Most countries have a law that talks about human rights. These laws state that the people have freedom as long as they don't use their freedom as a tool to harm the country or other people. ... Of course, being near a smoker when he/she is smoking can harm your health. ... Cigarette addicts sometimes choose to blame the law that allowed them free access to cigarettes, and the freedom to smoke. ... Laws were made to keep order in the country, not to be used as a life guidance tool. ...

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This is the law, and only law that a government should be able to enforce, to protect you from having you basic rights violated. Governments, however, should have no right to enforce laws to dispose of men's lives as they see fit. ... Well, there is a law that protects those that can't afford medical insurance. ... If an individual with no medical coverage has been injured, it is the law to help this person. ... In the end, when people see where our money has gone, and see how the funds have helped so many, and possibly even us in the near future, we get over our frustrations prett...

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Islamic law also states that women have the right to inheritance. "Unto men (of the family) belongs a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, and unto women a share of that which parents and near kindred leave, whether it a little or much- a determinate share" (Qur"an 4:7). ... Women have the right to vote, can take part in public affairs, and law making and may take positions in leadership. ... The Law of Qisas is the protection of the life and property of both a man and woman, and there is no differentiation of punishment for men and women, both will receive the same penalty. ...

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In the case of a near-term or partial-birth abortion, the baby is turned around and pulled partially out with its head still inside the mother. ... The new law made it illegal to kill a child "capable of being born live." ... The last law to be passed was called "The Human Fertilization and Embryology Act 1990." ... I believe that the earlier laws were too harsh and impractical, and the more recent laws are too lenient and vague. ... There are laws which prohibit discrimination on the basis of pregnancy. ...

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This helps to explain the near instantaneous deterioration of John Deake's family in the beginning of the 1760's. ... Because women of colonial America had no substantial rights outside of the watchful eye of husbands and fathers, they were subsequently treated as little more than livestock, barring the minimal human rights that are intrinsic to human law. ... The bankers and town officials worked within the law to settle Deake's accounts: they bound out her children, sent her "home" to her father, and sold all the belongings of the family. ...

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She feared that continued unemployment coupled with near poverty would scar the youths forever. ... The Women's City Club of New York eventually helped change New York's child labor laws and lobbied for to reform the states juvenile system. ...

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I also heard of a woman from Kalu village near Jaiweii being raped only one week after having given birth. ... The laws governing rape in Sierra Leone can be very confusing, even to professionals in criminal justice. ... The International Humanitarian Law, which also went by the laws of war, sets out a list of protections for civilians. ... Under this law, the civil war was "an internal armed conflict " ("We'll Kill You If You Cry " p.55). ... With laws like the International Humanitarian Law, and places like the International Criminal Court, women and girls all throughout Sierra Leone we...

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In both cases the commitment to uphold the rule of law is what creates a strong governmental accountability. ... This kind of commitment to enforce the rule of law on politicians as well as the citizenry is consistent in the Prosecutor General's Office. ...

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