Civil law

Introduction The Law enforcement officer includes the various police and various personnel who are mandated to keep law and order in the society. These team frequently interacts with the public in their daily operations. Just like other civil servants, personal characteristics defines the performance of the operations of these officers including power vested upon them coupled with ego. This is as discussed below into details. The judicial system has no right to detain a person without trying…

topic of discussion by many philosophers, social activist and legal experts. Understanding who is supposed to be defined as a citizen, and the roles that they have to the state requires detailed insight into the not only the laws but also the nature of human kind and the moral laws (Batstone, 2014). After all, mankind reacts differently when faced by varying situations. Plato, in his memos sought to portray directly or indirectly the roles of a citizens and his duties to the state. In his views…

The courts decide if the law is in compliance with the constitution. The significance of Marbury vs. Madison was the supreme court declared that a law passed by congress was unconstitutional and therefore ruled the law could not be enforced. This case made the supreme court an important player in our history. Some notable examples of judicial review in the supreme court history would be Plessy vs. Fergusson, where the U.S. supreme court uphold state racial segregation laws for public facilities…

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…

together and collectively express, promote, pursue, and defend their ideas. The right to freedom of association is recognized as a human right, a political right and a civil liberty. This right is granted to American citizens and residents by the first amendment of the United States Constitution, which states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the…

freedom and protection under the law. When the law denies its population these liberties, the nation must come together to alter social constructs and recover the societal balances no matter the losses along the way. In times of crisis such as these, the state follows the examples set forth for them by leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Sojourner Truth. Both frontrunners fought for a united nation where the honest foundations of law relied on ensuring civil liberties and where the…

The Human Rights Campaign is a civil rights organization that works to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans. Equality has not come as easy for these people in America since the start of this country, but the HRC is working hard to try and achieve these basic rights in life. There have been victories along the way many coming in recent years for this campaign with the biggest to date being the Supreme Court ruling this year stating that bans on marriage…

remanded in adult prison. He was in custody for about a year awaiting trial in flagrant violation of both constitutional and procedural laws that protect him as a minor. His father who is poor and devastated with the grief of his lost son with yet another in prison custody came to me for help. I fought to ensure that the boys constitutional rights and procedural laws that deals with minors were upheld…

causes change in a community, raises concerns about injustices in society and preserve the liberties of the people. The civil right movements to end discrimination against African Americans during the 1960s showed the power of peaceful resistance to laws. Peaceful protests were held all over the United States to protest the unfair treatment of African Americans and the Jim Crow laws. There were sit-ins on buses and…

Violating Civil Liberties During WWII America decided to violate hundreds of thousands of Americans civil rights and Liberties. It all began once the Japanese decided to do a surprise bombing against the United States at Pearl Harbor. This struck fear into the heart of Americans against the Japanese. Not long after, president Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed executive order 9066 which forced all people of Japanese ancestry into relocation camps. The journey to the camps was almost as bad as…