European Court of Justice

Modern France The way power is wielded has changed over time, and constantly shifts. The same holds true or the Early Modern Period as the idea of authority and state underwent transformation. As the authority of the Roman Catholic Church waned, European power consolidated with a number of centralized states. Authority manifested itself in different ways; leaders displayed acts of absolute authority under a single monarch in places such as France, but as time progressed the French increasingly…

It is currently used by 31 states and can be traced to the very first American colonies. In 1972, Furman v. Georgia occurred. It was a criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court shut down all death penalty sentences in the United States in 5-4 decision. To reinstate the death penalty, states had to alter their laws regarding capital punishment to further satisfy the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This…

During the English Renaissance, a new wave of writers—Like Thomas Wyatt, Philip Sidney, and William Shakespeare—aspired to tackle what it is considered to be controversial topics, such as equality, social justice, and sexual desire. However, because of their relationship with the royal court, their reputations in society, and/or the strict religious code, their controversial works were disguised, in which they employ multiple literary devices to either protect themselves from persecution or to…

The notorious seven time tour de France winner Lance Armstrong who doped throughout his seven wins in cycling’s most notable and prestigious event admitted that if he could start his cycling career over again he would still dope (reference 1). Possibly the biggest case of doping in not only the sport of cycling but world sport he had repeatedly said during his career that he did not take performance enhancing drugs but one of his most famous quotes that makes him look foolish now is “I have…

Abolishing the Death Penalty From the beginning of time the world has known conflict. It is human nature to know and to have conflict. It would be a fallacy to say that conflict will ever go away. It is a natural instinct for people to pick sides on an issue and it would be a miracle, but more realistically a lie, if everyone were to pick the same side on an issue. Throughout the years there have been several topics that start an uproar amongst the people. These topics are very controversial…

should fight England for their freedom and rights. The colonist are deprived of trial of jury since Parliament is giving away their money even though they have the right to dispose of it on their own. Law were being passed to extend rule over maritime court privileges beyond what they were already given. England had even taken away a legislator from one of the colonies, and had diverted all colonial commerce to England. The King had even alternated his given charters governments, restricting the…

confidential information about a government surveillance program to the press. While working as a lawyer working for the United States Department of Justice, Tamm was tasked with overseeing the electronic surveillance warrants required as a part of a secret program set up by the Bush Administration. During his time working for the Department of Justice, Tamm became aware that some of the surveillance had been conducted without a warrant and took this information to the press. From a moral…

view. In the book Michelle Alexander expresses to us her opinion that the war on drugs is the way to legally discriminate against African Americans and people of color. In the book she encourages us, as United States Citizens to discuss the criminal justice system and how it is not how it should be. In chapter one we are introduced on how the discrimination has made come back according to Michelle Alexander. She did acknowledge that some African Americans have succeeded but she also mentions…

This will suggest the police and the courts to take a more serious approach towards the issue instead of regarding domestic violence as a lesser crime, although in recent years they seem to have become more aware of the problem, particularly in cases of molestation and stalking. However, the…

Over 150 years ago, our nation went through a major battle known as the Civil War. It was a conflict where 620,000 American soldiers died because of the different viewpoints between the North and the South. The years following this great battle molded our nation to become the land of the free and the home of the brave. The next 50 years for the United States of America were marked by the quest for freedom of different sorts, expansion as a nation, and modernization. It began with the hard-fought…