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The Potential For A U.N. Peace
... force is inevitable. Yet, the force, or at least the use of the term "force" could be met with opposition.
Another important issue which crops up is the composition of the force. It is generally agreed that the United Nations would play a major role in peacekeeping. Yet, there are a variety of political components at play, and there has been tensions due to NATO's military mission, as well as Russia and China's ambivalent role in all of this. How all of these factors play out will essentially affect the peacekeeping efforts by the U.N.
In examining the potential for the U.N.'s presence in the region, the political implications as well as the reasons for the war ...
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The US Constitution
... Powers vested by this Constitution
in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
This is the elastic clause. It gives congress the right to do anything
for the betterment of the American people. It makes the constitution flexible
and keeps it with the times.
The amendment process is how changes can be made to the constitution to
keep it with the times. For example, Amendment 19 states that the right of
citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the
United States or by any State on account of sex. To make an amendment, first
2/3 of either house must propose it. Then to ratify it, 3/4 of the sta ...
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Affirmative Action
... ethnicity or
national origin in public employment, public education or public
contracting (San Jose Mercury News)."
Affirmative action was implemented for important reasons. "Broadly
defined, affirmative action refers to efforts to increase educational and
employment opportunities for minorities and women. More specifically, it
applies to various programs and policies designed to increase the number of
minorities and women hired by government and industry and admitted into
colleges and universities."(Faundez, 213)
Affirmative action is important especially in the work force.
Before affirmative action, minorities and women felt, and seemed to be, ...
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Peer Presure
... their mother and father’s support and proper guidance children can be influenced to do wrong. For example, as a child my parents would always warn me about a kid I hung out with who lived in my neighborhood. They warned me a million times about him. But one day, my parents warnings were valid The kid was arrested for grand theft auto and sentenced to 6 months in a juvenile detention center. So, the peer pressure we recieve from our parents can be very important as we’re growing up. Friends are another source of peer pressure one encounters growing up. I believe from past experiences, friends have the strongest influence on us. The effects from our friends can som ...
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Natural Law Theory
... elaborated on the word natural in relation to law.
He said that a natural law was one that had the same validity for every one and
situation.(Berkhof 268) An example of this would be that a man contemplating
murder would see that it was wrong by his nature. His reason would tell him
that to kill another was unnatural, and therefore wrong. Cicero tries to
determine what the actual law encompassed and he came up with the theory of
Stoicism. Stoicism is an interpretation of the natural law which states that
every, single person is a part of the universe that was created and is ruled by
a divine power rationally. To live rationally and with virtue, according to the ...
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Law Of Precedent
... Some of the shortcomings of stare
decisis are the following: As time changes, precedents need to change in order
to accommodate society's new values and laws. Furthermore, the introduction of
"social facts" in court cases has clouded over many existing precedents with
many new facts and ideas that render the basics of stare decisis much more
complicated.
One of the more common drawbacks to the law of precedent is that over
time, a law may be found as no longer applicable, or on the other hand, a new
decision may be found in a trial which can also be undesirable. Keep in mind
that the courts are not supposed to create new policies to deal with new
problems, that i ...
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Apartheid In Modern South Africa
... South Africa, although achieved through
bitter battles and political ploys, has today become a reality.
The political support of the antiapartheid movement was perhaps seen
greatest in 1991. Written in TIME Magazine by Greenwald, Former President F.W.
de Klerk in February of 1991 opened Parliament with a pledge to legalize the
militantly antiapartheid African National Congress and released A.N.C leader
Nelson Mandela from jail (56). De Klerk also showed his intentions to "bring a
swift end to legally sanctioned racial segregation" (56). "He called on
Parliament to repeal immediately the remaining pillars of discrimination that
dictate where blacks can ...
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Hacking Crime Or Craft
... to three months
stay in a juvenile detention center and a year probation. Kevin is a very
intelligent man. He could use his computer skills in a good way by stopping
other hackers. He didn't, so he faced the law many times. In all those times,
he never spent more than a year in prison (Shimomura 1). Kevin was also a
Phreak; a phone freak. He studied the phone system. He soon knew how to
make free phone calls from payphones and how to crash a system. Kevin
Mitnick has yet to be harshly punished for these crimes, which are very
numerous (Shimomura 1). Another major player in the hacking industry is an
unidentified man, identified by his pseudonym ...
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Absolute Monarchs
... a dual functions. He was both King in council and King in court. In his view, the two rules went together and he held them in balance. Frederick William developed, Berlin, into a cultural center he founded what was to become one of the finest libraries in the world, the Prussian State Library. He made his palace a center of art. Frederick construction program beautified Berlin with new churches and huge public buildings. He also established an academy of Sciences. Tsar Peter I was the only one of the autocrats to build an entirely new capital, called ST. Petersburg.
Policies were implemented to establish precedence. Louis XIV imple ...
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What Freedom Of Speech Means T
... uncomfortable about. These issues may involve issues that I do not agree on; however, I feel that the group of people have the right to express their beliefs. Also, freedom of speech means to me that America is one of the best countries that involves the people. There is not one person making all of the decisions for the American citizens, so it is possible to have numerous ideas in the government. People who voice their opinions can pursway the many government officials to change their positions on certain issues. If the United States did not possess the right to freedom of speech, then there would be hardly any reason for the government official to change his ...
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