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The court’s system began when the Norman conquered England, the establishments of courts was a way of unifying the country. Their intentions were to establish a common, or uniform, set of rules for the whole country. The body of judge-made laws that was developed under the system is still used today, which is known as the common law, applying decisions to similar situations. With newer cases, they relied on precedents in deciding the case. As for the United States, the United Supreme Court, the…

I have chosen Nelson Mandela for my comparison to Chris Mccandless. The reason I chose this freedom rights leader is because I feel like he has a lot of similarities to Chris in many ways. They are very similar in ways that I will explain in this essay. They are both from very different places, they have different situations but they are doing something to reach greater solitude and that’s why I think they are very similar. Nelson Mandela has impacted the lives of so many people fighting for his…

Today we are allowed to make new amendment's when necessary, to protect citizen's rights; because of the Constitution. In order to make a new amendment, it has to be proposed by Congress or the state legislatures. Although the Constitution is ignored sometimes, it has never failed to serve its purpose. Though we think the Constitution fails us, it's only able to cover the things it was created for; not all the issues in the world…

Due to the “Articles of Confederation” inability to tax, and the rising debt, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison organized a conference at Annapolis in 1786. They planned a convention at Philadelphia to revise the constitution to make it more efficient. Two plans for the new government were discussed. The “Virginia Plan” included an executive and a judicial branch of two houses. The lower house representatives would be assigned by state according to population then the lower house would elect…

Paine was speaking at a large meeting, insisted Americans to fight for independence. In 1775 Paine returns to England with a petition to the king on behalf of Senator and Congress. After completing a mission, he returned to America and in 1776 published a pamphlet "Common Sense" which has made a real revolution in the minds of colonists. He defended the right of people to sovereignty and revolution, led the argument for the…

Was America’s power the downfall of the Vietnamese conflict? “On the Arrogance of Power, 1966” written by Senator Fulbright he argues that America’s “arrogance of power” was increasingly growing into its biggest weakness. (Fulbright, 2012) Fulbright backs his standpoint with a combination of an argumentative writing style, along with pathos “an appeal to pathos (emotion)” statements, that would help convince most readers to agree with his views. (Driver, p.61) A pathos appeal creates an…

The term federalism refers to the relationship of the federal/national government and the state governments in regards to their power and authority. Both governments have certain authorities that the other does not have. (Pg.110) For example, the state government cannot declare war or print money, those are only rights granted to the federal/national government. In contrast, the federal/national government cannot issue licenses or execute local elections, those are powers that only the state…

One difference that many people can still not decide on is if they would rather have a strong central government or a strong state government. Some think this decision is among the wealthy and the poor. According to those people, the wealthy might like a strong federal government because it is easier for them to reach out to it compared to the poor or ones not as wealthy basically rely on the state government to live. These arguments and debates could continue for a long time, but there are…

To further prove this stance, one can look at yet another person to speak of the pre-eminence of Common Sense such being, Thomas A. Edison author of the Diary and Sundry Observation who posited that; “In 'Common Sense' Paine flared forth with a document so powerful that the Revolution became inevitable. Washington recognized the difference, and in his calm way said that matters never could be the same again. It must be remembered that 'Common Sense' preceded the declaration and affirmed the…

Netherlands) is the head of the Dutch state and forms the government together with the ministers. Spain is also a constitutional monarchy. The parliament has two chambers, the upper the Senate ( senado) and the lower of which is the Congress of Deputies. The Congress consists of 350 members which represent the 50 provinces of Spain. Economic similarity: the currency Until 2002, the Dutch currency was the Dutch guilder. Then, it was replaced by the Euro. The Euro is divided in 100 cents.…