Equality before the law

West Germany and East Germany tensions could be seen as the two regions were disconnected through means of transportations. Though East Germany was run under communism, West Germany made great efforts to implement ideas of liberty, equality, and fraternity; the Basic Law had intentions to serve as a provisional constitution and parliamentary elections were held and the Adanauer era…

killed during peaceful protests is what outraged the Americans and made them push for equality of all race. There are still a number of causes that affect civil rights of Americans in America today. There is the Black Lives Matter, which represents the African American and significantly the African American males who are racially discriminated by police. Gay-straight alliance, which advocates for gay rights and equality in workplace and gay marriage, Black Lives Matter is a very popular…

strongly criticized abuse of justice, capital punishment, and torture. He preached quick, fair trials, and that punishment should be based on the degree of crime committed. His ideas influenced criminal law reformers in Europe and North America. Mary Wollstonecraft strongly believed in education equality, and that women should be able to get the same education and jobs as men. Emilie du Chatelet translated Newton’s work from Latin, a language very few people could read at the time, to French. As…

1954, the Supreme Court shifts its support of protecting economic rights during the Lochner era, to a commitment to equality liberalism. Brown is a proper use of the Supreme Court’s power. Its four valid shortcomings reveal the support Brown had from other political actors. Brown’s support provides the court legitimacy for their ruling and provided an era for equality. This era of equality allowed the court and social movements to work in synergy. Firstly, the decision undermines the federal…

Marriage in New York "Who would give a law to lovers? Love is unto itself a higher law" ("Boethius"), a quote stated by a Roman philosopher Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius in 524 (Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius - Biography). Obviously, laws have nothing to do to interfere the love in theory; however, as the discrimination that homosexual people receive for a long period, people in New York has to fight for their equal right to have the law and live under the protection of it.…

are created equal. Our forefathers wrote this as the backbone of our country. Racial prejudice in this country, however, did not include the black man in that equality. Equality should be found in the courts. The judicial system and humanity can lose the faith of the community by not producing a fair trial, displaying the essence of equality, and the goodness of the people who are a part of it. In the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus in his closing statement argues guilt and innocence as…

Is the out coming law of transgenders not being allowed in the U.S army is part of having equality or not? President Trump announced on Twitter first about the ban against transgender in the United State military. Trump cited “tremendous medical cost and disruption” by transgender services in the United States military as his reason for the ban. He decided on this decision when the Capitol was quietly arguing about all the money going to transgender medication and therapy for those who were in…

religious beliefs, colour, gender, physical disability, mental disability, marital status, age, ancestry or place of origin of that person or of any other person. • Vriend and many gay and lesbian groups declared that this dicrimination went agains their equality right in section 15 of the charter of rights and freedoms •…

questioned, “Which is better, law and rescue, or hunting and breaking things up?”(180). Piggy and the conch symbolize law and order, for they both establish a democratic civilization on the island. They share the same destiny because Piggy still values, and is trying to use the conch as a way to create harmony and regulation. Piggy tries to give the conch power before his death, yet the conch is ineffectual. Since Piggy and the conch represents freedom and equality, in which it can bring people…

rights of citizens or other persons”. To my housemate, Tara, she didn’t even know what the fourteenth amendment was, but when asked how she defined equality she said “fairness”. To my mom the fourteenth amendment was having “the same rights regardless of sex or race”. Listing the variety of different meanings of the fourteenth amendment and/or equality takes a great part in cases that have happened recently for example, Fisher v. University of Texas. The plaintiff claimed that her fourteenth…