The Patriot Act was a bill eliminating all civil rights Americans used to have before its passing. ... It worked for them as they were able to found a country that became a world superpower. ... The existence of a free society will come with some risk. If the United States were to be completely and entirely secure, it would be a police state. ... It's time we, as Americans, start living like the home of the free and the brave again. ...

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Many multinationals refuse to release to the American people even the list and addresses of the factories they use around the world to make the goods we purchase. The corporations say we have no right to this information. ... The governments of the world have pledged to honor the basic rights we are all born with. ... The popularity of the "free" market following the fall of Communism and a rise in anti-union sentiment, coupled with government programs (like NAFTA and GATT) designed to encourage free trade, have hastened the globalization process. ... Even in North America, where the North ...

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Before we know it, the only safe place from being watched or observed is away from all technology. ... We thought they already held superior control over us but apparently not. ... The fourth amendment sums up our privacy by declaring us the right to be free from governmental interference. ... The fourth amendment was made to protect our privacy as citizens being in this so called free country. ... 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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Before I assess each of their viewpoints, I'll provide how they define certain aspects, starting with the state of nature. ... The society would not exist if it were not for this. ... Hobbes believes that the natural state of human society would be for everybody to exist together without legitimate authority in a free for all society. ... Locke's philosophy is a classic example of liberalism, a state of nature where men are free and independent. ... All this put together allows for a more free society and limited government. ...

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Generally, the results of the rule of law are taken from judicial decisions determining rights of persons in cases brought before courts and natural rights which have been declared in the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights5. ... The Magna Carta consisted of 63 chapters, many concerned matters of feudal law that were important to barons but of little relevance today10. One of the most significant chapters of the Magna Carta is chapter 39 'no free man shall be arrested of imprisoned or disseised or outlawed or exiled or in anyway victimised, neither will we attack him or send anyone to ...

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Throughout history we have witnessed how people as a community have done their best effort in order to achieve the common well. ... In general terms, civil disobedience's goal is to free people from all form of government, authority or ideology that limits an individual's liberty. ... Similarly to Thoreau, the eight activist and their two lawyer were sentenced to spend some time in prison for doing what they believe to be correct. ... I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. ... We all choose to do what we consider to be right. ...

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The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the federal and provincial legislatures were implemented to assure the protection and freedom of the Canada's citizens. We can imagine that there are several point of views and opinions on certain values and ideologies within a society, which means that what ever will be implemented on this said society, there will always be some people for and some against. ... When we look at certain cases we can see that the offenders are able to trick the system in their favor to receive the smallest sentence possible. ... Homolka and her husband at the t...

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Hundreds of women, and some men, were put to death just because someone pointed their finger and said he/she is a witch. ... America is best known as the land of the free. ... In this article vigilantes would roundup the local "law-breakers," who were usually from the lower class, and try, convict, and execute all on the same day, in most cases within the hour. ... For example the were allowed to have council or someone who knew the law to guide them through the proceedings. Although crude and somewhat barbaric, the American vigilante tradition showed the grassroots of due process that we hold...

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But how can we overcome discrimination while the forces that protect us are one of the major causes? ... Department of Justice report stated that in 1999, African Americans were 20% more likely to be stopped than white Americans, and police were more than twice as likely to search the car of an African American or Hispanic driver than a white driver. ... Of the nearly 12,000 full-time state court judges across the country, only 465 were African American, and 150 were Latino in 1991. In a 2000 Census, the percentage of judges who were white calculate to 83.2%, 8.8% were African American, and Hi...

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The laws" intent was to afford underprivileged minority groups" equal opportunities for employment that were available to the white male. ... We are now seeing more women, white and black primarily, black men and even the American native Indian in the American workplace. Although this has attributed to the overall growth in achieving a more diverse workplace, it is not the free ticket for minorities to enter into the workplace in any area of work. Certain standards must be met before affirmative action can ever play a role in determining who is hired. ... The law school is ____ up to for...

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Bakalar, "In a study of fifty-six patients who got no relief from standard antimetic agents, seventy-eight percent became symptom-free when they smoked marijuana" (25). ... In one year, about 50 billion dollars on law enforcement could be saved if drugs were legalized (231-232). ... According to the Preliminary Report of Marijuana Arrests and Incarceration it reports, "There were more than 695,201 marijuana arrests in the United States in 1997. ... If we can distribute condoms and clean needles to control the spread of diseases, why can we not bring ourselves to distribute marijuana cheaply...

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For example, settlement according to law resulting from judicial decision or arbitration; settlement involving negotiations between States and political compromise; pre-ordained settlements; and multilateral settlements implemented with the lawful authority of the international community.11 Therefore, in this essay we will be looking at the international rule of law and the international community and we will also discuss the international rule of law together with the 'Israel and Palestine dispute' as a case study. ... For instance, the International Bar Association defined the ru...

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To understand political power aright, and derive it from its original, we must consider what estate all men are naturally in, and that is, a state of perfect freedom to order their actions, and dispose of their possessions and persons as they think fit, within the bounds of the law of Nature, without asking leave or depending upon the will of any other man. ... And, being furnished with like faculties, sharing all in one community of Nature, there cannot be supposed any such subordination among us that may authorise us to destroy one another, as if we were made for one another's uses, as...

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I'm not sure that we will see the same thing here given what we have said with regard to our enforcement priorities.... A number of advocates for legalization have suggested that the workload on local law enforcement would ease if marijuana were legal. ... Those in favor of legalizing marijuana claim that legalization would free up our court system. ... Legalization advocates believe if marijuana related offences were no longer present, that the court system would move more efficiently. ... * In 2006, drivers testing positive for marijuana were involved in 28% of fatalities; by 2011, th...

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