Boyle's law

Domestic Regulation Governing the practice of son preference in China Son preference and domestic regulations governing the practice, since the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, legislations have been conventional honored to protect women and girls’ rights and interests. Notwithstanding the government has designed various programs that promote woman right, in line with national policies that forbid the practices. To protect the rights of women, China has ratified important…

Attorneys are bound by the laws of ethics. Law students spend countless hours studying what they may and may not do when representing their clients. However, real-world application presents far more dilemmas than those discussed in a classroom. Rudy Baylor, the star of the film The Rainmaker, gets a dose of reality as he enters the legal profession right after law school. Rudy is a young, unemployed lawyer desperate for a job. Without any connections to prestigious law firms, he is forced to…

What are the primary ways of determining institutional racism and what are the strengths and pitfalls of each in working toward a Criminal Justice system that is culturally sensitive? Institutional racism is defined by the text (McNamara, Burns) as the type discrimination built into the structure of society (McNamara & Burns, 2009, p. 329). However in the article Crack Pipes and Policing: A case Study of Institutional Racism and Remedial Action in Cleveland it was described as “one of the…

curfew and the nighttime curfew laws in our city of Los Angeles are not well enforced. It appears to me that both of these variations of local laws are not as effective as they were intended to be. It is possible that some reasons that they are ineffective are in part because of not enough law enforcement in the area, and also the inconsistency of the law statewide. The curfew law is not a state-wide law, thus, I believe that this makes the enforcement of these two laws in one city and not in…

Illegal to Save Lives “The boundaries which divides life from death are the best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?” – Edgar Allen Poe. One such person, author Joanna Mackay, wrote “Organ Sales Will Save Lives”, written in 2004, and she argues that black market organ sales should be legal so that more lives will be saved. Mackay begins building up her credibility with facts and reputable sources, citing facts and quotes, and also successfully…

article by dove speaks of the discrimination against African-Americans in the 1950’s. These laws that people of color were required to follow made these people feel inferior to the white people. Article five of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations states, “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” (United Nations). The laws that the people of color had to follow in the United States were both inhuman and degrading…

The balance between the law of the state and natural, or divine law is a topic that has been scrutinized for thousands of years. Antigone by Sophocles and “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. share similar standpoints on the controversial matter that has baffled philosophers. Sophocles uses Antigone to assert his opinion, as she disobeys Creon’s law and buries her brother, Polyneices. Similarly, King structures his plan of nonviolent direct action and civil disobedience…

Economic Justice is something that is crucial to the way society works today. Therefore it can be evaluated by deontology. This is because each citizen has a duty to economic justice, a right to earn money in order to provide, and consequences for not contributing or not providing. Deontology works best when evaluating economic justice because it focuses on the right and duties, as well as, the consequences. Deontology pertains because economic justice is about citizen’s right to be involved in…

Imagine a family member, a close friend, or even yourself diagnosed with a terminally ill condition. Stuck to a hospital bed knowing you will eventually wither away and die. What would you do? Would you live day to day with the pain and strain on family members, or ask to be put out of your misery? This is the question on many people 's minds throughout the world. There is a solution to this predicament, assisted suicide. Assisted suicide is defined as “helping a person to end his or her life…

Political culture is defined in the book, Keeping the Republic by Christine Barbour as, “The broad pattern of ideas, beliefs, and values about citizens and government held by a population” (Keeping the Republic, Barbour, 2015). As Americans, we have a few main ideals and values that affect how we interact with our political system. Obviously, not everyone is going to agree or even share the same views, but most Americans believe that the three main ideals are; freedom, equality, and democracy.…