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Democracy in Europe

and perhaps within nations will act as springboards to the transfer of power to the centre in Europe" (Siedentop, 2001; p. 25), su...

Freedom of Expression and the Desecration of an American Flag

Americans take many things for granted in our society. Freedom of expression is one of those...

Herring v. U.S. and the Exclusionary Rule

proceedings provides a means whereby any evidence that was obtained by law enforcement officers by violating the Fourth Amendment ...

Examining the Criminal Justice Process

justice process: pre-trial, trial, and appeals (Washington State Department of Corrections, 2011). These three phases play out in ...

2 Law Articles Addressing the Issue of Polygamy, Summaries

prohibitions against polygamy and bigamy. For example, in the Supreme Court case of Reynolds v. U.S. 1878, the Court held while a ...

Portrayal of Women in Two Play by G.B. Shaw

that there is little, if any, true relationship or familial feeling between the two women, as Vivie tells Mr. Praed, "I hardly kno...

Advancement of Women's Rights

Committees recommendations, particularly in regards to its efforts to fight HIV/AIDS and promote sex education ("Combined...Burund...

The Congress of Vienna - Good For Europe?

doubt that a great deal of good came from the congress, and it is interesting to note there was a condemnation of the slave trade....

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...

Comparison of Poems by Keats and Blake

William Blakes "The Divine Image" have little in common, as the first poem relates a mystical enchantment of a knight with a super...

Legal Refugee Status

people who were refugees and/or who were seeking asylum to leave an environment of persecution. On the other hand, refugees are ma...

Censorship and Lord of the Flies

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

AGAINST GUN CONTROL

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

Constitutional Amendments Affect on African Americans

No constitution is perfect, but the beauty of it is that it is always changing as the countrys needs change. Instead of scrapping ...

Exploring a Doll’s House

House shocked audiences when it first appeared with its depiction of a woman who refused to live by societys "rules." This paper d...

The Historical Path to the US Constitution 1215 to 1787

has played a part in shaping numerous other documents relating to constitutional law. One of the documents that the Magna...

Does Australia Need Constitutional Reform?

was a referendum that asked whether or not the electorate wanted to retain the Queen as the head of state, remaining a constitutio...

New York Times v. Sullivan and the U.S. Constitution's 1st Amendment

in part: "In Montgomery, Alabama, after students sang My Country Tis of Thee on the State Capitol steps, their leaders were expel...

Constitutional Violations by Police

attorney, who was present by then; 4) They made an extended search of the premises, far beyond what was reasonable and necessary-i...

French Revolution Progression

led to a clear indication of twentieth-century totalitarianism that lay ahead (Sachs 253+). B. Georges Jacques Danton had...

Terrorists in Detention and the Rule of Law

that "not only ... [are] there are rules creating legislative, executive and judicial powers, but that these rules impose limits o...

International Law Matters

centralized law-maker, a centralized executive enforcer, and a centralized, authoritative decisionmaker," it seems that there is n...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Black Rights

whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction...

Amendment to the Constitution to Ban Tobacco

Convention that is called for by two-thirds of the State legislatures (Mount, 2010). The second method has never been used, but, i...

Juveniles and the Death Penalty

turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...

Death Becomes Her, An Exhibition at the MMA

This essay pertains to the Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The write...

Judiciary and the Changes in the Interpretation of the Law After the Human Rights Act

European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms with the section indicating the law should be in interpreted in line ...

Dr. Strangelove and Satire

This essay pertains to the satirical conventions that characterize Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove." Three pages in length, one...

Patriot Act Evaluation

This essay asserts that the Patriot Act is detrimental to American constitutional rights. Two pages in length, one source is cited...

Constitutional Reform and the Middle East

This paper pertains to constitutional government and reform, with a special focus on the nineteenth century and the Middle East. T...