Our value doesn't serve any instrumental value to others and is completely independent of the assessment of other people. ... Therefore, the government should be responsible for enforcing natural rights with limitations to certain behaviors. Some people might argue that the government cannot really devise a set of laws and rights that can serve towards human equality since everyone's different. ... Indeed, government's enforcement of a systematic set of laws and rights can be accomplished. ... The government should devise ways to protect, enforce and limit our natural rights ...

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The Articles of Confederation government was too weak, and a new, stronger government was needed. ... The Bill of Rights was set up to guarantee the freedoms that the citizens wanted, but weren't included in the Constitution. ... Today, with the Constitution as its basis, this government is the strongest government in the world. ... The Federal System: Powers delegated to the national government: Regulate interstate and foreign trade, set standard weights and measures, create and maintain armed forces, make copyright and patent laws, establish postal offices, establish foreign policy, ...

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By legalizing marijuana, the Government could bring millions in tax revenue. ... It is also crucial to point out that there is an enormous market for cannabis and could potentially serve as a huge "cash-crop" for the United States. ... The Netherlands came to serve as sort of the pioneer in soft-drug legalization when they first de-criminalized marijuana in the 1970s. ... Put limits on the drug, similar to that of alcohol; set an age and specific place to sell the substance, such as a liquor store or a head shop. ... Let the government take control as they do with many issues facing the Un...

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Is legislation necessary or is it a way of the government suppressing culture? ... This is another example of how a society without set laws, can become out of control. ... Overall, legislation is a way of suppressing culture, I have a utilitarian view on the topic; laws serve as a norm for social conduct. I can agree that Laws control society, they are a set of rules that we are told to follow, however we must follow these guidelines in order to live in a country we feel safe in. ...

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Modern democracy have been influenced by many traditions and governments throughout time. ... Rome had a republic where people voted for others to represent them in government. However the Jews and Christians didn't have a government. Instead they followed the Ten Commandments, a set of moral laws given to them by their god, which set a precedent for many cultures and cities. ... For the Romans both the rich and poor served in government and was allowed their say, even if they had no other power. ...

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Judicial Review, For the People, By the People Judicial review is a function of our government that is carried out by the judicial branch, namely, the Supreme Court. ... Thus, these judges have been chosen by the people, as all high ranking officials ought to be, in a democratic government. ... This also means that unlike the other branches of government which are rotated regularly, the justices see many terms come and go. ... Each of the three branches of government has certain checks and balances over the other two branches. ... In addition, a term limit can not be set on such a job,...

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These are democratic ideas and a representative government. In this colonial government, governors were responsible for enforcing British trade laws and carrying out other commands. ... However, the biggest difference being that the governors don't answer to a foreign power, but rule for their own homeland, and for the vbest interest of the people who they serve. ... Every town would set uop court meetings where laws were discussed and decided on. ...

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Both were developed from common law, which were previous decisions of the superior courts and rules that were set down. Statutory law also helped define both legal systems (South Africa & U.S.A.) as those were acts of the national and provincial legislatures, and governmental regulations. ... It serves to guarantee the basic rights and freedoms of all persons. ... They may serve for a non-renewable term of 12 years, but must retire at the age of 70. ... A new Appellate Division heard appeals from the other divisions of the Supreme Court and set precedent which was binding country-wide. ...

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The fourth amendment sums up our privacy by declaring us the right to be free from governmental interference. ... It protects us from unreasonable searches and seizures by government authorities. ... Electronic devices to gather information serves illegal. Telephone booths are considered a private area only served specifically for the user. ... Stopping this invasion of privacy will correct he fourth amendment, guarantee the privacy were promised and help set this concept of freedom....

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(2) Defining Constitutionalism We will employ Fred Ridley's (1988: p. 317) broad definition of a constitution as: ...the whole system of government of a country, the collection of rules, written and unwritten, which regulate the government'. ... In theory the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) now plays that role but to what extent it will serve as an effective check and balance remains to be seen. ... It has four key features: (1) It establishes, or constitutes, the system of government, hence it is prior to the system of government, rules...

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Government in Locke's society would not be legitimate without the power of the people. The government's main job is to serve and protect the people in society. ... There is a code or social contract in place in Locke's society that is set for everybody to follow regardless of who you are. ... All this put together allows for a more free society and limited government. ... In Locke's society the government has no sovereignty of it's own; therefore, if society and the members feel as if the government is impeding their individual rights and moral code, they have the abil...

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He argues with King the struggle for civil rights set a precedent for the violence, and asserts antiwar and civil rights protesters abuse the concept of civil disobedience. ... The demonstration was the pressure that forced the government and the people to confront segregation and rethink if the segregation law was right or wrong. ... The black people waited to be served until the stores closed. ...

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The issues of abortion, gay marriages, and even stem cell replacement have all been controversial issues that have plagued us with picketing, letters to the government, and is even being argued about on TV and on the radio. ... Laws are never set in stone and people who have helped to change these laws are the ones that served consequences for them but in the long run they were the very same people who helped to make our justice system even stronger and more reputable. ...

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The writers of the US Constitution were determined to separate the powers of the federal government in to three branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. ... Federal courts are set up on three levels. ... Justices are appointed for life and their salaries cannot be lowered while they serve. ... The Supreme Court's ability to set legal precedent, or that principles of law once established, should be accepted as authoritative in all subsequent similar cases, is strengthened by its nearly complete discretion in choosing cases it will hear. ...

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Most government officials believe that and to keep it illegal would stop all sorts of problems the effects of the drugs could have on our nation. ... Decriminalizing cannabis can save governments boatloads of money though reduction of processing and incarceration. ... The sale of marijuana in these states is a huge part of their local economy now and due to very heavy taxation the government is making tens of millions of dollars. ... It needs to decriminalize marijuana not only for its own people, but to be part of the first states to do it and set an example for the rest of the country. ... ...

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If these ancient sets of laws were never formed, we would still b in the same shape the ancient people were. ... A major similarity in all three sets of laws are how all three deal with the eye for an eye principal at one time. ... Hebrew laws deal a lot with slaves and their lives by saying if thou buy an Hebrew Servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. ... They used to be in school and in almost every building a person could go into but today the government has stepped in and taken these commandments out of public buildings. ... Although each cod...

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The stage was set for the codification of modern civil law. ... Covering both civil and criminal matters, it is commonly believed that these laws served to codify existing custom. ... In many provinces, which now enjoyed more careful government and suffered less f! ... Yet, the Mediterranean world attained peace and prosperity under the government of Augustus, who was celebrated in temples, statues, and dedications as an earthly redeemer. ... Theodosius entertained, but did not carry out, a broader plan, involving an official digest of the older law, as set forth in the juristic literature. ...

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As they are of the judicial arm the other arms of government, executive and legislative cannot influence them. ... This is a safety mechanism and shows that justice is better served because of this. ... Because of the legal costs, Australia has set up a system where, if you cannot afford to hire a lawyer to defend yourself, you can apply for legal aid. ...

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Three different individuals who served as examples were, Tupac Amaru II, Batallas and Juan Bautista Alberdi. ... He led the native and mestizo peasants against the Bourbon Reforms, a set of economic and political legislation introduced by the Spanish. ... More importantly he instilled the idea of "bad government" and that "people could take direct action against corrupt or disruptive authorities" (Walker, pg. 39). ... Alberdi advocates to the government of South America that it is their responsibility to fix the population issue he is referring to. ...

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So that we don't get too distracted, I'll ask you to set aside the issue of rights for another day. ... Responsibilities of Citizens Citizens of the U.S. can participate in their government This process insures that power will always remain where it belongs - with the people. ... By voting, the people have a voice in the government. The people decide who will represent them in the government. ... The government may call upon citizens to serve on a jury. ...

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The Field code reforms were adopted by most states of the United States, by the federal government, and by the United Kingdom in the Judicature Act of 1873". ... But this was too much for just one King to handle, hence the Chancellor helped the King out by hearing those cases in a specially set up court called the Court of Chancery where the law of trust (a branch of the law of equity) applies. There are a few functions of equity, one is that it adapts to the general rules of circumstances, secondly it serves as a supplementary to gaps in the law and also spot the errors in law that is kno...

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Excerpts From John Locke, Second Treatise of Government: CHAPTER II: LIBERTY AND EQUALITY: [II.4-5 4. ... A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another, there being nothing more evident than that creatures of the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of Nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also be equal one amongst another, without subordination or subjection, unless the lord and master of them all should, by any manifest declaration of his will, set one above another, and confer on hi...

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Austin: Positivist Identity of law: what makes the law the law Law (is) = Rules + (issued by a) Sovereignty. Rules = General Commands A command is an expression of a wish backed by a threat to inflict an evil (=sanction, like telling the child to get the toy is not a command unless it is backed b...

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