In the Penal Colony

instruction of a group of criminals and debtors to build the first fort on the Savannah River in Georgia. Although debtors and criminals like these generally received land grants of lesser quality or value, or were sent to the New World to populate penal colonies, travelling to the new world was nevertheless an honorable, free chance to work one’s way back up the ladder, make a home, and even nurture a family. Lives started anew in America, and this promise of reward to one’s labor drew the eye…

The Fight For Independence Was Right There have been some people argue that the United States could possibly have attained its independence gradually and peacefully. They argue that perhaps it could have been like the British colonies like Canada and Australia eventually did. I personally do not believe that we could have achieved our independence or obtained our Constitution or Bill of Rights or our Government in a more gradual and peaceful process. Canada basically became a country after…

appeal courts in some cases. There are also provisions in the constitution for special tribunals which can be set up for specific cases like for taxes, administrative and land. (Srikrishna, 2008, pp. 242-244). Classification of Crime The Indian Penal code (IPC) divides more than 300 crimes into two different offenses: cognizable and non-cognizable. Cognizable offenses are crimes where police do not need a warrant to arrest the suspect which are offenses that are serious like murder, rape,…

exploiting how mankind can call specific races or colonies inferior. Well’s purpose for the novel was to expose to his readers…

Like numerous legal scholars have observed, modernistic penal codes throughout the U.S retain a substantive definition of rape that is facially indistinguishable from that which judges have been applying in our culture for numerous hundreds of years. In 1769, William Blackstone, who is the leading 18th century power on the common law in both England and the colonies, defined common-law rape as the carnal knowing of a woman (sexual intercourse) compulsorily and against her desire. Rape is second…

close to England, King Henry II headed over to Ireland to establish himself as the head of the country, but he soon gave the lands of Leinster province to Strongbow as a gift for his service along with allowing Strongbow to be the leader of the new colony, as long as he answered to the king. This was the first English conquest of Ireland. The English never had an easy time ruling Ireland. That initial conquest was only successful until the early 14th century, and Ireland was left along until…

According to the article, "How Should We Punish Murder", (2010). Jonathan Simon, Berkeley Law. The law of murder' is perhaps the most significant place in the substantive law of crimes where the practice and purpose of punishment in contemporary society becomes a problem both for legislative drafting and for judicial interpretation of the law. The law of murder is, in fact, an important device within the substantive law of crime through which the overall scale and severity of punishment can be…

“Don’t worry about the world ending today, it’s already tomorrow in Australia.” - Charles M. Schulz. Everybody knows about Australia, but do they really know everything? First, they should know the history behind Australia. Like who were the first settlers and how did they come upon Australia. It’s very important for everybody to know about it, because it’s such a big country and it’s the only country that’s a continent too. I know it’s not the “coolest” country out there, but people would…

English Colonization and the Road to Revolution Introduction The peak of mercantilism, coupled with a population explosion of poor English people in the sixteenth century pushed England to seek an expansion of their natural settlements through colony acquisitions, in order to expand their markets, get more raw materials and precious minerals especially gold, seek an outlet for their blossoming population that was facing an economic recession already, and find new sea routes to the Indies…

As a heavily-laden ship made its way up the channel of the Delaware River around 1770, it foundered and broke apart on a mud shoal, dumping its cargo of peas into the water. When the peas sprouted, an island eventually emerged. Ergo, the legend of how Pea Patch Island came into existence between Delaware City, Del., and Salem County, N.J. Habitation on the island remained relegated to migratory birds until the early 19th century. As it grew in size, government officials recognized the potential…