Because of the rising pressure the public is placing on the government and corporations heavily invested in the legislative process, this issue will continue to garner attention and demand resolve from both the federal government and the general public in the near future. ... Furthermore, there was a shift to more conservative tendencies in terms of social views on the subject as seen in the Comstock Laws and these anti-obscenity laws were a bell-weather of the times. ... Because of these laws, there were no advancements were made towards the abortion procedure. ... Abortion laws began to ta...

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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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Furthermore, the laws are indiscriminately enforced. ... Domiciled people are free to enjoy picnics and barbeques with their friends and families, and food vendors operate unmolested in or near public parks; but anti-feeding laws very often lead to arrest and fines for anyone sharing food with the homeless in these same parks. ... Anti-homeless laws are nothing new, and have been around for centuries. Laws against camping, or sleeping in public, urinating in public, begging, and loitering are all examples of anti-homeless laws. ... As a result, local governments end up passing discriminatory l...

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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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Another political scientist Gottlieb notes the weaknesses of the definitions which stress power and authority to the near exclusion of territoriality: "The right to exclusive control over territory has long been a central ingredient of the sovereignty of states. Indeed, much of the international law governing the jurisdiction of states is premised upon it. ... While classical international law restricts the rights of states to act within the territory of other states, and although during the Cold War the norms prohibiting intervention helped to prevent direct conflict between the Superpower...

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Another political scientist Gottlieb notes the weaknesses of the definitions which stress power and authority to the near exclusion of territoriality: "The right to exclusive control over territory has long been a central ingredient of the sovereignty of states. Indeed, much of the international law governing the jurisdiction of states is premised upon it. ... While classical international law restricts the rights of states to act within the territory of other states, and although during the Cold War the norms prohibiting intervention helped to prevent direct conflict between the Superpowe...

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Beverly attempted to justify slavery as less severe and cruel when he said, " that generally their slaves are not worked near so hard, nor as many hours a day, as the husbandmen, and day laborers in England (46)." ... Most of these laws pertain to the protection of basic human rights, none in which slaves are mentioned. ...

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(Adler 23) But under which law was the King to be accused? Obviously not English law, the very law they were putting down. ... Jefferson instead chose to use a law John Locke had first proposed called natural law, which had become the very fuel enflaming the colonies. ... There are literally thousands of laws on record within the United States. ... It does not seem that any revolution is likely to happen in America at any time in the near future. ...

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This can refer to reducing ties between a government and a state religion, replacing laws based on scripture (such as the Bible, Torah and Sharia law) with civil laws, and eliminating discrimination on the basis of religion. ... The good thing is that the economy is growing and it has being on the right track regardless of the unfavorable incidents in the meanwhile, which were the sufferings from bomb attacks on secular and cultural organisations and events for more than a decade and the near simultaneous bombings across Bangladesh in 2005 were a dramatic pointer to religious extremism and ban...

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Furthermore, governments in the Middle East and North Africa have for many years adopted laws and policies in the name of combating violence or "terrorism-, which are not in consistency with their obligations under human rights law and standards. ... Such measures include arrests, trials by special or military courts, new anti-terrorist laws or increased application of existing such laws, and restrictions on freedom of association and expression. ... In fact, The United States itself passed a law like it that allows the trials of terrorists before military courts, and Britain set up a simil...

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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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The sources of the Islamic faith are found in the Qur"an (Muslim scripture), the Hadith (teachings of the Prophet Mohammed), the consensus of the entire Islamic community, and the ijihad (Islamic interpretations of Islamic law). ... Rejecting the argument that the practice is promoted by Islam, the court reasoned, "Circumcision is not an individual right under Sharia (Islamic law)... There is nothing in the Qur"an that authorized it (UN, 1994)" The UNICEF Executive Director Carol Bellamy, reacting to the Egyptian court decision, stated: "The recognition that female genital mutilation cann...

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The two thousand mile border between the United States and Mexico between Brownsville, Texas and San Diego, California has long been a turbulent area due to the way the federal government of the United States has chosen to enforce immigration laws. ... East San Diego County residents had complained about the massive foot traffic of migrants near their homes. ...

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Gender inequality refers to unequal treatment of individuals based on their gender and this remains to be a major barrier to human development. For girls in many regions, education still remains unattainable. The world can progress immensely if we promote gender equality as several women have the capability to excel in so many aspects in life. However, they do not have the opportunity to receive education or work, violating their human right. There would be economic growth in nations and this would greatly stimulate development around the globe. ...

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The World Conference on Human Rights took place over two weeks in June of 1993. The Conference was held in Vienna, Austria. In attendance were 171 states committed to strengthening human rights throughout the world and to presenting an international plan to accomplish this goal. Also in attendanc...

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Infants don't have a decision on whether they should live or be aborted in their mother's womb. If a woman chooses to prematurely end her child, the child can't do anything about his or her life being taken away from them. Their entire future is annihilated. A mother slaughters her unborn child, yet...

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