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    put into action the ideals self-government and individual liberty by creating laws that limited the monarchy and gave more rights citizens. The first example of how these dements limited the monarchy is clause 39 from the Magna Carta that states “no free man shall be seized or imprisoned or possessions, or outlawed or exiled… except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land” (Magna Carta). This law limited the power of the king, by taking away his power to punish anyone he…

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    Aff In the words of John Stuart Mill a 19th century philosopher and political economist,” Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men. In defense of the rights of an individual and in opposition to succumbing to despotism. I hereby affirm the resolution: adolescents ought to have the right to make autonomous medical choices. Seeing that this is debate of morals based on the…

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    The Dream Act is a bipartisan legislation and would permit certain immigrant students who have grown up in the United States to apply for temporary legal status and to go on to obtain permanent legal status and become a U.S. citizen if they attend college or the United States military. The Dream Act would also eliminate a federal provision that penalizes states that provide in-state tuition without regard to immigration status. Those eligible for the Dream Act would be illegal immigrants who…

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    Freedom to Love Who You Want Personally, I do not support gay marriage, but I have nothing against it either. I believe in equality, and freedom to do what you want. Homosexual couples should be allowed the right to marry because it is a violation of basic human rights to illegalize it, there are legal benefits to legalizing it, and there are many social and health benefits if it were legalized. Legalizing gay marriage would correct the problem of violating human rights. According to the…

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    Marijuana Bright Side OR Positive Side of the Green Marijuana has become a subject of huge controversy it today’s society. The consumption of marijuana has highly increased upon the time. According to statistic, marijuana has become the more used drug in the United States. Therefore, this shows that keeping it illegal does not reduce its use. Likewise, the fact of smoking marijuana does not mean that the person consuming it is a bad person; in fact, he or she may be a role model citizen.…

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    rights movement. He fought for freedom by using nonviolence. His inspiring was Mahatma Gandhi, who said progress only happens throughout constant effort. He says unjust law is out of harmony with the moral law, however a just law is manmade law that square with moral law Kant agrees to this ideas too. According to King breaking an unjust law is not considered wrong. We have freedom of birthright which means that we are born as free. From it we are given free right to fight when something is…

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    I first realized my interest to study law whilst playing with a law-book. In lieu of a toy my mother would hand me one of the many law books piled up on the kitchen table. I recall reaching for the book, dragging it to the nearest chair and accepting my mother’s friendly invitation to join her. The law books my mother had piled up had a unique way of influencing different aspects of our life. I remember thinking how my mother and I used the law books in completely different ways. Its intriguing…

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    The Juvenile Court System

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    The United States juvenile court system has come a long way throughout the years. There has been many significant cases in the juvenile system that set the standard for what the system is now. Cases such as Kent vs. United States, In re Gault, and In re Winship are examples of major cases that challenged state rulings and later changed the technicalities of future, similar cases because they called upon the Supreme Court to change or state the rules. These three cases built some of the framework…

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    Canada and Iraq both share a democratic government. Unfortunately, Iraq has not been as successful as Canada in developing their criminal justice system. Iraq shares some of the same ideas as Western criminal law such as; right to a fair trial, right to an attorney and a right to be proven innocent until guilty (Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982, s 10-11). Although the systems are alike Iraq has procedural issues like, longer wait times for trials and many accusations of coercion for…

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    Marijuana is a federally illegal drug which is classified right along with heroin. Realistically it is less harmful than multiple legal substances. Also the addictive properties are very low when in contrast to things like alcohol and tobacco. It is crazy to think that marijuana was legal for most of history. Then they put a ban on it just like they did with alcohol except for the fact it never became legal again. Until the United States started to come to their senses and realize that marijuana…

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