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History Of The Miranda Law

anyone who is considered to be a criminal suspect must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to any legal inquiry. One...

Gideon’s Trumpet & Constitutional Law

a capital case, Gideons request did not fit the parameters of Betts. In the early chapters of his book, Lewis provides this backgr...

Ecuador and Texaco

including a primary pipeline that extends 280 miles across the Andes. To build the roads, forests were cleared and Indian lands bu...

Personal Essay: A Significant Life Event

he was so sick. The first I knew about it was a call from my Mom. She didnt give me any details over the phone, just said Dad was ...

Due Process and the Definition and Delineation of Individual Rights

Due process has had a definitive impact on the delineation and definition of the rights of American citizens. Interestingly, howe...

Executive Power: Protection Versus Personal Rights

integral role in saving society from such fatal intrusion, with proponents contending it has, indeed, become imperative for govern...

"The Deal" at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention

in this way "allowed the creation of a strong national government while still providing an important role for the states" (Faraghe...

The History of Government in Italy

of the House of Savoy became King of Italy in 1861 and Rome was incorporated in 1870 (U.S. Department of State, 2006)....

Significant Stressors Of College Life

the new college environment is crucial for success" (Pritchard et al, 2006, p. 125). Some college students enjoy the economic sub...

Royal Prerogative and the Unwritten Constitution

Hallam (1992) however, points out that citizens of the U.K.: "cannot fairly consider as part of our ancient constitution w...

Crime Reporting Techniques and an Examination of the U.S.A. Patriot Act

under surveillance for perceived terrorist activities, which includes the use of weapons (a right guaranteed citizens in the Const...

Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Crises in the Constitution

took until 1791 for the states to agree on the ten that have endured (Mount, 2005). However, as needs arose, and different concern...

Overview of the 1865 to 1877 Era of Reconstruction Following the U.S. Civil War

became tenants and landlords (Ruef and Fletcher, 2003). Slaves who escaped this fate were still unskilled and had to take jobs f...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens' Philosophy

in a firm that specialized in antitrust lawsuits ("John Paul Stevens," 2006). In 1970, Stevens was appointed by President Nixon to...

'Arbitrary' Capital Punishment?

in todays society, the very foundation upon which it was originally created - to dissuade deviant social behavior - has continued ...

The History of the 16th, 17th & 18th Amendments

party "bosses," as well as state political "machines," and, in the process, eradicate the undue influence of special interest grou...

Texas and Wisconsin Judicial and Constitutional Structures

states and joining the Union. One of the features of the United States government is that individuals can disagree yet stil...

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...

Patriot Act Evaluation

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

Summry of Jefferson Davis' Speech on Property Rights

This 3 page paper gives a summary of the speech given to Congress by Jefferson Davis over property owning in relation to slaves. T...

Impact on Language Learning, Global Issues

This research paper explored organizational websites of intuitions that focus on global issues, such as environmental issues, pove...

The US Constitution of 1787

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 had to overcome three primary challenges. This four page paper lists one source. ...

Comparative Analysis of Monarchal and Constitutional Forms of Government

An argument that a constitutional government is superior to a monarchy is presented in five pages. Five sources are cited in the ...

8 Significant Anglo Americans Who Lived Between the Years 1607 and 1763

metaphor to rule on cases concerning separation of church and state (1998). Daniel Boone is a legend. Like Jefferson, he was bor...

Significant Contributions of Immanuel Kant

divided into public and private rights. Then the work goes on to Part II and is headed Metaphysical first principles of the doctri...

U.S., Free Speech, and Engel v. Vitale

prescribing religious devotions; the idea being that by keeping a strict line between religion and state, religious freedom is ens...

Significant Historical Events Between the Years 1900 and 1939

air travel. It is such an important innovation of the time period that the state has the "First in Flight" designation on its lice...

1st and 2nd Amendments' Examination and Revision

the Constitution (and its Bill of Rights) is a living document, which was written in such a way so as to fit the times. While this...

Amend the Constitution to Ban Gay Marriage

It could be said that the ban, as well, could likely violate the concept of equality, which is also implied in the Constitution (T...

Historical Changing of America

authorized veto power over state legislation. New Jersey also argued that there was no need for two houses, which prevente...