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People's Political Needs as Met by the U.S. Constitution

that national character is essential (1989). While the authors of the Federalist Papers did support states rights to an extent, th...

Slavery and Its Origins

the tables and resulted in the institution known as slavery (49). That is a rather important claim. It just might be the case th...

Character Adjustment to Slavery in Octavia Butler's Kindred

person or another, manipulate this situation or another, all in an attempt to ensure her birth. Through all of these mysterious ti...

The Boys Scouts in Litigation

they affirmed their intention to found a Christian nation under God.1 Historian Frank Lambert refers to these men as the "Puritan ...

Adoption of the Bill of Rights into the U.S. Constitution

government the ability to restrict inherent rights, so no list of those rights was necessary" (Mount, 2005). Many people worried t...

Indian Banks and Corporate Governance

insurance, venture capital and asset management" (Overview, n.d.) services. ICICI Bank is a true international bank, with "...

Works by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

family would become highly educated as well as become involved civically. Following with that, then, he took a position as a...

Constitutional Amendments and Their Significance

Many people will find personal significance in terms of the fourth amendment. One does not have to be a criminal to receive this p...

Brazil and U.S. Slavery

is estimated that Europeans shipped about 10 million black slaves from Africa and transported them to the Western Hemisphere;13 ab...

Slavery According to Henry David Thoreau

2002, p. 125). As this suggests, philosophically, Thoreau carried little for the present and his aspiration was for his writing ...

America's Slavery Legacy

were unable to teach their children good values and morality, or how to be men and women. The removal of parents made families wi...

The Origins of Western Law

But surprisingly, even after the Protestant Reformation and native languages began supplanting Latin in speech and literature, "a ...

Modern State and Human Rights

The rationale is that people who fear the repercussions of breaking the law tend to be more obedient. Authority then becomes legi...

Reasons for the American Civil War by Bruce Levin

saw slavery as absolutely essential to their economy, Levine argues that American workers viewed the institution of slavery as con...

Autobiography of Oladauh Equiano

own people: he points out that the rape of girls "not ten years old" resulted in the perpetrators being disciplined, but it is cle...

Case Law and Decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court

Although the right to public trial is protected under the due process clause, however, that protection is not absolute in that rea...

19th Century Developments and the Relevance of Social Darwinism

Darwinism. Old ways were questioned but there was a caveat. Suddenly the mainstream had an excuse for their past and present bruta...

'Pox Americana' by Elizabeth Fenn

for my country. I want to first let you know that I thoroughly enjoy working for such a prestigious agency, but we are living in...

Post American Revolution Minority Creditors' Oppression

After the British left the shores of America, the young country was faced with how to keep their economy afloat. Credit became one...

19th Century America's Economic Developments

majorities in terms of the Senate and the intermittent control of the White House, change was not significant (2000). The desire t...

Reform and the U.S. Constitution

writes for the Yale Law Journal, provides a very compelling argument in the case of reform. His contention was that the Constituti...

17th and 18th Century America and White Slaves

German child sold as a mulatto" (Talty, 2000). There was even a case...

State of Israel Establishment

the states obligation to act justly and equally toward all citizens" (ACRI, 2002). Those Bedouins who chose to bypass the milita...

Zero Tolerance Policies - Do They Work?

in the Gun-Free School Act (McAndrews, 2001; McCune, 2000). McAndrews (2001) reported that policies were passed by state legislat...

The Welfare States in the UK

crime rates were rising and inflation was rife (Slack, 1990). The main aims were to reduce the extreme levels of poverty, but many...

Laws and Regulations in Insurance Practice in Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania

maintains two broad categories, Property/Casualty and Life/Health. Agents must be licensed in both to be able to sell policies in...

Constitutional Guarantees

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

Should Remunerations be Paid to Africa?

the West, but White suggests it should be examined closely, not automatically given credence (White, 2001). He also suggests that...

The Issue of the Extension of Slavery Reported in the American Whig

may be ill-timed or inhumane; it may be constitutional and yet smack of arbitrary power-of oppression: it may ... carry with it a ...

Wiencek/On George Washington

than "anywhere else" (Henriques 414). However, the "bad news" is that amidst Wienceks narrative there are numerous errors, as well...