Freedom of information legislation

1a. The court system of England and Wales as we know today has emerged through the evolution of society and culturization. A demonstration of how drastically the system has changed, is that since the nineteenth century, there were particular courts for equity and common law. Forward to present day, the structure of higher courts were set by the ‘Supreme Court of Judicature Acts 1873 and 1875. In detail, the earliest courts are known as magistrate courts, with the newest court forged in 2009,…

The great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said it best in his speech, "I Have a Dream." He quoted," I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." He made this statement in 1963, but in America of the 21st century, are we still being judged by the color of our skin and not the content of our character? I believe that among the African American community, there has been multiple…

Bennett, Paul. "School Uniforms: Do Uniforms Make Schools Better - Or Something Else?". Educhatter 's Blog. N.p., 2013. Web. 12 Feb. 2016. EduChatter contains blog entries from educational consultants that specialize in “raising critical issues” and “tracking emerging trends.” It consists of viewpoints and informed opinions on matters relating to the state of Canadian K-12 education. Their posters tend to be very passionate about what they do, and full of ideas related to the educational reform…

Issue one: Whether the court has jurisdiction to try Scampie for the offences involving Magneto? The general principle is that a State only has jurisdiction to try offences that are committed within its borders. However, legislation has acted to artificially extend a country’s physical boundaries for the purpose of jurisdiction. In Cox v. Army Council [1963] AC 48, HL, the words “or which, if committed in England, would be punishable by that law” found in section 70 of the Army Act, 1955 was…

banned such as witchcraft, homosexuality, racism, and language. “A Day No Pigs Would Die”, by Robert Newton Peck banned because of cruelty to animals, violence, and graphic sexuality. Banned Book Week is the celebration of being able to have the freedom to read (Crum, 1). It is the ALA’s way of responding to the censorship of books (Monges, 1). Groups such as schools, bookstores, and libraries join together to bring attention to the problem of censorship which they think gets overlooked. Banned…

Animal testing had been traced back as far as the seventeenth century because of Harvey’s experiments on numerous animals in an attempt to demonstrate blood circulation. Although in 1876, parliament passed the Cruelty to Animals Act, the first legislation aimed at regulating animal experiments (“History of Animal Research," 2015). Since the mid to late nineteenth century more companies have emerged, the number of animals used…

Currently, the nursing community is experiencing revolutionary changes, which have been facilitated by the recent government’s efforts on establishing comprehensive reforms on the country’s healthcare system through different legislations and amendments. These policies have largely increased the number of insured and non-insured patients’ able to receive better health care. The rapid growth in patients’ number with access to healthcare has almost crippled an already challenged system, forcing…

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, an American Suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was an American suffragist in the 1800’s. She was an advocate for women 's voting rights, and challenged traditional mindsets regarding women’s roles in marriage, divorce, property rights, and parental rights. Her call to arms for a Constitutional amendment for women 's equal rights has been described as the most shocking and unnatural of its time! Elizabeth Cady Stanton took a stand for women’s rights in the 19th century…

Collector: Idle No More Combats a Five-Hundred-Year-Old-Debt, Morris (2014), illustrates the sway of media that can be extremely influential in shaping protest movements. The 21st century marks a technological age were instantaneous movement of information via the Internet, media, etc. has become normalized and expected throughout the world. This concept…

passage of right-to-strike legislation (Harrington 4). For lower and middle class families, these economic issues cause financial hardships and strife. Democratic socialism efficiently eradicates these adversities. The benefits of democratic socialism even extend for benefits that are not economic; government could use regulations to outlaw destructive activities such as exporting jobs to low-wage countries and polluting our environment (Harrington 2). This economic freedom would be impossible…