At every level, government makes laws that citizens must obey and creates policies about everything connected with the daily of a community "whether that community is a nation, a state, or the town where you live. ... Through out the course of my day, government affects me everywhere. ... Water that comes from a government regulated water plant, and that comes to your home in pipes that were put in place by the government. ... There are many ways government affects my life at school. ... When I need a phone, or electronics, the government regulates the quality of what I am buying by ...

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Is legislation necessary or is it a way of the government suppressing culture? The Law. ... Why do we need law in our society? ... Jurisprudence is the study of the philosophy of law. It looks at the deeper meaning of the law and its evolution from the natural law of the 18th century, to the legal reality of today's business and practice. ...

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Government In our modern world there are many forms of government. ... This allows two branches to deem another branch unconstitutional if a law trying to be passed by a branch is wrong. ... A second type of government is a libertarian government. ... Lastly a dictatorship is a type of government. ... This dictator could take away, add or substitute any laws, rights, or regulations he deemed necessary. ...

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American Government Study Guide Theocracy - a system of government in which God himself rules personally or through chosen representatives. ... Upper and Lower House of Parliament - Magna Carta - no taxation without representation, right of habeas corpus, trial by jury, and due process of law. ... Cornerstone of American Government - The Bible Common Law - a non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions. ... William Blackstone - wrote "commentaries of the Laws of England". ... Henry II - Strengthened the common law in England when he initiated a system of roy...

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It is also an intricate system of government with laws in which each member plays a special role and has to uphold the requirements of that role. ... It states that the family has specific laws that it must follow. Self-preservation is one of the laws that a family follows. ... Moreover, the family is still following its basic laws. ... His analogy also clarifies the law of self-preservation. ...

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It is also an intricate system of government with laws in which each member plays a special role and has to uphold the requirements of that role. ... It states that the family has specific laws that it must follow. Self-preservation is one of the laws that a family follows. ... Moreover, the family is still following its basic laws. ... His analogy also clarifies the law of self-preservation. ...

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The government has tried everything to protect us, but have gone too far with the Patriotism Law. ... Discrimination is the worst thing to come out of this law. ... This new law takes that right away just on stupid suspicions. ... Another basis for this law to be recalled is lack of privacy. ... The fact that so many people are lying down and letting the government do this to us is wrong. ...

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A Just Government In Athens to New York we studied many different governments and many different cultures. ... If a government can not listen to what the majority wants then that government has no right to be in power. ... They made the laws and they were the judge and jury. ... Which is the current government in England. ... This government like some others is still effective in keeping a fair system of government. ...

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In the first case, the government must decide whether it is better to allow individuals to have complete freedom or to enforce strict law and order. ... The government is not only obligated to pass and enforce laws to maintain order but it is also obligated to maintain the traditional patterns of social relationships. The most common ways for a government to maintain order are through government legislation, interpretation of the law, and enforcement of the law. ... However, by promoting equality the government has passed some laws the limit individual freedoms. ... What the laws do not prohib...

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In the present business environment governments have the power to change and make laws, having a major role and influence on the business environment. There are three levels of government; federal, state and local. The federal government has power over such areas as; company law, income tax, trade etc. State government has power over pollution, price controls, state courts etc. and local government has power over rates, building approvals and zoning. ... The government has a number of economic objectives. ...

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The introduction of these acts has weakened government powers as it means they have fewer jurisdictions over some laws in Scotland and wales. ... The Human rights act 1998, codified the European convention on Human rights into UK law. This requires that every proposed law must be compatible with the act, and if a law breaches the act, a citizen may appeal, that their rights under the act have been breached. ... The government must consider the human rights before proposing bills reducing the power of UK governments. ... The CRA also established a new supreme court, which replaced the apex in t...

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A huge variation the United States put into their form of government the ability to elect representatives who vote directly on laws instead of citizens. ... A functional government can be both democratic and oligarchic due to the ideas of the distribution of offices, the Lacedaemonian constitution, and the mean between laws. ... The final way a functional government is able to be the title of both democratic and oligarchic is to the implement the idea of the mean between laws set on a society. To have a functional government between the two forms of authorities, there must be order by the c...

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In America the system of government is established basing on the Federalism. ... It means power is shared between the National and State government. ... The Federal supreme court shall be the final arbiter of legal disputes in the land and the laws made in each state cannot conflict with the national constitution. ... The Federal government is a democratic government. ... If the national government wants the state government to do something, it should give money or the like to the state government and it is the duty of the state government to realize the federal policies and objectives. ...

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This culture is aggressively opposed to government intervention. ... Government is maintain the existing social and economic hierarchy. ... A traditionalistic law in Texas would be anti-abortion. ... Therefor Elazar's theory can continue to be used to evaluate laws and policies. ... Government tends to be seen as a positive force. ...

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Jefferson had many ideals that he believed should be the basis of the national government. He thought that his standards were in the interest of everyone as a whole, and that they were the perfect form to follow in developing a strong government. ... The Democratic Republican party's perspective on the proper role of government was that the government itself should have very limited powers, and that control of any necessary powers should be given as much to the people as possible. ... It turned out that the State governments were to be concerned with the affairs of their citizens only, wh...

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A close examination of Canadian law suggests that there are some laws which are in sync with social customs and other laws which are not and are apart from the social consensus. ... The Government had banned many customs of the Aboriginals because they where not congruent with the Canadian societies customs. Some things banned where Potlatches and marijuana due to the fact that the Canadian Government wanted to spread their values and assimilate the Native people. ... Pornography has many who appose it and what it stands for, yet it is deemed legal by our Government. It is viewed by many, ...

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The federal government has the ability to work as a self-sufficient political community. The constitution and the people have given Washington the control to take control over all policies and laws that affect every person in this country and it allows them standardize these policies all the down to the local level of government. ... State and local governments are more aware and familiar with their citizens' needs and wants. ... The federal government should have the ability to override state policies. ... The federal government provides a balance for the state and local governments....

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Our body of law comes from England, which is the common law. Common law is Judge-made law. ... For instance, in criminal law jail time is the most common consequence for breaking the law. ... The law, although it has consequences, provides rights to protect citizens from governmental abuses of power in an effort to be fair. ... The law provides us with a judicial branch of government which regulates the process of law and provides forums in order for citizens to settle disputes. ...

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The law has yielded mixed results. ... The government will provide matching funds for all monies raised from individual donors who contribute no more than $250. ... The law has yielded mixed results. ... The government also gives a lump-sum grant to each political party to help pay the costs of its nominating convention. In the general election the government pays all the costs of each candidate up to a limit set by law (which in 1996 that limit was $61.8 million for each major candidate and $29 million for Perot). ...

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Roman government is exactly like ours today. The Roman government is not exactly like ours today. ... Romans did not want one man to make all of the laws, so that is when they deeded to split the power of the government between three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial branch. ... Only men who owned land were allowed to have a say in the laws. ... There are a lot of ways that the Roman Government is not like the United States Government. ...

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When President Bush signed the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform law in 2002, he did so in high hopes of limiting the usage of soft money and other forms of corrupt government procedures. ... Government has done its job of maintaining democracy by establishing this constitutional law. ... The law was partly made to protect fairness. ... The law is also in place to protect elections from corruption. ... The government is maintaining its democracy and providing defense against corruption. ...

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Section 1 One of the first topics of discussion was whether or not the government was being too covert in its actions and was misusing its power to make laws. ... Jay's treaty was viewed as an Anglo-American alliance by the new French government. ... He attended Harvard law school in 1768, as well as being an active participant in anti-British activities precluding the American Revolution. ... Section 4 As defendants of the government, we propose the following resolutions. ... Likewise, any interference with Federal officers upholding the law will still be punishable by means d...

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United states has very firm laws, has so strict laws having to do with product liability. ... For this reason, the law has evolved to a point where the consumer is now protected against negligence by a manufacturer. ... Product liability is generally a matter of state law. ... The Indian government is making strict rules and laws against consumer protection. ... Chinese laws are now in effect that give Chinese consumers the legal basis to bring their claims.. ...

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The people of the United States knew that it was important that no government - even our own government - could take away the rights that God had given them. ... Under these articles, the government could not have too much power. ... But, in order for this type of very conservative government to work, each state would have to agree on things at the same time and all would have to be willing to uphold the laws. ... The states believed that they had the responsibility to keep the federal government in check, and if the government crossed the line they, the states, advocated the power to nulli...

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The need for such a proactive law is obvious because in this democratic government the people affect policy. ... The investment in government in a time of crisis is fundamental in understanding how a democratic government can pass a law that grants such discretion and infringes on the rights of its citizens (right to privacy). ... The biggest concern for those who oppose this law is that the government has discretion. ... It would be very difficult to abuse this law because the only people being interrogated are those who have given government reliable reason to suspect acts of terrorism (S...

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