Equality before the law

not already seize it. Before the revolution, the individual had very little power, if any at all. Women were deemed property to their male counterparts, and were not allowed to participate in any public or politically concerned events. “By and large, women were legally totally subservient to their…

resources, constitutional law deals with the fundamental principles by which the regime exercises its ascendancy. In some instances, these principles grant concrete powers to the regime, such as the puissance to tax and spend for the welfare of the population. Other times, constitutional principles act to place limits on what the regime can do, such as enjoining the apprehending of an individual without sufficient cause. In most nations, including the United States, constitutional law is…

and throughout works of literature, our society has come to know civil disobedience as an act that defies certain laws as a way of peaceful protest. Sophocles’ Antigone and Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, are two works of prose that exemplify two different ways in which civil disobedience can be carried out. Antigone acted out of selfishness when defying the law of Creon and wanted self-satisfaction through her engagement in civil disobedience. Martin Luther King Jr.,…

Racial profiling is an offensive and ineffective tool the law enforcement officials use. Not only have these events personally affected the lives of many young men of middle eastern descent, but a boy as young as fourteen years old who is of middle eastern descent. Ahmed, a young Muslim boy living in Irving, Texas…

The Book of Genesis begins with the story of creation. God is described as a spirit who created the world by speaking into the darkness and bringing forth light, sky, land, and animals. He is perceived as an all-powerful, supreme being. Women were created as the helpers of men. The book of Genesis also describes them as being made from man. Humans were perceived as rulers over all of God’s others creations, as stated in the book of Genesis, “…let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,…

Gandhi and Ambedkar both of them were prominent figures of Indian freedom struggle as well as nation building. Both of them wanted to build an India not only free from colonial exploitation, but also free from political, economic and social discrimination. Although they had similarities, they also had many dissimilarities and differences between their views on socio- economic- political freedom and state building of India. As a mass leader, Gandhi was more concerned about all the people of India…

The Jim Crow Laws and How They Were Overturned Not long after the American Civil war (1861-1865), the Jim Crow Laws were passed. The Jim Crow Laws refer to any of the laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States between the end of the Reconstruction period (1877) and the beginning of the Civil Rights movement (1950s). These laws were generally created for whites to avoid all contact possible with blacks by separating them in all public facilities, but also denied blacks…

At an early age, it was discovered that Equality excelled in school, especially in science,a little too much when compared to the other children. The collectivist society in Anthem promotes solidarity and equality over everything. Being different in any way, such as being tall, strong, beautiful, or smart, was perceived negatively. At 21 years of age, Equality towers above his brothers at 6 feet tall. It is obvious that Rand designed Equality 7-2521 to be an “outcast” from the very beginning…

Douglass argued that the acceptance of this idea of equality was the only way to secure the future of a “country of all extremes” such as the United States. Douglass urged the country to embrace diversity instead of fearing it. He, like many other advocacy groups grown out of the Age of Reform, recognized…

Pro: Marriage Equality When the word “Marriage” is mention, what comes up to your mind? You might hear the ringing bells of a church, or the happiness of a bride choosing her dress out of millions of other dresses, that she will be using for her special day. Or perhaps you might think about the groom’s friends trying to talk him out of marriage and making him doubt if he is really ready to take the next step. In your mind you may also picture the bride walking down the church aisle on her…