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the law - making power of any future Parliament. It is impossible therefore for any Parliament to pass a permanent law or in other words to entrench an Act of Parliament. According to Dicey, parliamentary sovereignty means that Parliament has the “right to make or unmake any law whatever”. This basically means that there is no limit on the subject matter on which Parliament may legislate. Sovereignty should be clearly differentiated and distinguished. There is a contrast between legal…

II. Mullen’s Speech Was Inherently Likely To Provoke Violent Reaction The fundamental right of free speech on matters of public interest does not come at the expense of leaving individuals exposed to fighting words. Fighting words must: (1) have an addressee; (2) be personally abusive language, inherently likely to provoke a violent reaction when addressed to ordinary individuals; and (3) be likely to incite a violent reaction in the addressee, given the context.” Nickolas S., 245 P.3d at 446.…

The American dream is a keystone of our country’s identity. At the core of our nation are the principles of freedom, honor, intelligence, and dignity. Many consider America to be the greatest nation in the world because of our prodigious sense of justice and dedication to preserving liberty across the globe. We consider ourselves paragons of independence, a nation of brave young men and women who are leaders, warriors, and academics. This is why Will McAvoy's spontaneous speech “Why America…

Merriam-Webster defines genocide as “the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group.” However, Andrea Smith may argue that this definition can be expanded to include the destruction of a gender. According to Smith, sexual violence has been used as a mechanism to destroy native communities. From this view, Smith uses theoretical and factual examples to support her argument of how native women are bodily and metaphorically under attack. In this paper, I will do…

support or lack of it is due to morals, religious beliefs, health concerns, and many other factors, there are split sides on this big decision. Is it considered murder? Is it a right women should have and should be able to decide themselves on without being criticized? Should abortion be legal or illegal, and whose rights is it interfering with? These questions are discussed by millions of people every day which cause the debate. These four articles describe the situation of abortion by taking…

April, 1930. The coastline in Dandi, India is dotted with millions of people illegally extracting their own salt from the water, each feeling a mixture of triumph and fear. They have come together to protest the British salt laws, which they believe are wrong. But it is also understood that in doing so, many will face consequences. Civil disobedience is vital to bringing a positive change to society, under the circumstances of tyranny and/or discrimination. However, fear is induced by the danger…

Choices (Draft) All humans are created equally and are born with free will. Every person has the natural right to be the author of their life, meaning that they can make their own choices and pursue their dreams. Nevertheless, humans bent nature to their will by adopting slavery, a practice in which humans are owned and are brutally forced to work. In the excerpt “Learning to Read and Write,” Frederick Douglass masters the literacy skills he needed to fulfill his role as an…

Today a great many people have put a lot of emphasis on what freedoms they have in face of those who have more power. How important are these freedoms to us and what if they were taken away? In Margaret Atwood's ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ a cautionary tale; It comes to show that when pressure groups gain power. People lose their essential freedoms, and it shows that when these freedoms are taken away. We are quick to realize what it means to have those freedoms. The way ‘The Handmaid’s tale’…

Women have the choice to become a mother. Becoming a mother is more than just giving birth to a child. As a mother, you have the ability to create a whole person that shares half you and your significant other’s dna. For nine months you carry a living human being inside of you. Being a mother is falling in love with someone before you even see them. It is a relationship that never ends and hopefully one where the love never dies. The theme of motherhood in Quicksand and The Custom of the Country…

One view which I found contradictory was Nathanson’s biggest argument: that no crime takes away all decent human rights, and therefore society can not take away their life. When discussing the respect for human life, Nathanson states, “In defense of human well-being, we may punish people for their crimes, but we ought not to deprive them of everything, which is what the death penalty does” (386 Shafer-Landau). Nathanson uses the…