological, social, and cultural factors. That being said, the quest towards finding identity and fully understanding who you are as a person, is never an e...

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The level of influence that religion has on an individual's life has always been in question. People always wonder how much of their actions are the result of their own independent thoughts and how much is the result of external influence from social interactions. This essay discusses the level of i...

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Once realized, this brand of political association would be one which "will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each associate, and in which each, while uniting himself with all, may still obey himself alone, and remain as free as before". ...

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This is in contrast with Bergson's hero, who initially makes his own decision by driving his principles from aspiration. ... As the laws, that constitute a, "public force that dominate the individual," and regulate liberty, would restrain them and would, in this way, prevent the accomplishment of the ideal, the hero must disregard these laws (both written and unwritten ones). ...

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