Violence in the family is usually passed down from generation to generation (kakar 22). ... In early Roman law a man could beat, divorce or murder his wife for offenses committed by her, which belittles his honor or threatened his property rights (Kakar 96-97). ... The United Stated passed the "VAWA" Violence Against Women Act (Cyber.law.harcard.edu). And Amendment XIV states No state Shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. On January 1st 1992 the California Legislatur...

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No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." ... Once blacks were allowed to own property and land, there was a mass exodus from the white community. ...

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We are taught to view the war as a Revolution, a fight for freedom, liberty and the right to own property, a fight that would, in the end, be beneficial to every American. ... There are countless stories told of fathers who would have one son in one army and another in the opposing camp in an effort to play both sides and keep his property no matter what the outcome of the war. ... The Loyalists returned the treatment whenever possible, and paid them back with interest, and passed information to the British about the rebels. ... Although it was specifically stated in the Treaty of Paris that ...

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We are taught to view the war as a Revolution, a fight for freedom, liberty and the right to own property, a fight that would, in the end, be beneficial to every American. ... There are countless stories told of fathers who would have one son in one army and another in the opposing camp in an effort to play both sides and keep his property no matter what the outcome of the war. ... The Loyalists returned the treatment whenever possible, and paid them back with interest, and passed information to the British about the rebels. ... Although it was specifically stated in the Treaty of Paris that ...

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Two years later, the British pass yet another new tax on the colonies; the Townshend revenue tax. ... This made the British very angry however, and in retaliation, passed the Coercive Acts. ... As time went on, the king passed acts that enabled him to be able to appoint people to positions of power in the colonies instead of the people living there. ... Lastly, the king finally passed what are called the Prohibitory Acts. These said that all colonial ships were property of the crown, they forbid trade with the colonies, and said that all colonial sailors could be impressed into the royal navy ...

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Capitalism is based upon private ownership of property and every citizen has the right to live their life in any manner he/she chooses, as long as they do not violate the rights of others. ... Immigrants were arriving in America in vast numbers, due to the fact that if you able to make the long ocean journey, the only test that you would have to pass to become an American citizen is a simple health test. ... Instead of the ownership of private property, the government plays a role as to who gets control social property such as banks and factories. ... Income taxes were not yet passed, so they ...

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They were placed in the slave market when they arrived in America, and at auction white property was often sold along with the slaves (Hughes 14-16). ... Newly freed slaves and property holding African Americans provided an important source of manpower for the Union Army. ... "Contrabands were escaped slaves, so called because of the ingenious theory that, whose owners being at war with the United States, their property somehow became "contraband of war" (Miller 104). ... Slavery was finally abolished when the Thirteenth Amendment was passed by the House of Representatives on J...

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The environment in which you live and work, the wealth you incur over your lifespan and the property ownership an individual yields, are the basic inputs that dictate where a person is categorized according to their social identity. ... The families that were already wealthy or owned swaths of land, had better access to further property ownership, education, health care and positions of power than families that did not. ... The ideology of success is being passed down through the generations based on education. ...

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He picked up senator Richard Coke of Texas idea and finally passed it in 1887 as a Dawes Severalty Act. ... Obviously the speech was very emotional but it did not last long on calendar of American congress which almost after 10 years fully passed General Allotment Act, which was utterly opposed to chief Joseph arguments. ... Also if the owner of land will die then the land will become a property of proper inheritor. ... White people were preventing buffalos and Indians from moving freely and roaming through the land.xviii It is obviously a subject for discussion how important was allotment ac...

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The Northern states also started to abolish slavery and they passed several laws for freeing slaves. ... Connecticut authorities started to pass laws which destabilized the institution during the Revolution. ... Later, more and more laws were passed to protect from slave trade that toughened penalties on slaves' catchers. ... In 1780, Pennsylvania passed a gradual emancipation law then Connecticut and Rhode Island followed suit in 1784. ... Southern blacks were also considered as property. ...

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In 1764, Britain passed a law known as the Currency Act, preventing the colonies to print and use their own money. ... The Townshend Act passed in 1767, authorized the Parliament to issue taxes on in demand imports such as glass, lead, paint, paper and tea. ... With the situation intensifying after a series of acts were passed, violent riots began to break out in major cities such as Boston. ... The first major breaking point was in 1773, when the British passed a Tea Act attempting to help the East India Company from their almost non-existent sales of their teas. ... In an effort to hide the...

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The neighbor I am referring to owned the property, which my grandparents lived on. ... His main social support, his wife, passed away in 1976 of heart disease. ... Everyone knew that at this stage of his life it was better for him to pass away than to continue to live the manner in which he was living. My grandfather passed away on February 19, 2000. ...

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Just following the turn of the century, a new climate of temperance swept the nation and in 1914 Congress passed the Harrison Act, banning opiates and cocaine, and the prohibition of alcohol soon followed in 1918, making the U.S. officially a "dry" nation. ... The lawsuit was filed January 14, weeks after several advisors of the Clinton Administration made a public response to Proposition 215 (which would, were it to pass, make it legal for doctors to discuss and recommend marijuana to their patients) at a December 30 press conference. ... (ACLU) Between 1978 and 1996, legislature in 34 sta...

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American at this time was full of vast wilderness and this allowed for many white men to have property. Men with a certain amount of property could vote on things such as governors and taxes. ... Once taxes and laws were passed, the majority of colonists were convinced that Britain was on a mission to take away all their freedom, money, and reduce them to slavery. ...

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Of 1,471,200 juvenile court cases in 1992, personal offenses were up 56 percent to 301,000; property offenses were up 56 percent to 842,000; and public order offenses were up 21 percent to 255,900. ... First, the lawmakers in Congress must pass laws that permit district attorneys to prosecute juvenile offenders as adults. ...

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According to Stacey Chambers the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty discovered that laws have been passed to make many of the activities that are associated with homelessness illegal in forty-two cities. This is mainly achieved by not allowing the homeless to use public property as a place to rest or sleep, placing restrictions on begging, and targeting specific areas where homeless are and forcing them to relocate or in some cases arresting them. ...

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Slaves had to take classes in secret, behind the backs of their masters; however most slave owners were afraid to allow their "property" to be educated beyond the tasks of farming and housekeeping . ... Through countless generations, African culture was passed down and survived its journey to the present day, despite all odds. ... Most serious, however, was the fact that with the growing effectiveness of escapes, the ability to write enabled the slave to make out passes and, if questioned, to establish his freedom by proving he could write . ...

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Jews had to hand over the wealth, property, and businesses, along with drivers license and car registration. ... In result, the bill was never passed. A year later a bill was passed allowing English children to enter the United States. ... In 1940, Roosevelt wanted to stop all immigration, however that was not passed, so he cut down the number of people that were allowed to enter. ...

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People from England who migrated to America used many different methods to enslave black people and passed them down through the children. ... It was considered right to take anything that belonged to white folk but it was wrong to steal the property of other slaves. ...

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Congress has just passed a new law enabling law enforcement agencies to do just that. ... The Act grants the President the authority to confiscate any property of any foreign persons or organizations involved with or participating in acts of terrorism against then United States. ...

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After the stamp act was passed many more taxes were imposed including the townshend act, imposing taxes on imported goods and the sugar act, imposing taxes on sugar. ... John Locke, an English philosopher from the Enlightenment era, stated that all citizens were entitled at birth to life, liberty and property. ...

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If the child often expresses the view that life is unfair, does poorly in school, joins a gang, or gets involved in fighting, stealing, or destroying property may also be signs that they have been influenced by television (Cefrey, 33). ... In the 1990's the government passes the Television Act, the children's television act, and the v-chip provision in the telecommunications to help monitor some of the violence on television. ...

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Despite the fact that there had to be laws passed in America for the equal treatment of women, the Christian Bible has promoted equality to women and men all along. ... The Mosaic Law states that in order to be married, women were bought as wives, and were the property of men. ...

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Consequently, in 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, providing for the transplanting of all Indian tribes then east of the Mississippi River, to what is present day Oklahoma. ... The European ways included Christianizing, English language literacy, abandoning their semi-nomadic way of life, adopted a system of settled agriculture, and developed a notion of private property. ...

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According to Stacey Chambers the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty discovered that laws have been passed to make many of the activities that are associated with homelessness illegal in forty-two cities. This is mainly achieved by not allowing the homeless to use public property as a place to rest or sleep, placing restrictions on begging, and targeting specific areas where homeless are and forcing them to relocate or in some cases arresting them. ...

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