Civil law

draft riot of 1863 this is exactly what happened. I believe American citizens shouldn’t be forced into war and if government is not abiding by their own rules then the New York City draft rioters should not have to either. During the middle of the civil war, in lower Manhattan,…

Civil disobedience has been used by many historical figures to protest certain laws the most famous being Martin Luther King Jr. While they made huge impacts it raises the question, is does it make a positive or a negative impact on the people and our society. Recently there have been many "protests" as they are called that have been very violent and have hurt many Americans and society as a whole. But, in my point of view civil disobedience is both safer and a more positive influence on the…

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…

Rise up The acts of civil disobedience has helped changed the law regarding “minorities”. The practice of civil disobedience has helped improve laws to make them fair to all, this is due to it being started by “the people” who feel that the current laws in place, put in by the government or those in power are wrong, misconstructed as well as out of line, and must be changed. John Locke believed that the law was a reflection of the people, and that the government must insure life,liberty and…

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…

chapter one discusses The Logic of American Politics, which lead to the development of The Constitution in chapter two. In relation to that, chapter three explains Federalism, which created the need for Civil Rights. In turn, Chapter five concludes the relationship between the chapters with Civil Liberties. While reading, I have acknowledged that chapters one through five are different in several ways, however, they can be tied together in relation to one another due to shared facts. Initially,…

include a High Court with full jurisdiction in all criminal and civil matters, and courts of limited jurisdiction, the Circuit Court and the District Court” (The Courts, 2016). The Supreme Court or court of final appeal is composed of the Chief Justice of Ireland and nine normal judges along with the presidents of the Court of Appeal and High Court (Supreme Court,…

The United States is a country founded and built around law. A significant amount of the country’s founding fathers were lawyers. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton were all lawyers. It is no coincidence that the most important documents in the country specifically lay out the law for the protection of its people. The founders drafted an ingenious system; one of which the world had never seen. A system built to prevent a tyrant from rising to power ever again.…

There are many challenges that law enforcement agencies faces when it comes to enforcing public safety at the same time protect the rights of individuals. Balancing civil liberties and fighting terrorism is a delicate task that is affecting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The focus is the of involvement relationship between public safety and individual rights. The first topic is the statutory authority and responsibilities of government officials, security personnel, and private…

Corruption is one of the obstacles constraining the economic and social prosperity in Kosovo (Mehmedi, 2012). In corruption funds are diverted from its initial goal and therefore fields like poverty, inequality, economic growth, the health sector, infrastructure and the education sector are affected severly (Abbink, 2012). The distribution of spending that was going to be payed to workers on this fields, tool and technology, new roads and social service are now being placed somewhere else. It…