Equality before the law

Right to Equality and Access to justice : Article 14 provides that the state shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of law within the territory of India. Article 14 uses two expressions “ equality before the law” and “ equal protection of law”. Equality before law is taken from England and equal protection of law is taken from American Constitution . both these terms appear same but they have different meaning. Equality before law provides that everybody is equal before law irrespective of position and economic resources, on the other hand equal protection of law provides a helping hand in terms of speial provisions to those who are at less advantageous position. Sot that they could avail the benefits…

The French Revolution was a political movement that spurred an incredible number of changes such as equality before the law, a stable economy, no unjust imprisonment and a government where the people have a say. After the revolution had succeeded, the new Directory held power in France. However, many French citizens felt like they were back at square one, with power abusing oligarchs, inequality, and an unstable economy. This changed, however, when Napoleon Bonaparte decided to take the reins…

this country on. The first, equality, was originally interpreted “equality before God” The second, Liberty, meant the “right to shape one’s own life.” Both ideals point to all individuals as having inherent value, and should be given the same opportunities and resources to succeed as everyone else. None of the founding fathers, however, were naïve enough to believe that everyone is literally equal. They understood that not everyone has equal talents, characteristics, abilities, opportunities,…

Even though the French Revolution held many enlightened ideas, it failed to instill advanced ideals such as the rule of the majority, however insured equality before the law and religious tolerance to a larger degree. The French Revolution failed to instill the rule of the majority to the people because Napoleon proclaimed himself emperor for life without giving citizens the choice to vote. To add, The Napoleonic Civil Code of France 1804 didn’t address and include clauses that reinforce the…

1) Is equality before the law enough to guarantee racial equality? Why or why not? In the contemporary society, we are promised that everyone, no matter what their gender, race, or religion are, share the same rights in front of the law; nevertheless this is a false statement that failed to recognize the complexity of formulation and the implementation processes of the law as well as the interests that the law-makers lie upon by the law that they made. I am going to draw arguments from…

you rebel like the main character, Equality 7-2521, in Ayn Rand's novella "Anthem"? In the novella Equality 7-2521's is constantly breaking the laws until his final act of rebellion against the World Council and the collective society. The archetype of a rebel is someone who resists authority and refuses allegiance to the head of their society. This is Equality 7-2521 who always felt different than everyone else and had individual thoughts which are not allowed in a collective society.…

The prospect of growing gender equality engulfed the nation. Women were finally gaining more and more positions of power and although Sandra Day O’Connor to crack the glass ceiling, it took Ruth Bader Ginsburg to shatter it. Although it was a move in the right direction, Hannah Brenner remarks in Rethinking Gender Equality in the Legal Profession’s Pipeline to Power: A Study on Media Coverage of Supreme Court Nominees that “Three women now sit on the Supreme Court of the United States, and a…

In the “Created Equal,” Milton and Rose Friedman try to determine equality and liberty of America. According to Friedman, equality before God and equality of opportunity aren’t in conflict with liberty, while equality of outcome contradicts with liberty drastically. Friedman’s purpose is to show the contrast between the different types of equality and how they coexist with freedom. According to Friedman, the idea of equality before God as the idea of equality of opportunity does not come into…

as well as impacting those affected in ways never seen before. Government influence continued to have a negative effect on African Americans education, basic human rights and opportunities, and the struggle to improve racial equality…

indicates an essential loss of freedom, if people are to live. Democratic countries appreciate freedom and commonly believe that laws should not be authoritarian; a slight quantity of order can be surrendered in the name of liberty. I would argue that Democratic societies also anticipate another kind of stability, a intervention between liberty and equality. A sufficient amount of liberty sensibly leads to inequality, resilient or determined individual might obtain more goods and property than…