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Athenian Democracy and the Lessons It Taught

In seven pages this paper discusses Athenian democracy in terms of concept, the 'Constitution' of Aristotle, the criticisms of Pla...

Madison's Auxiliary Precautions" - Still Serving Mankind Today?

warn of the socially inequitable practice of utilitarianism. The extent to which the majority of a given society typically holds ...

The Wealthy and American Criticism

"aggregate" was benefiting in this period, however, others were flailing desperately in the ever-deepening economic waters just tr...

Self, Legitimacy, and Democracy in Habermas and Connolly

I. HABERMAS The social, political, economical and religious activities experienced in everyday life represent the very esse...

Marketing Triumph Motorcycles

about 75 percent of the films that prominently feature a motorcycle, it is a Triumph they see on the screen. For decades, T...

The Physical Realm According to Rene Descartes

examine carefully Descartes famous "cogito ergo sum" statement, which was the original Latin for "I think, therefore I exist" - or...

U.S. Constitution and the Rights of States

In six pages this paper discusses the Constitution's awarding of states' rights but how the Civil War, Franklin D. Roosevelt's New...

International Politics and Issues of Importance

ensure that it survives and operates properly.4 A stable democracy has two sides: "the constitutional aspect, which provides the r...

1997 New Jersey Gubernatorial Election

In eight pages this tightly contested New Jersey's governor's race and the victory of Christine Todd Whitman are analyzed with the...

NYC Skyscrapers' Controversy

population grew and the need for office space expanded. The growth of the city almost demanded that the tiny strip of island grow ...

Designing a New Political System

can stand for election, telling the electorate what they stand for any their policies. The electorate will then vote for the perso...

Constitutional Guarantees

the majority rule. Other nations which are considered incredibly different, and which further illustrate the complexity of constit...

In Pursuit of Small Government

to negotiate with governmental powers ultimately ended in the form of the Revolutionary War in which the colonies won their indepe...

Democracy in India

Vajpayee wanted a fixed tenure as it respects Parliament as well as the state legislatures1. Why? According to the prime minister ...

Habermas on Nations, States and a European Constitution

the "state on the modern conception is a legally defined term which refers ... to a state power that possesses both internal and e...

Articles in the Constitution

same system as Britain, which was a system that was also immersed in a separation of powers. As one author notes, "the theory of c...

U.S. Constitution and Classical Liberalism

for all citizens of a nation. Then we have Adam Smith, a Scottish philosopher whose focus was on morals. He was, interestingly ...

Black Odyssey The African American Ordeal in Slavery by Nat Huggins

job of delving deeply into the historical and cultural foundation of racial discrimination during the slave trade. Black Odyssey ...

Comparative Analysis of the US Constitution and the Texas State Constitution

In 3 pages the state of Texas' constitution is compared with the US Constitution and argues that the American Constitution is supe...

US System of Democracy

In five pages this paper examines democracy as it is represented in the US system in terms of its characteristics and the Constitu...

2 Books on the Constitution of the United States Reviewed

The books Democracy Under Pressure by Cummings and Wise and Burkhart, Krislov, and Lee's The Clash of Issues are examined in six p...

Establishment Clause, the 1st Amendment, and School Prayer

The reasons that have been purported in favor of re instituting school prayer are numerous. One of the primary arguments for schoo...

Japanese Democracy and the Meiji Constitutio

In nine pages this paper discusses how democracy was betrayed by the Meiji Constitution according to Reischauer and Jensen. Five ...

Birth Defects and Vitamin A Overuse

In five pages this paper discusses how birth defects including those involving the cranial neural crest and retinal issues can be ...

Democracy Supporter John Locke

In six pages this paper discusses how Locke's political philosophies may be regarded as advocacy for democracy in a consideration ...

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...

Articles of Confederation, Origins of the Constitution

the Articles were abandoned. One of the most divisive controversies facing the Constitutional Convention was how to settle the t...

Book Reviews on the U.S. and Democracy

In six pages various principles of democracy are examined within the context of the texts The Politics of Democracy by Pendleton H...

A Consideration of Athenian Democracy

In five pages this paper considers whether Athenian democracy reflects the democracy concept including a case study from the perio...

Impracticality of Direct Democracy

in fifth century Athens, actually led the nation (190). Some might argue that the leadership was based on age and gender and so al...