Analyzing and comparing Bill of Rights articles with Patriot Act stipulations conveys a comprehensive message that the Patriot Act is unconstitutional. ... The Patriot Act violates the First Amendment freedom of speech clause. ... This guarantees citizens of The United States a reasonable expectation of privacy for private belongings and protection against harassment from government officials invading personal property without a search warrant. ... 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 depr...

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For example, some of these laws include: The Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) 2001, The National Protection Act (Cwlth) 2009, Insurance Contracts Act 1984, Superannuation (Resolution of Complaints) Act 1993, Life Insurance Act 1995, Retirement Savings Accounts Act 1997, Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act 2010, The Future of Financial Advice Legislation (FoFA), to name a few. The FSRA provides a new regime for the regulation of financial products and services, aimed to enhance consumer protection by adding to financial safety and market integrity. ... The Financial S...

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Duty of care is in relation to the Children's Protection Act 1993 and Children Protection Regulations 2010. ... The act clearly enforces "to ensure that all children are safe from harm; and to ensure as far as practicable that all children are cared for in a way that allows them to reach their full potential" (Children's Protection Act 1993). ... If the matter is not reported by either staff or teacher at the school, it's an illegal issue which is known as an act of negligence. ... These procedures taken by teachers and staff are in reflection to the Children'...

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The general aims of the UN Convention have been referred to as the "4P's"-Prevention, Protection, Provision and Participation. ... The Human Rights Act 1988 seeks to give effect to the principle of "bringing the Convention Rights home". The Act seeks to reconcile that objective with the traditional understanding of the sovereignty of the Westminster Parliament. ... There shall be no interference by a public authority with the exercise of this right except such as is necessary in a democratic society in the interest of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the ...

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This protection requires that prisoners be afforded a minimum standard of living. ... The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment has been held to apply to prison inmates. ... Today, many of these punishments may seem antiquated, but the basic scope of the protection remains the same. ... (Prison Litigation Reform Act, Pub. ... However, in November 1993, President Clinton signed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ("RFRA").RFRA was intended to restore the traditional protection afforded to prisoners to observe their religion, which had been weakened by decisions such as O'Lone. ...

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Judging something or to be judged, of which a Judge does in a court, or in previous times an act that was carried out by other lawmakers within the city, is the act of gathering the information provided to make a judgment for or against something. ... In these times both women and slaves had very few human rights and protection. ... The criminal must be caught in the act and a man could not be convicted of theft unless the goods were found in his possession. The Hebrews began to develop ethical commitments to allow themselves into the community of God in return for pro...

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This essay will determine whether 'The European Convention on Human Rights' (ECHR) exists to guarantee legal protection to fundamental rights. Fundamental rights are rights that are considered to give legal protection under a legal system in any country. ... This essay will then address the effect of European law on the United Kingdom ( 'UK'), how specifically the UK approached the implementation of rights in to its legal system, how the UK balances different rights using the 'Human Rights Act 1998' (HRA) and to give consideration to if there are any limitatio...

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His reasons for why this act is prohibited are that when someone has ownership of another person they have the power to do with that person's life what they please. ... The support roots from the idea of guaranteed protection the simple fact they will not be alive to harm again. ... The main reason people choice to go from the state of nature and into a society is for better protection of their property. He states that the two main problems with any type of property protection are that there are no common authorities and human partiality gets in the way when speaking of fair punishment. ....

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Along with the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment also implies a protection of privacy. ... The final protection of personal privacy is implied in the First Amendment that calls for the "freedom of association courts have found that this implies the right to keep one's associations private" (Gottfried 10). ... By recording the actions of every person who walks into a wired room law enforcement officials are taking away the protection of unreasonable searches which is guaranteed in the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution. ... However the Freedom of Information Act did not ensure th...

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The founders, with their aversion to tyranny as a large influencing factor, intended for the judicial branch to act as the balancing agent within the American political system. ... Board of Education exemplifies the Supreme Court's role in this protection. The ruling of the court case found that the treatment of African-Americans as a inferior race violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment. ... The decision made in this court case acted as the spark for legislation regarding desegregation. ...

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A number of these changes have been in the areas of: Property, Medical Rights, Superannuation Rights and Taxation legislation, there was also attempt of Gay Marriage in ACT. ... The De-Facto Relationships Act 1984 (NSW) was amended and renamed The Property (Relationships) Act 1984 (NSW). The newly amended act dud recognise same sex relations as de-facto relationships through the amendment in Section 4. ... " This now more open piece of legislation provided a range of new protections for same sec couples in Property Divisions, Inheritance, Decision making powers in terminal illness and ar...

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While the judiciary does not enforce or create the laws; their declaration as constitutional or unconstitutional is important for the protection of the people. ... Schenk was charged with violating the Espionage Act. Schenk believed that the Espionage Act violated the First Amendment and took his case to the Supreme Court. Schenck's conviction was upheld and the Supreme Court ruled that the Espionage Act did not violate the First Amendment. ... Furthermore, the Supreme Court stated that "the most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a the...

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In exploring the causes and the objective of an act of protest or lawbreaking the distinction between the two becomes far more evident. ... 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. ... An act of civil disobedience must also be motivated by morality. ... Convinced that harming another person was never appropriate, the signers of the Declaration of Conscience acted based on the...

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The Vermont Supreme Court attempted to answer this question response written by Jeffrey Amestoy stated the issue of same sex civil unions as "May the State of Vermont exclude same sex couples from the benefits and protections that its laws provide to opposite sex married couples? ... Section seven stated "The state has a strong interest in promoting stable and lasting families, including families based upon same sex couples. " In the following section the legislators said, "without the legal protections, benefits and responsibilities associated with civil marriage, same sex couples suffer nume...

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Does the equal protection clause in the fourteenth amendment guarantee same-sex couples the right to marry? If same-sex marriage were to be federally legalized would the sturdy backbone of our culture be broken? Is it not morally wrong to deny the citizens of the United States of America the basic h...

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Up until October 2000 when the Human Rights Act came into effect there existed no written principles, which constrained and/or structured the distribution of authority, rules and resources in the state. ... (3) The Established British Constitutional Doctrine: Basic propositions For much of this century the British constitution has been depoliticised' in the sense that the existence of a broad consensus on the rules of the game' has meant that the constitution has not acted as a focus for social and political conflict and change. ... New Labour responded to th...

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Since that law came into existence, many changes have taken place to provide a broader scope of protection for what the government calls protected class members. ... Since that law came into existence, many changes have taken place to provide a broader scope of protection to what the government calls the "protected class." ... This was Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... In 1972 the Equal Employment Opportunity Act was implemented. Hiring and promotion of minorities has shown tremendous increase since this act was passed into law. ...

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Vigilantes can act by themselves or in a vigilant group. ... The mafia originally started as a form of protection for Italian immigrants in America. ... Here people would pay dues to the mafia bosses in return for protection from other people and other businesses. ...

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No, there must be coercion, a type of system in which it is agreed upon, all along the ticket, that this way of thinking and this 'tragedy of the commons' system must be abolished for the protection of the aggregate. People need to be educated, to understand the facts of the situation at hand, so that they can act accordingly and do their part to prevent a system of corruption and dissonance. ...

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Vigilantes can act by themselves or in a vigilant group. ... The mafia originally started as a form of protection for Italian immigrants in America. ... Here people would pay dues to the mafia bosses in return for protection from other people and other businesses. ...

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They are also seriously out-of-date and date back to the British 1861 Offences Against the Person Act. Under this act, "rape is defined as the unlawful carnal knowledge of a woman without her consent by force, fear or fraud ". ... The International Humanitarian Law, which also went by the laws of war, sets out a list of protections for civilians. ... They were given the right to protection, and safety. ...

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They intended to kill with a guilty mind and acted on the killing knowing full well that what they were about to immoral and against the law. ... The judges believed that the trial judge was alive to the seriousness of the appellant's crimes and to the values sought to be protected by s. 241 (b) of the Criminal Code, the preservation of life and the protection of vulnerable people. ... Although, he did not get such permission, and they still acted accordingly to the horrific crime of murder.9 According to the laws of the Commonwealth, the men were out of line by committing murder ...

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Let's take a look at the Oregon "Death with Dignity Act" passed in 1994, to assess the multiple safeguards put in place in order to protect their citizens from misuse. The first of which is a basic but necessary regulation that you must be at least 18 years old, an adult, to participate in this act. ... This is a key point because some diseases impair the individuals mind and if it has reached a high point of severity, the patient may be turned down from this act. ... The last of the protections and by far the most important- "diagnosed with a terminal illness that will le...

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Firstly, the individual must be protected by the state from violence whether official or unofficial, least people "take the law into their own hands".( Lecture note 4, stream A section 4.2.1) The New Zealand Bill of Right Act 1990 is a kind of law following the rule of law to protect people from the violence. ... In contrast, although New Zealand was independent, they still seek the protection from the British, they entreated British to continue to be the parent of their infant state, therefore New Zealand derive the law system -Wistminster system of government form British. ... Attorney-Ge...

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The only business the government has in people's lives is the protection of a person's basic rights. ... In no way should the government have the power to commence an intrusion into ones privacy or act in aggression against ones will, providing that he is doing no harm to another. ...

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