Laws of war

and observe the laws. They stated how we can’t go into war alone and if we want war, we must declare…

In his article “A Case for Torture,” Michael Levin creates a faulty argument for torture by disregarding the issue of the legality of torture. Levin’s article is in response to the publication of a shocking report by the Senate’s Intelligence Committee. The extensive report reveals the details of torture on suspected terrorists conducted by officials of the Central Intelligence Committee (CIA) and members of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). In his article, Levin attempts to defend the…

As a citizen of Canada, it is imperative to understand the origins of legislation that binds our nation. Unfortunately the vast majority of people can hardly comprehend both its origins and what is contained within our arrangement. “The British North America Act planted in Canada a living tree capable of growth and expansion within its limits” An analysis of the Constitution requires understanding the principles. “What are those principles? Our Constitution is primarily a written one, the…

created equal” (274). However, this ideal presumes that the law, those very words on which a court is built, is fair—but it was not so. In the dark times of Atticus Finch, indiscriminate justice was absent from the legislation, and often laws were built specifically to restrict racial equality, known now as the Jim Crow laws. Named after a derisive minstrel show of the late 1920s, Jim Crow refers to a set of unjust laws upheld in the post-Civil War era that violated at least three amendments of…

drug use will have on their communities, in fact by legalizing drugs, it does not stop the violence or crime in their communities or reduce the day to day threat that our law enforcement faces out on the streets of our towns and cities (United States. Drug Enforcement Administration, 2010, p. 3). For these very reasons this is why law enforcement…

national state, each societal group is held accountable by the laws of their own creation. Whether through coercion or incentive, each member of the group agrees to abide by these laws. Yet were do these laws arise from? The answer is morals. Though some well-meaning idealists might wish for laws based on logic, it has been historically shown that many societies base their laws on a collective sense of morality. So, in a sense, laws are a reflection of society and vice versa. Yet societies are…

successful society are laws that are not only respected but followed by the population. There is no exception in Thebes, where Antigone takes place as well as in the United States where Dr. Martin Luther King led the civil rights movement. However, there is a problem when the government puts into place unjust and immoral laws that the population must follow or they face extreme consequences such as death. These individuals within their countries should not break every law simply for the reason…

world. The sale and use of narcotics and other illicit drugs is linked to addiction, prostitution, government corruption, and violent crime. In much of the world, including the United States, efforts to stop illicit drug use have focused on stricter laws and enforcement. Yet there is growing concern that this approach may be counterproductive. Legalizing drugs, say many analysts, is a better way to curb drug use and the myriad problems associated with it. For Individual Freedom many supporters…

raised to 21? That is the question being asked. It would be hard to argue that point, especially when in the eyes of the law once a young person turns 18 years old you are legally an adult. At 18 you have the legal right to vote, get married, have sex, buy smokes and even go war and die at war. Originally the drinking age was 21 years old, but this was changed during the Vietnam War, claiming if an 18-year-old person can be conscripted they should have the right to drink. But changing the age…

Corruption and bribery took place prior to the Civil War, during Reconstruction and still does today. Many post-Civil War acts influenced the twentieth century but one of the biggest changes were how African-Americans were treated. African Americans have a long history of fighting for the right to vote and using that right to fight for their freedom. Fredrick Douglas profound words, “There is no progress without struggle”. It took a Civil War to defeat slavery and when the slave system was…