Among these rights were the rights of all free citizens to own and inherit property and be free from excessive taxes, establishing the right of widows who owned property to choose not to remarry, and establishing principles of due process and equality before the law that also contained provisions forbidding bribery and official misconduct. In other parts of the world, political and religious traditions also proclaimed the idea of human rights by calling on rulers to rule justly and compassionately, and also by establishing limits on their power over the lives, activities, and property of their...

• Word Count: 1681
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Meanwhile, we shuffle our homeless from place to place; we illegally deprive them of property and liberty for committing unavoidable minor infractions; and they face dehumanizing discrimination both on the streets that they call home and within our justice system. ... Of course, the homeless should enjoy the same legal access to public property as residents do, and to deny them the right to assemble is not only unconstitutional but also grossly dehumanizing. ... However, lawmakers, in an effort to appease taxpayers and keep voters happy, frequently kowtow to constituents' demands to pass ...

• Word Count: 2455
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Before the Patriot Act, such acts were protected by the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution which require a warrant for the search or seizure of property. Theoretically, a Constitutional amendment should supersede any law passed by Congress, but in practice the Patriot Act became the practice. ...

• Word Count: 1320
• Approx Pages: 5
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

They believe that the child inside them is their property and its life does not begin until its birth. In 1973, the United States Supreme Court decided that as long as the baby lived in the womb, he or she would be the property of the mother (Mabie 130). ... The last vote on abortion rights, in June 2000, passed by a single vote, 5 to 4 (Be Fearless). ...

• Word Count: 2349
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• Grade Level: High School

The term "cruel and unusual" was not defined at the time the Amendment was passed, but it was noted by the Supreme Court in 1848 that such punishments would include "drawing and quartering, emboweling alive, beheading, public dissecting, and burning alive," among other things. ... Inmates are entitled, under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution, to be free from unauthorized and intentional deprivation of their personal property by prison officials. ... In 1996, Congress passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), which has been seen by many critics as unfairly limiting inmate access ...

• Word Count: 2215
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

While forced labor has not been that high on the agenda of many law makers, it is increasingly being lobbied in many socio-Economic Forums and This has put tremendous Pressure on many Government officials to pass laws and Rules to curb on such illegal Activities. ... Dehumanized, Treated as a commodity or bought or sold as a property. ...

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Parties to the Convention are required to "respect and ensure" that the rights in the UN Convention are extended to all children within their jurisdiction "without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child's or his parents" or legal guardian's race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status." ... Cases must pass an "admissibility" threshold before they go to a full hearing. ...

• Word Count: 1937
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One of the most cherished rights of Americans would be the right to privacy, yet many working class Americans, unfortunately, have been subject to their rights being disrupted and their privacy being invaded at their workplace. One major issue that has existed and still exists in the workforce of Am...

• Word Count: 2476
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: Undergraduate