It shows in everyday life and even in the law. ... While they practiced their religious beliefs, they still subscribed to English common law. ... It was the end of monarchial rule and getting used to a new system of government and policies. ... The very women who survived looked forward to a more open representation in the government. ... It was deemed necessary that women have a passive role in government at this time. ...

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The second step for these governments is to outlaw the possession of certain types of "dangerous" weapons. ... The final step is for the government to outlaw any private ownership of firearms. ... Thanks to the ignorance of these governments, the most respectful, law-abiding citizens are now helpless to defend themselves against the ever-increasing crime wave that follows. ... One of the possible reasons for the decline in crime in the U.S. is the wider acceptance of concealed carry laws. ... The documentation Hitler created which gave him the power to take the weapons from Jews was cal...

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Wall, (1), describes how the only legal restriction against Catholics was that of the making/selling of arms and ammunition, a law that was reflective of the governmental attitude against Irish Catholics. As Wall, (1), highlights, there was no restrictive law in place to prevent regarding the hempen and linen industry, which served as the main manufacturing industry in Ireland, in the eighteenth century. ... Firstly, as Wall, (1), observes, there was a law passed by Charles of England 1which forbade the export of cattle. This law was an addition to a list which included the prevention of Catho...

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Imagine today, somebody or the government came into your town and started taking possession of all your personal firearms. ... Lately laws have changed. ... Also a second law was passed. ... I will now analyze how the utilitarian would have viewed this law. ... So I think our right to bear arms should be preserved, and no one or the government should be able to take that away from us....

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Government had to be established in the colony, along with an economy. ... According to Puritan beliefs every government rested upon a covenant between rulers and people. ... The rulers, therefore, governed according to God's law and justice. ... The second change was that the governor and assistants would have the authority to make the laws and choose the officers who would carry out the laws. ... These laws combined Biblical law, English common law, and the laws passed by the legislature of the colony. ...

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Gun Control: the Real Issues "Misuse or theft prohibited by law". ... To forbid, especially by authority or law; interdict." and "2. ... Was is possible to forbid misuse or theft by passing a law? ... Haynes further argued that for a convicted felon to register a gun, especially a short-barreled shotgun, was effectively an announcement to the government that he was breaking the law. ... Guns can protect the virtual slave from the government. ...

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His policies and ods of government and administration, war and diplomacy, was what rulers of other countries copied. ... The national debt rapidly rose, while the credit of the government held consistently good. ... The revolution was portrayed as vindicating the principles of parliamentary government, the rule of law, an even the right of rebellion against tyranny. ... After the parliamentary triumph of 1688 this tendency became a matter of law. ... They became philosophical leaders of Europe, shown by Hugo Grotius in his book Law of War and Peace, a pioneering treatise on international ...

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Again, the constitution says, "Congress shall pass no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." ... I love our government and hold the constitution, and the amendments, in very high regard. ... Perhaps society has made me immune to what we really need as opposed to what the government lets us do. ... Most Christians who are as involved with their religion as I, think that I am going against the laws of God. ... hould obey the laws of our government. ...

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This form of Government stemmed from the Magna Carta and the Navigation Acts, "The Magna Carta (Great Charter) of 1215 was a statement of privileges wrested by certain nobles from the king, but it be- came part of a broader assumption that the people as a whole had rights that even the monarch could not violate".2 Laws such as these, were generally left to the colonist to enforce with the exception of a few instances before 1763. These set of laws that govern the colonist were not enforced to the degree they were enforced in the mother country. ... Once King George and Parliament e...

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In 1611 a system of law was established called "The Dale Code". Thomas Gates had called these his "Laws Divine, Moral and Marshal". These set of laws marked the first American Legal Code. Unlike John Smiths laws that were martial, these laws were civil laws but they carried a Puritan feel. One of the laws strictly punished idleness. ...

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It is significant element because it makes the government more accountable. ... Firstly, the UK government can introduce the compulsory voting which is nowadays enhanced in Australia. ... Britain would also have a two-tier legal system and so it would make the constitutional laws more identified. ... Also the European Convention on Human Rights, which came into force in 1998, is part of UK law. ... The UK should grant more powers to local and regional government in order to bring democracy closer to the people. ...

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"The Functions of a Patrol Officer" The oldest and most basic function in law enforcement is the patrol function. ... These watchmen were put there by local government to provide order. ... Soon after, the Statutes of Winchester were created forming laws and curfews for the citizens. ... Traffic enforcement is another duty where officers enforce traffic laws in order to make roads safer. ... Knowledge requires the changes in laws and court decisions, and the proper techniques that should be used. ...

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They didn't want to fight the power of the government. ... The commoners now feel that they are put in the same spot as servants, women and children who didn't have a say in the government. ... They create a Declaratory Act in which parliament has the right to create any necessary laws for the colonies. ... Being part of the British civilization they need a say and a vote in rules and laws made for themselves. ... They felt that being a citizen of England that had right to a say and vote in the government. ...

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These zones were largely set up in developing countries by their governments to promote industrial and commercial exports. ... The Bangladeshi government has doubled the minimum wage, although it remains the lowest. ... Due to this organisation, since 2008, more than 30 cases of women workers suffering occupational disease have been successfully recognised by the Government, despite loopholes in the existing law (Women factory workers in Honduras, 2012). ...

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Each of the regions' opinion of a successful colony shaped whom ruled their governments and what these government officials set in place for the colonies to reach this success. ... The Chesapeake government of aristocrats focused on increasing wealth and obtaining as much of it as they could, disregarding the wellbeing of the colonists below them. ... The purpose of New England government was to ensure and dictate an entirely godly society devoted to living according to God's laws. ... This encouraged and influenced New England laws to be tailored towards a piety society. ... Despite...

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Slowly Parliament started making laws to protect children in the workplace. ... To make sure factory owners followed this law, the government hired inspectors to enforce it and their reports became a very valuable source of information about child labor in 19th century Britain.# Michael Sadler was born in 1780. ... He led an attack on the abuses of child labor by investigating the conditions of textile factories and demanded that the government step in and put a stop to horrible treatment in factories. ...

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They were forced to leave England, because their complete and unchanging belief that religion should be completely free from government. ... The church was the government and controlled everything under strict rule. ... Williams was driven out of Boston, because he questioned the authority of the government, and the legality of their taking land from the Indians without any payment (Andrews, 47). ... They created a plantation convenant, promising to separate the church and government, in which there were no magistrates and no elders using civil as spiritual authority. ...

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If religious turmoil continued after the 1559 Settlement it was probably more as a result of their unwillingness to compromise as opposed to the government's stance – though this was still obviously an issue of contention post-1559. ... Many of the nobles and gentry, along with a majority of the common people, remained loyal to the old faith, but all the key positions in the government and church were held by Protestants. ... The defiance was more prominent in the north; as bishops began to report the presence of church papists in their dioceses the government became increasingly a...

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These steps are mainly governmental, legal and official events that pushed English usage. ... writing town laws and finally 1489 saw all statutes written in English. ... Statute of Pleading made it law that English and not French would be used in the courts. ... More than the official bureaucratic changes in rules and law were the changes in the use of the language by the everyday speakers. ...

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In the Fall of 2014, the government of Scotland will hold a referendum to discuss the topic of Scottish independence from the United Kingdom (The Week 2012). ... They became law in March of that year. ... The government releases propaganda in an attempt to sway public opinion (Scottish Government). ... The picture indicates that the overwhelming majority of the surveyed Scottish companies believe that their businesses would be affected by the governmental change, were it to take place. ...

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The government looked to women to persuade men to join the army. ... Government and industry also needed women to replace men in many lines of work. ... In addition to these efforts, the British government allowed citizens to take on German prisoners of war to work on the farmland in rural cities. ... Many laws prohibited interracial marriages and people rejected the possibility of interracial children. ... In 1919, group of civilians took to the streets in London to engage in strikes and protests against the government. ...

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Thus, as a result of John's endeavours, by 1250 three quarters of Ireland was controlled by the Normans, although it would prove difficult for the settled barons to gain control of the whole island, as there was no central Gaelic government to usurp, just scattered remnants of a race. ... Despite John's expansionist policies in Ireland, he none the less devoted much of his time to setting up structures of an Anglicised state, again greatly distinct from the simplistic and basic, tribalistic and Gaelic systems of government. ... The presence of an Exchequer, common law, ...

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In 1536 the Act Extinguishing the Authority of the Bishop in Rome reiterated all previous acts on this subject but also added another important law: that anyone who still defended the power formerly held by the Pope would have their property confiscated. ... This was eliminated, as were sanctuaries, areas of land that protected those living on it from the law, usually clergy. ... Henry and his government could not allow these critics to influence the general public. ...

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Forensic science plays an important role in the investigation of serious crimes. One of the first significant achievements in the field was the development of techniques for identifying individuals by their fingerprints. In the 19th century, it was discovered that almost any contact between a fing...

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