From what "freewill" should be to the role that governments should play in a society. ... But, according to Hospers, that is exactly what the government does. Hospers implies that governments have been nothing but trouble in the past. ... The government shouldn't be able to lay claim to what you have worked for. ... If he cannot pay, then he is to be released from the hospital since most medical centers are profit based unlike Countries that provide universal medical insurance. ...

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He believes that by living in a society and accepting its benefits (such as protection, schools, markets and roads), one must also accept the burdens, and by receiving services from the government, an individual owes service to the government in return. ... The desire to change a law is based upon moral principles, and by acting upon these principles, people can potentially affect their society positively. ... A fundamental characteristic of civil disobedience is the use of non-violent protest against the government. ... Convinced that harming another person was never appropriate, the signer...

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The government should not have a say in what people do. ... The government budget to fight drugs has skyrocketed. ... If drugs are legalized, the government will be able to tax users. ... The government would be able to put a hefty tax on drugs. ... "Government corruption and intimidation by traffickers as well as drug-based foreign policies would be effectively reduced, if not eliminated entirely" (Inciardi/McElrath, 287). ...

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Some people think there might actually be less crime in the United States if the government wasn't so easy on criminal cases. ... Based upon the statue that bribing a witness for his or her testimony is illegal, giving the defendant a lesser charge for turning someone else in should also be illegal. ... One of the government's main reasons for not banning plea bargains altogether is that it serves an interest to society. ... In all these laws just as in plea-bargaining, the government violates the rights of its citizens by bending laws. The governments should not be allowed to ben...

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This was a crucial step in assuring that Americans were given the opportunity to know exactly what records government agencies had about them. ... ut that government agencies are still allowed to blank out parts of the files they send to private citizens that contain where their information came from (52). ... Most Americans are aware that the government holds records on them but few realize how many records the government has and exactly what information those records contain. ... Although some of this information may be necessary in calculating social security and other government program...

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Each branch of government has their own responsibilities to pursue and they have different resources to achieve them. ... Daviault) Therefore based on expert witness that testified, the majority judges decided to acquittal Daviault of the sexual assault charges, because he was heavily intoxicated similar automatism. ... This legislative sequel would be considered an "In Your Face" reply because the government makes a legislation that directly contradicts the Daviault majority's ruling showcasing the government doesn't agree with their decision (Maclvor 145). ... Also, the...

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Constitutions can either be written "formal document outlining the rules and regulations" or unwritten - based on customs and a wide range of statutes and other legal documents. ... The constitution also stresses that the Treaty of Waitangi is the founding document of New Zealand's government. The structure of New Zealand's government is fundamental in understanding the formation of the country's constitution. The Government follows a Westminster system, which means there is a constitutional monarchy and a sovereign Parliament. ... The executive branch consists of the Pr...

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Based on our reading and discussions, are there other features you think are more important or distinctive? ... Now a day, it has been implicit that Common law rules are based on precedent. ... Thus from foregoing statement, it cannot be said that American law is either exclusively common-law based nor entirely civil law system. ... Federalism is the splitting of powers between the regional governments and the central government. ... The constitution of the United States entrusts specific powers that are enumerated to the central government. ...

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(2) Defining Constitutionalism We will employ Fred Ridley's (1988: p. 317) broad definition of a constitution as: ...the whole system of government of a country, the collection of rules, written and unwritten, which regulate the government'. ... It has four key features: (1) It establishes, or constitutes, the system of government, hence it is prior to the system of government, rules cannot be derived from that system; (2) it involves an authority outside and above the order it establishes - the notion of constituent power' - this power in a liberal ...

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John Locke, like many before him, had an idea of how government and society should run. ... These are primarily based on the basic principles that natural equality when combined with legitimate authority will lead people and their property, out of a state of nature and into a better, stronger, and more stable society. ... Locke does however believe that if one, " that hath any possessions, or enjoyment, of any part of the dominions of any government, doth thereby give his tacit consent, and is as far forth obliged to obedience to the laws to that government"(p. 53). ... Along with the protecti...

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Since there is very little precedent in this area of law, the limited case law that already exists would suggest that a challenge based on the right to procreative liberty would probably fail. ... For the most part, our legislative branch of government is already at work preparing to debate this very controversial issue. ... This brings up another point, which would concern the U.S government, especially our legislative branch. ... In most states, specific exceptions are provided for the purpose of scientific research and cell-based therapies. ... So far, the the United State's legi...

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The separation based on ethnicity is ultimately a provoking factor that lead to the violence that escalated in Rwanda between the Hutus and the Tutsis, where the Tutsis were favored incredibly. ... He helped to incite and provoke the ethnicity based violence, promoting Hutu extremism until it eventually escalated into the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, where 800,000 Rwandans were slaughtered between April and July that year. ... It is based on three pillars of Belgian Civil Law, Traditional Law (in the Gacaca Courts) and is attempting to move towards common law in an attempt to modernize. ... Horizo...

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Today, based on the Professor Dicy's definition, we explain the rule of law in four aspects. ... Secondly, the government (executive) must be subject to the law - otherwise the government would be a tyranny. The government is a country's the heart; its action will affect the citizen seriously, so the government must be subject to the law, otherwise its citizen will be injured. ... When a military force get the government, it need estableish s stable government. ... That means the government should be found based on the constitution and the rule of law. ...

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Internal sovereignty is based on the principle that each state free to practice its rights without outside interference. Internal sovereignty theoretically means that the government of any state has supremacy over the people, resources and all other authorities within the territory it controls. ... External sovereignty is based on the notion that the territorial integrity of every state is inviolate. ... Church being the sovereign power used the religion as the source of the law; thus sovereignty was based on religious rules. ... There are many other examples of government actions bei...

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Historical institutionalists are likely to define an institution based on the dynamic between formal and informal governmental structure of a polity.3 So in essence, historical institutionalists are inclined to identify key agents of institutionalism in bureaucracy and administrative structural contact. ... Overpopulation is an example of the tragedy of the commons because, as we know, the tragedy of the commons is a phrase used to describe property owned by the government given to the people, whereby the people do not take any ownership in the property and therefore nobody takes accountabilit...

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In order to develop a successful government, the Framers developed our three branch system. ... The citizens should be able to trust our government to follow the constitution. ... This holds true for our government as well. ... They based their ruling on the fact that we were at war with the Japanese and not the individuals in our own country. ... The Supreme Court's decisions are based on whether or not they will cause the citizens to panic. ...

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The government's main job is to serve and protect the people in society. Morality is based off of following natural law, which is a fundamental duty in Locke's society. ... All this put together allows for a more free society and limited government. ... In Locke's society the government has no sovereignty of it's own; therefore, if society and the members feel as if the government is impeding their individual rights and moral code, they have the ability to dissolve the government at any time. ... Locke's system is based upon individual rights, but it also relies on the...

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In Tasmanian Dams case (1983) section 51(29) external affairs allowed the Commonwealth to stop the Tasmanian Government from building a dam inside a world heritage area. ... Hence through section 51(29) the Tasmanian Government was unable to touch the land in which they had intended on. ... The Court made it very clear that State and Territory Governments would be limited in the way that they might negotiate land claims through legislative or executive action. ... Where as the Legalist High Court view claims that, the separation of powers means that parliament makes law and that courts shoul...

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This is the problem that desperately needs to be addressed by the Australian government. ... The wording of these statutory provisions is based directly on legislation enacted in England in the nineteenth century: Sections 58 and 59 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861. ... The current Beattie government in power in Queensland is a labor government. ... The government does not want to alter or reform abortion laws in fear of losing votes. ... This male dominance in the government makes it hard for feminists to compete at all. ...

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In this kind situations the government of the United States automatically recognize this child as a true citizen due to the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, despite the citizenship or illegal status of the mother. ... The only problem she will immediate confront will be the fact that her child is not over the 21 years old, this mean she will have to wait for her child to turn 21 years old in order to start the process of a family based green card. ... " For this it will be necessary for the mother to look the assistance of a private immigration attorney in order to guide her in ...

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Fukuzawa found there was a lack of independent spirit in Japanese political system: people just follow government's decisions; there was no opportunity of expressing their devotion, and the entire country was in a state of drift. ... On the other hand, the government just had to play the role of protecting the civilization to make it meaningful and successful.[2] The second argument that shows Fukuzawa was Eurocentric is that he saw China and Korea in the same way as European did. ... Based on all the arguments shown above, it is concluded that Fukuzawa was Eurocentric. ... This educa...

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Although the absence of a codified constitution raises questions as to what institution of the government has the ultimate power, the various coexisting institutions of the United Kingdom undertake the responsibility of governance while Parliament is the law making body. ... The debate about this kind of governmental system has always raised the question about what ought to be and what in fact is the ultimate controlling institution in the British political system. ... Since the definition given by the Parliament itself is based on the definition by Dicey, it can be said that Dicey has signifi...

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The UK Government ratified the Convention in December 1991. ... In broad terms the UK government is legally bound to follow policies which are in conformity with the general and specific obligations set forth in the UN Convention. It is not, however, open to individual children to bring proceedings before the national courts, based solely on alleged violations of the UN Convention which affect them. ... What is interesting is that the Convention is presented to the world, not as a declaration of intent by the governments of the different countries or as a blueprint for action by United Nati...

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In short, it stipulates the structures and powers of government and between government and the citizen" (Jones et al. 1994, 279). ... In addition to the constitution being un-codified and flexible, Britain is also a unitary state, in that supreme authority remains in the hands of The Westminster Parliament, based on the two pillars of the British constitution, Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Rule of Law. ... It marked an attempt to avoid both the concentration and dilution of government power. ... The structure provides politicians with the opportunity to make government effective whilst ...

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The three branches of the federal government have experienced many shifts in power since the writing of the Constitution. ... In order to judge whether or not a branch of government is effective, the definition of the word effective must be clarified. ... The founding fathers intended for each branch of government to have an equal share of power, with no branch having the ability to overpower another. ... Judging the effectiveness of the branches of government is a very subjective task due to the many possible definitions of the word "effective.... These ideals are necessitated from the s...

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