In his essay, Thoreau states that "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison [Thoreau]." Even Thoreau wasn't completely an activist against slavery, he intended to stay in jail and set an example to his community. ... In his essay, Thoreau questions the methods used by the government against those who put first their integrity, their moral, and their conscience than to a law. ... Using the same example as before, it is known that many delinquents took advantage of the situation that was currently living the country to commit...

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Preface The reason for which I chose this topic to write my historical essay on is because throughout all of the topics that I studied in the course of Western Civilization, the one that stood out the most, caught my attention, and I enjoyed learning about was the French Revolution. ... Throughout the essay there will be various important points about the French Revolution and why or how they affected civilization. ... In this essay, I will discuss the shift in government from absolutism to a constitutional Monarchy, the churches loss of power, and finally ...

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Therefore, this essay aims to bring across the statement that physician-assisted suicide should be legalized because it prevents patients from having thoughts of negativity. ... For example, if a patient has spent most of the past year in the hospital, he/she might attain negative feelings because his/her hospital bill might be racking up, and the patient might be worrying about how he/she is going to pay it. ... As I have shown in this essay, nothing bad can come out of allowing physician-assisted suicide to be done. In fact, as displayed earlier in the essay, legalizing physician-assisted ...

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This essay will determine whether 'The European Convention on Human Rights' (ECHR) exists to guarantee legal protection to fundamental rights. ... This essay will initially look at how and why the ECHR was first introduced to Europe and the difference between moral and legal rights. ... This is in contrast to legal rights that are particular and applicable to only certain individuals, these rights can be taken away; an example is the right to freedom for committing murder. ... An example can be found in Article 10 (freedom of expression), there is a restriction preventing an ind...

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King spoke of his children, and used them as an example to show how someone who is fresh into the world, and has not been tainted by society views segregation as unjust and irrational. ... In King's essay, the most effective tool he uses is rationality. ...

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For example, in Emerson's education essay, he states, "If a child happens to show that he knows any fact about astronomy, or plants, or birds, or rocks, or history, that interest him and you, hush all the classes and encourage him to tell it so that all may hear.... For example, Emerson says, "We are like children who repeat by rote sentences of granddames and tutors, and, as they grow older, of the men of talents and character they chance to see, -- painfully recollecting the exact words they spoke; afterwards, when they come into point of view which those had who uttered these...

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This essay will be discussing the essential features of a constitution, specifically New Zealand's, the role that the Treaty of Waitangi plays, and finally, whether or not it should be made into a formal part of the constitution. Based on evidence discussed in this essay, it is evident that the role of the Treaty of Waitangi is sufficient and it's status should remain the same, mainly due to the confusion it could cause due to there being two versions of the document which says contradictory things. ... A key example of this is the Foreshore and Seabed Act 2004, that was passed in...

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During this essay I will discuss the positive and negative consequences of using the jury system in Australia and explore some of the solutions which have been suggested to replace the problems and unhappiness arising from perceived injustices. ... Police and any other sort of job dealing with the law (law student, judge lawyer and assessors), anyone dealing in medicine (doctors, nurses), small or large business owners and pregnant women are examples of those who are exempt from obtaining a position in a jury. ...

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However, in 399 BCE, Socrates argued that civil disobedience is never appropriate, and was so convinced that his philosophy, or social contract theory, was completely justified that he chose a to die rather than to live in order to become an example for others who would be faced with the same situation. ... For example, the Declaration of Conscience of 1950 broke the draft law by encouraging others to refuse to serve for the Vietnam War. ... In his essay "Civil Disobedience", Henry David Thoreau writes, "Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them or shall we endeavor to amend them, ...

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In this argumentative essay, I seek to argue the reasons why both medicinal and recreational marijuana should be legalized throughout the United States, and why it should not. ... For example, Dr. ... States like Vermont, for example, are likely to legalize marijuana in the near future because of the impact it made in Colorado. ... For example, according to Dr. ...

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This essay in the first part aims to define, distinguish and analyse the concepts of parliamentary sovereignty (PS) and rule of law (RoL) which will help in the discussion and analysis of questions raised by the case of Jackson1 and how the issues raised in that case is seen by various scholars in relation to the rule of law and parliamentary sovereignty in the second part. ... Following the idea of Jennings, the first and third definitions of Dicey mentioned above and the implications of parliament's authority as the supreme law making body, the discussion of the concept of Separation...

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An essay on three documents studied in tutorials this semester, explaining a) their value to the historian, and b) problems with their use as historical documents. ... Another example of this exaggeration is the account of the king fighting and killing elephants, " in a herd of 120." ... For example, King Sehetepibre, thought to have been assassinated and the story indicates this happens, there is even an indication of time, ("Year 30, third month of the inundation, day 7".) ... For example, if a flood ruins the crops of a man, he does not have to pay interest. ... For example, a wom...

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This following essay will illustrate different part of the doctrine of precedent and do judges bound by their previous decisions or not in different hierarchy of courts. ... An example of overruling involves R v Shivpuri [1986] HL overruling Anderton v Ryan [1985] HL, concerning the Criminal Attempts Act 1981, the law had been previously applied incorrectly. ...

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In this essay, we will look critically at the Patriot Act of 2001, arguing that the benefits in fighting terrorism were not worth the inevitable human rights losses. ... This is an example of the overreach of the modern bureaucratic state, violating one of the fundamental human rights, which is the freedom of privacy. ...

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Uruguay for example banned smoking in enclosed spaces in 2006, required tobacco companies place warnings on over half of the cartons surface area in 2008, and raised the price of packs through taxes in 2010 yet they are still being punished by the tobacco companies with extremely expensive legal cases each of the previous 5 years. ... For example, Togo passed laws requiring that written warning labels be placed on their cigarette packs. ...

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In the Essay Concerning Human Understanding, John Locke speculated about how politics must confront the issue "of freedom the will of the individual"(Locke, 43) and how their freedom must be subject to "constant, certain, and known principals"(Locke, 44), so that when conflicts of justifying rights emerge the government will have a guide by which to reference their decision against. ... First to be discussed are rights that protect individual's religion and ethnicity as examples to how the majority has discriminated against the individual. Rights that promote the rule of law, such as the ...

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The purpose of this essay is to critically evaluate the role of healthcare professionals in relation to decision-making process from different ethical and legal perspectives, and discuss virtue ethics theory and principles that applies in the situation of a clinical dilemma to be presented. ... However, the competence for giving consent is not exercised by every individual patient (example, mental ill patient and a minor). Moreover, there are exceptional situations where a nurse could decide and carry out a treatment without consent (example, in emergence), she but has to demonstrate that she ...

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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. ... An example whereby the issue of a conflict between two Nations...

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