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Censorship and Lord of the Flies

The classic book "Lord of the Flies" by William Gerald Golding was first published in 1959. Although...

The Patriot Act Needed Protection of Constitutional Degradation?

The Patriot Act, H.R. 3162 ENR, is one of the most controversial laws ever imposed on Americans. Passed by the House...

Westchester COSO Case

claim and the kick back was known to be. The situation was further escalated with the offer of three neon signs, a form of escalat...

The Death Penalty and the Catholic Church

the church flip flops but it seems to skirt the issue. The Church does not order deaths, but the church often looks the other way....

The Workers Movement and the Haymarket Bombing

The American Labor Movement has a long and turbulent history, a history that is partially detailed by author...

Controversies Surrounding the Ratification of the Constitution

United States political discourse should proceed in keeping with the original intent of the writers of the Constitution of the Uni...

How Health and Social Influences May Prevent Economic Development

corruption have prospered. Therefore, corruption alone cannot be seen as a source of constraint. Sachs (2006) notes that the per c...

Nullification Crisis Conflict (1828-1832): Was There a Winner?

because of the tariff, the British would be purchasing less of the Souths most important cash export - cotton. This ignited alrea...

Law as an Evolving Institution

This research paper discusses the way in which law can be viewed as changing to match the understanding of societal paradigms. Thi...

AGAINST GUN CONTROL

The firearm prohibition movement has been less than honest about many issues surrounding gun control, arguing that "there is every...

British Rule in Nineteenth Century India

British rule in India during the nineteenth century resulted in a variety of impacts. Some...

The First Amendment is the Most Important

Fathers realized that the only way in which freedom of religion could be preserved was to establish a firm division between Church...

Article I, Protocol I of the Human Rights Convention and Property Law's Impact Upon the Human Rights Act of 1998

was an interesting case, but it is indicative of how individual human rights can be seen to cross over with property law (Reed, 20...

Human Rights Violations and the 2001 United Kingdom Anti Terrorism, Crime and Security Act

2000 (Her Majestys Stationary Office, 2002). The Act is extensive there is no doubt, but several issues from within the Act are c...

BC's Gay Marriages

being primarily procreative, there is also a distinction made between marriages which cannot be consummated or which are sterile, ...

Miranda Case and its Impact

invoked and the decision has been seriously criticized for weakening the rights of the defendants (2000). In June of 2000, the Sup...

Connection Between Democracy and Human Rights

certain intolerable regimes, then democracy might stand a chance. However, that is easier said than done. Kampelman (2002) asks:...

Universality, Cultural Diversity, and Human Rights

the imposition of a single set of standards it is argued that there is a loss of cultural diversity, but it is also argued that th...

Religion in the United States

impartial form of government: the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. One only needs to look at the Amendme...

A Privacy Issue

policy of individual rights. However, those rights, it would seem, are the very ones that are being used against the United States...

Moral Standing of Animal Rights

rights advocates argue that because of this many American live hypocritical lives as while they treat and believe their domestic a...

Legal and Medical Issues Associated with a Patient's 'Right to Die'

providers and also provide a well-balanced outline about the issues involved in a patients "right to die" (Hendin, Foley and White...

UK and US Minority Shareholders' Rights

In nine pages this paper contrasts the United States and the United Kingdom in terms of minority shareholder responsibilities and ...

Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention

breach (Carey, 2001). The frequent interventions by the United States in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo and even East Timor, S...

Early America, England and Rights of the Individual

right to political participation and freedom of religion, became the motivating forces behind the English Revolution of 1640, whic...

Conservative and Liberal Media Bias

Woody West in his coverage of the 1992 Presidential Election between incumbent president and Republican George Bush and his challe...

Case Study on Human Rights

Billy would certainly have a stronger case against the Daily Gossip; however, because freedom of the press protects the publicatio...

A Case Study That Examines Amelia's Choices

their family unit - a time of stresses that dont need to be complicated about concerns such as career and college choices. Yet unf...

'The Odyssey' by Homer Content Analysis

on which he has been marooned for twenty years, it would appear as if his ship would have nothing but smooth sailing back to Ithac...

Airline Passenger's Bill of Rights

the lowest available airfare and instead fill the more expensive seats first, then the cheapest fares are released. This obviously...