As a result of the many school shootings that have taken place in the last few years, there has been a huge push for stricter gun control laws. ... Lott Jr., from the Chicago School of Law, these regulations only apply to gun dealers. ... All of the school shootings have really opened people's eyes to the need for gun control laws. If people can't feel safe in school or in the workplace, then there is a serious problem. ... Decreasing children's exposure to guns would obviously have a positive effect on the safety of schools. ...

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The killers were two regular Columbine High School students dressed in trench coats who were later found dead from self-inflicted gunshot wounds. ... These researchers also accuse television violence as being the reason behind several school shootings, suicides, and murders each year. ... However, the government passes many laws in order to help regulate television violence. ... Those who defend television violence children attending permissive schools promote behavior problems (Hinds 225). ... All of these elements, along with many more, explain the reason behind many school shootings, suicid...

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Over time the states passed compulsory schooling laws, which usually were applicable through elementary school and later were raised to age16. ... Should charter schools be allowed to skim the best students off the public schools? ... In the 1970s" school choice took the form of magnet schools, usually centralized public schools that offered special enrichment programs to entice children from their local schools. ... Another form of school choice is the use of school vouchers. ... The most recent school choice development has been the charter school movement. ...

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According to Law (2001), professions are exclusive occupations and there are 3 common defining characteristics: expertise, autonomy and altruism. ... For example, school status is seen very important in the views of parents (who are hoping their children to get into elite schools), and schools heads (who are hoping to ensure the number of admissions each year). The banding of the school and the medium of instruction (preferably English) used determines the school status. ... (Law, 2001). ... However, teachers already have to fulfil many duties in schools. ...

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Today's laws are repeating history and making the same mistakes that occurred in the past. ... By 1987, all states had complied with the 21 minimum age law. ... The drinking age law has left many promising students with police records. ... A record of that sort could prove to be a problem when the time comes to look for a job, apply for a professional license, or seek admission to graduate school. ... In an age when young teenagers are being taught about safe sex, why then can't they be taught - by schools and parents alike - about safe drinking? ...

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Shakespeare Shortly after eleven o"clock on April 20th, 1999, at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, two outcast students walked in through the cafeteria door carrying with them shotguns, rifles, and pipe bombs. ... The constitution is the basic set of rules for all laws for the whole United States. ... ("What Must Be Done." 1999) In the new NEWSWEEK poll, 63% of Americans say it is very or somewhat likely that a shooting incident could happen at their local schools. ... ("What Must Be Done." 1999) Some people are concerned that because a federal law would supercede ...

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Although there have been laws enacted, many people ignore them. Children in India are required by law to be in school until age 14. ... Unfortunately this law has done very little and many governments fail to enforce child labor laws. ... The early life of a child is supposed to be going to school to receive an education so they can succeed later in life. ... They should be learning in school and outside playing in the fresh air with their friends. ...

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Should violent teens be expelled from school to protect teachers and other students? ... Do you go to school with a young offender? ... Does the schools duty of care high enough that they must expel these young people? In today's school system there is zero tolerance for violence. ... Violence can be hard to prevent, this is due to thousands of students going in and out of the school throughout the day, and only a small ratio of staff compared to be watching the whole school at once. ...

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When the fact of the matter is that unschoolers do the equivalent if not more school work than traditional schools. ... Certain states have brought about laws to regulate the amount of freedom that unschool students and their parents have. ... Each parent who choices to home school should review the laws in their state. ... High schools have begun to allow unschoolers to participate in athletics and attend school dances. ... Each child who chooses to home school becomes a dollar sign to the public school system. ...

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He believes that by living in a society and accepting its benefits (such as protection, schools, markets and roads), one must also accept the burdens, and by receiving services from the government, an individual owes service to the government in return. ... Socrates believes that any person who would disobey these laws creates a deliberate attempt to weaken the laws, as well as the society that imposed them. ... For example, the Declaration of Conscience of 1950 broke the draft law by encouraging others to refuse to serve for the Vietnam War. ... The purpose of civil disobedience, in other ...

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In addition, the law allows eighteen year olds to purchase lottery tickets. ... Engage in it regardless of the law. ... If the drinking age was lowered, maybe a senior in high school should be permitted to take a course that offers an outline of how to be responsible when choosing to use alcohol. ... They feel that the law keeps eighteen to twenty year olds away from alcohol. ... This proves that no matter what the law implies, an eighteen year old will drink. ...

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As opposed to the anarchist belief that the freedom is achieved only in the circumstances where there is no institution to impose law on you, I am of the opinion that law is exactly what creates the freedom. ... Also, when there is no law that states that everyone has the right to live, that means everyone can commit a murder and do not get punished for that. ... So paying taxes would be a better choice, because at least you know that there will be somebody else to take care for all what society needs such as building schools, and roads. But, in the state of nature where nobody pays taxes, t...

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"I have no intention of removing the monument of the Ten Commandments, the moral foundation of our law," Moore said. ... (Matthew 22.21) Both "laws" are explaining that state and religion (God) should be respected separately not that one should be disregarded for the other. ... Creation cannot be taught in the schools, voluntary praying and scripture reading in the schools have been removed, and there is also a fight underway to remove "under God" from our Pledge of Allegiance. ... There are laws preventing the discrimination of all of these, but I'm not sure that in reality it is pr...

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"I have no intention of removing the monument of the Ten Commandments, the moral foundation of our law," Moore said. ... (Matthew 22.21) Both "laws" are explaining that state and religion (God) should be respected separately not that one should be disregarded for the other. ... Creation cannot be taught in the schools, voluntary praying and scripture reading in the schools have been removed, and there is also a fight underway to remove "under God" from our Pledge of Allegiance. ... There are laws preventing the discrimination of all of these, but I'm not sure that in reality it is pr...

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The recruiting base is from the Ox-bridge connection, which is Oxford and Cambridge, which is very narrow, only the elite go to these schools. ... The main function for the judiciary in both these countries is adjudication, which is to interpret the law. ... The Upper Chambers have extremely limited power, and the Lower Chamber mainly legitimizes laws and amendments. In Britain, the lower chamber is called the House of Commons, and is best known to legitimize laws and amendments thru open-debate. ... They do not have any policy-making powers, but the recruitment is a narrow-base, mainly t...

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Affirmative action is the source of many law suits and appeals that have often caused business's to constantly changing the hiring process and advancement selections. In an effort to both diversify and meet government regulations on affirmative action, larger companies may have departments devoted solely to ensuring these laws are followed. ... In this case, the Duke Power Company required employees to have a high school diploma and pass a written test for advancement. ... Those who deplore affirmative action argue that the way to solve the race problem in this country is to improve the...

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They have to worry about peer pressure, parents, school, and what is really the right decision. ... To reduce accessibility to minors, congress should pass, or support Mandatory 21, Keg registration, Stricter DWI laws, Limit alcohol advertisements, raise the price of alcohol, and enforce our existing laws. ... The estimated number of lives saved by enforcing the drinking age laws between 1985 and 1993 is about 8,438. ... According to Kathy Whitehead in her article "Stricter DWI Laws", Automatic license revocation appears to be the most effective measure to reduce drunk driving. ... Li...

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There are studies conducted at schools such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton, and by the government that show that marijuana has no long term effect of addiction in humans. ... Possesion is nine tenths of the law is true. ... We can keep having these laws made and broken by people who are, Madigan 8 whether the law wants to hear it or not, innocent of serious crimes. Or we can make a stand to change the laws, have the laws that are in place to protect us but only hurt us ...

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The older two siblings had gone to private schools. When it was time for him to go to school due to the great depression his parents sent him to public school. ... In his brief moments of freedom, he not only transcends the laws of the country but also "the law of gravity and the laws of motion.... "Freedom is no longer a bedrock American value; enforcing the law that makes those who are "above normal" equal to those who are "normal" has become the major social value" ("'Harrison Bergeron'" 167) In 1791 the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution were made. ...

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The United States has taken steps to stop the use of drugs by making them illegal and enforcing this law greatly, but perhaps it is time for a new system. ... The consequences of this "war" are as followed: neighborhood turf wars and shoot-outs, family ruins, school failure and wreckage, crack babies, kids dealing drugs, addicts felled by AIDS, cops corrupted, courts and prisons over crowded, and homicides due to drug dealing (Bender 31). ... Second, there would be a reduction spent on law enforcement efforts to prosecute users and sellers of marijuana and other drugs (Marshall 92). ... Anoth...

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"In 1904 a small step was taken towards improving working conditions when president Roosevelt passed a couple of laws as part of his "Square Deal" to attempt to make things better for the working class. He passed the law that would provide an eight hour work day as well as one that provided workers compensation." ... Ever since he quit school and started working at the age of 13 he had always been a fighter, and didn't just accept things for what they were. ...

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The issue of abortion causes discussions about human interactions where ethics, emotions and law come together. ... When women are pregnant many employers do not want to hire them because when the woman has a baby, the company or employer must still pay her for the time that she is out of work by law. ... Sometimes after a pregnancy and childbirth, many women have to give up their dreams on starting in school or end up dropping out because they do not have the time for it. ... The law now permits abortion at the request of the 14th amendment's "personal liberty," women are given the right...

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Television is the most popular type of mass communication and a vital source from which most Americans receive information, writes John Seel, a proud member of World Journalism Institute and the headmaster at The Cambridge School of Dallas (19). ... Based on the First Amendment to the Constitution, which states: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances," government ...

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The issue of abortion causes discussions about human interactions where ethics, emotions and law come together. ... When women are pregnant many employers do not want to hire them because when the woman has a baby, the company or employer must still pay her for the time that she is out of work by law. ... Sometimes after a pregnancy and childbirth, many women have to give up their dreams on starting in school or end up dropping out because they do not have the time for it. ... The law now permits abortion at the request of the 14th amendment's "personal liberty," women are given the right...

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Groups such as these ignored the many laws put into to place to prevent such violent discrimination and have an equal nation; Laws such as the Civil Rights Acts, the 14th Amendment and the 15th Amendment. ... The growth seemed to stay in the towns and cities, because urban areas had public school, health care, electricity and telephones and the rural areas did not. ... Sadly those responsible for breaking the new laws in many cases became wealthy and famous. ...

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