Our body of law comes from England, which is the common law. Common law is Judge-made law. ... For instance, in criminal law jail time is the most common consequence for breaking the law. ... The law, although it has consequences, provides rights to protect citizens from governmental abuses of power in an effort to be fair. ... The law provides us with a judicial branch of government which regulates the process of law and provides forums in order for citizens to settle disputes. ...

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The Federal Government The Federal Government The three branches of the federal government provide a base for the way we live our lives. ... The District courts are where most cases involving federal law begin. ... Many types of cases are heard in the district courts, including civil law (crimes against an individual) and criminal law (crimes against the public or state). ... A very small percentage of these cases, where parties believe mistakes in the law were made, move onto the U.S. ... Usually all these cases involve a question of constitutionality and federal law. ...

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Law: Gideon vs Wainright The framers formed this country with one sole document, the Constitution, which they wrote with great wisdom and foresight. ... Should legal counsel be provided by the government if the accused lacks the funds to assemble a counsel for his defense? ... In pursuit of an appeal, Gideon studied law books while serving out his sentence in state prison. ... Governments, both state and federal, quite properly spend vast sums of money to establish machinery to try defendants accused of crime. ... From the beginning, our state and national constitutio...

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Juries are used both in civil and criminal law. ... A lawyer cannot be a juror on the grounds that they have knowledge of law could cloud their assessment of the facts. ... Judges are appointed by the government of the day. ... The Police, the Director of Public Prosecutions or some other government body prosecutes these matters. ... Examples of civil cases include contract law, family law and tort law. ...

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There are two kinds of law in affect today, civil law and criminal law. ... The judicial branch is a very powerful and demanding branch of our government. ... This fact alone puts the judicial system above the other branches of government. ... When a federal criminal law is broken, but not a state law, the case is heard in a federal district court. ... As you can see, I believe that the judicial branch in our government is the strongest. ...

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The executive power would enforce the laws and would be exercised by on single person. The legislative power would make the laws. ... He said "that a country's founder should create a separation of powers for their government," or a system of government in which different institutions exercise various components of governmental power. ... This means, in a way, that the Supreme Court can declare state laws and federal laws unconstitutional. ... The disadvantages of splitting up the power giving institutions of government are that the President can not pass any laws, or can not do every...

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Section 2703 of USC Title 18 is the section that instructs Internet Service Providers to keep a back-up record of your activities on-line with a court order from a government entity. Then after the government notifies the individual in question, the material is either used by the agency or is destroyed. ... This law has been called the Virginia Net Decency Act. It is similar to the CDA law that was proposed in Congress. ... Citing as precedent the Supreme Court case that prohibited an Arizona law that restricted train lengths to 14 cars, the ACLU got the law overturned. ...

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The laws of America did not have to be changed in order for blacks to receive equal rights, but they did have to be clarified and enforced. ... The US government did pass laws that granted more access to voting for blacks in 1957, 1960 and 1964. Unfortunately, the national government did nothing to enforce these laws, so just like the 14th and 15 amendments, the black were still on their own. ... Blacks were being beaten and killed and the US government did nothing to stop it. In numerous occurrences national soldiers, law enforcement officials and lawyers stood by while blacks were brutal...

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Upon ratification of the United States Constitution, in 1789, this agreed upon a form of government put into effect, and has operated as the government of the United States ever since. ... A sixth classification of powers incorporated the national government and its power to make all laws that were necessary yet anti-federalist argued the clause of "necessary and proper" and wanted specifications which Madison believed to be impossible. Another restriction imposed on the states was salutary that any law Congress passed, it would bind he state tot hat law. ... They shall inherit the power ...

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Due process refers to the means, guaranteed by the Constitution, for insuring that the government provides justice to its citizens in all legal proceedings. ... Although the first ten Amendments were intended to apply only to actions of the Federal Government, over the years the courts have been able to extend due process rights to those accused of violating state law via the 14th Amendment, that says, "No State shall ... deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law." ... A specific and well known quote by Judge Thomas Cooley stated that "due process of law in e...

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The court system was originally established to give formal, impartial judgment on interpretations of laws and settling disputes. ... The law profession is most definitely unrepresentative of regular Canadian society. ... As the law profession is largely made up of white, upper class citizens, it may be inevitable to have an unrepresentative supreme court, but is this not also the case with the executive branch of government? ... The clause allows government to enact laws that infringe on fundamental rights found in the Charter, while the aim of the Charter is to entrench basic rights and fr...

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There are three sources of law but there are two terms in law, one is common law and the other is equity where we will consider. ... During the 5th- 11th century the English courts have widely used common law to enforce their law. ... This common law have been widely distinguished as laws law of the common people, during the time of Norman Conquest the legal system haven't any centralized system, hence the common law system has helped the law a lot. ... The Field code reforms were adopted by most states of the United States, by the federal government, and by the United Kingdom in the Jud...

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The British mandate created a government which gradually replaced the old law, with English principles. All aspects of law have adopted the English ways but the only Ottoman law that was still followed was their system of family law. ... The Executive Branch The executive authority of the state is the government. ... All the governments in Israel's history have been made up of several parties because no individual party has received enough Knesset seats to form a government by itself. ... These basic laws related to all aspects of life. ...

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Many aspects of day-to-day life in America however, are anything but private due to new laws that allow government agencies as well as private citizens to track individuals using high tech equipment. ... Gottfried points out that the methods used by law enforcement to catch criminals often interfere with the lives of law-abiding citizens as well. ... Therefore the privacy of innocent people along with the suspect is being invaded by law enforcement. ... Despite their rulings in favor of personal privacy the Supreme Court has also upheld laws that deny privacy to individuals. ... By making ...

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The federal government sued under the Sherman Antitrust Act, but was not successful in stopping the sale. ... The act increased the laws surrounding the price and sale of meat. It also allowed the Department of Agriculture to create and enforce laws rules regarding stockyards. ... The federal government uses the commerce doctrines as a way of protecting the integrity of the market place and the people that depend on it. ... This fosters a good working economy for the federal government. ...

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The problem with the debate on gun Control is whether the laws that have already been put into place are sufficient enough or do we need more Gun Control laws to be created to make the policies concerning guns more strict and productive. ... We need laws that will already be in place not emergency laws. This Public policies paper has brought me to the forefront of what is really happening and what is really important in the government today. From this analysis paper and American Government class I've learned that many things work off of a public issue. The government gives so much of th...

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These amendments were not helpful because the government and the white people did not follow these laws until the mid-1900's. During and after Reconstruction, there were laws made that limited the civil liberties of African Americans. ... The Jim Crow Laws forbade African Americans from sharing facilities with the whites and they also limited other rights of freedmen. ... In conclusion, Africans Americans were given many civil liberties but the government and the white people did not follow the rules and did not give African Americans what they deserved. Many laws limited the rights of Af...

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The subject in question is whether or not the federal government can make a law forcing parents to seek medical care when their child may be severely ill, without infringing on the parents" first amendment rights. Religious acts and rituals can be limited by laws that are passed for compelling government reasons, but a law passed that is aimed at a particular religion or religions has been generally considered unconstitutional. When religious acts break the law, it is rather difficult to enforce those laws. ... The high court stated a new rule: no religious actions may violate general laws, b...

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As a pre-law major, I am always interested in writing essays that are involved in law or any legal issues. This semester, I am taking a class about the Constitutional Law and Civil Rights. ... Many people are not familiar how Constitutions are interpreted to justify our current laws. ... The British colonial government gave the colonist's a bitter memory by abusing their civil rights. ... It is very important to mention the non-government side's argument of capital punishment. ...

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Freedom of Speech in America "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there of, or abridging the freedom of speech, or press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievance." ... Anyone who is not hired by or a part of the government can restrict speech. ... O"Brien also states that the law that convicted David O"Brien did not intent to violate Mr. ... There are many instances when the government has revered the right to restrict freedom of speech. ... However, this argum...

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This outrageous law clearly violated the American tradition of open-door friendliness and rapid assimilation. Two more Alien Laws were enacted against unwealthy or undesirable immigrants. ... The Federalists defended this law as a war measure, which still didn't seem plausible. This law also seemed contradictory to American tradition and to the Constitution. ... This law stated that anyone who hindered the government's policies or spoke slanderous words of its officials, including the president, would be subject to imprisonment and a heavy fine. ...

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It was originally intended to apply only to the federal government, while the individual states would have their own sets of laws that they would follow. However over time, the Constitution began to apply to the states as well as the federal government. ... No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. " The language of that section seemingly...

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Sexual harassment, in law, consists of deliberate and unwelcome sexual advances, unwanted requests for sexual favors, and certain other offensive conduct of a sexual nature. ... A number of countries, including the United States and Canada, have laws against sexual harassment. Laws recognize two types of employment-related sexual harassment: (1) quid pro quo and (2) hostile environment. ... Title IX of the federal Education Amendments of 1972 bans gender discrimination "and therefore sexual harassment "in any educational program funded by the federal government. ... Federal and pro...

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The Supreme Court found this law unconstitutional and the two men who filed the lawsuit Lawrence and Garner won their case. ... For this fairness to transpire, all people must be subject to the same laws, have equal civil rights, and be allowed to freely express their ideas. ... In reality, they interpret laws and the Constitution using their power of judicial review, the power explicitly given to them in Marbury v. ... Furthermore, most of what the federal government does never reaches the public. ... The legitimacy of the United States government is limited, but in a system of government ...

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This clause put the federal law above state law. ... The court had the power over the constitution and the laws of the states, therefore the states cannot control them (the government) and tax the bank. ... Also the state government created and enforced laws disagreeing with federal laws. ... In this court case, it showed how the government was creating and enforcing laws although they disagreed on federal laws like using steamboats for interstate commerce. ... Different clauses and laws also will help different business areas and be modified to make the economy grow. ...

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