Equality before the law

It is plausible that adopting feminist approaches to criminal law consequently lead to increased criminalisation. There are several distinct branches of feminism; many feminists campaign for legal reform, leading to changes in the law . Feminist jurisprudence argues that the justice system is a manifestation of patriarchy, which may be evident in the lack of female judges. Feminist research also includes criminal violence against women, particularly by men and of a sexual nature . The…

Equality During and After the Enlightenment During the late 17th and 18th century in Europe, the world watched the birth of the Enlightenment Era spread globally. The Enlightenment Era was a time of change and appearance of innovative philosophes such as John Locke, Adam Smith, and many more. The Enlightenment began when people started to believe in different things than the church and started to think for themselves. Popular Enlightenment ideals were equality, women's rights, people ruling…

household situations. This ‘new’ norm can be hard for some to grasp as it is essentially, a change in culture. However, this doesn’t mean that marriage equality should be pushed away, and brought up later, in fact this should result in the legislation being amended to include same-sex marriage in order to ensure equality. The definition of equality is key in this case, defined as the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities. Marriage is a status, a status that…

even taken a step straight back. This period ended before the African American could have total equality; yet, did achieve quite a bit (Schultz, 2014). Two of the main reasons this happened was that the south still fought this Reconstruction to the bitter end and the north got tired of fighting a losing battle with these strong-minded men of the south. However, with this said, this time did end slavery, the first civil rights law was passed, laws were created to help the African American male to…

Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, came up with a natural morality concept which contrasted with what he termed as hypocrisy and fraud portrayed by the contemporary civilized man. In his book, he paints a picture of a man in the state of nature as he was before civilization. In this state man’s natural goodness was not yet corrupted by the society. His fundamental idea was of moral sentiment concept which was innate in all individuals and not that which was acquired from the community. He argues…

As a result of these strict laws, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of overseas surrogacy programs. According to the SMH article 16 July 2015, “Hundreds pay for overseas surrogacy”, couples are travelling to India,…

presumes their guilt before accusing them of any particular crime and even before they commit any, India’s LGBT individuals are perennially in fear of being apprehended, and of being branded as criminals. The key difference is that in ‘The Trial’, no one has any idea about the law the protagonist Joseph K has supposedly transgressed against. Here, in 21st century India, we know exactly which law has become a nightmare reality in India’s LGBT population’s everyday lives, a law which constantly…

In order to maintain true equality, one must be granted not only the same legal rights as a diverse counterpart, but also be treated with the same level of moral respect. As humans, the basis of equality must offer equal opportunities for success and happiness despite one’s gender, race, sexuality, religion, age, or national origin. However, current moral systems become tainted by inaccurate perceptions of the diverse. To truly understand equality, one must be rooted with justice and fairness…

Equality is to make sure everyone has equal rights and opportunities. By law every organisation has an equal right opportunity. Gender is one of the ways we need to consider in order to be fair and equal. This is achieved when a women and a man have the same rights and opportunities across the whole society, including economic participation such as a man and a women are both equally involved in a group called ‘be green’ in that group both the female and the male have equal chances to speak…

contrasting views on how to attain racial equality, though the views of Du Bois sparked the Civil Rights Movement. Booker T Washington considered that social equality would come naturally when African Americas were economically powerful. W.E.B DuBois thought that political and social equality was necessary, so he created movements such as the Niagara movement to push for equality. Washington and DuBois were both African American leaders who wanted racial equality, though Washington believed that…