writer for Reed v. Reed that argued that the Supreme Court, for the first time, should declare a state statute unconstitutional for discriminating on the basis of sex. The ACLU established the Women’s Rights Project and made RBG it’s co-director. In 1972, RBG became the first tenured female faculty member in Columbia’s history. In 1973, RBG became the ACLU’s General Counsel. RBG argued seven equal protection cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, winning five. RBG is called “the woman’s right…
However, most agree that the production and trafficking of illicit drugs should remain a punishable offense. The harsh historical prosecution of drug-related offenses has cost billions of dollars in funding, overpopulated not only our prisons but our courts, and has failed to reduce recidivism…
lead to the international law creation. The creation of the juridical regulation becomes compulsory for all the states. The violation of an international obligation causes international response of the States. In this framework, a State which commits unlawful acts of international perception and whose liability has been proven under the rules of international law may be subject to sanctions. Sanctions can be defined as measures imposed by states or organs representing the international community…
This is why we have the United Nations. The United Nations is an international organisation that was established during at the end World War Two, to maintain international peace and security, protect human rights, and deliver humanitarian aid. The United Nations protects our society by installing laws and regulations which all countries part of the United Nations has…
Solomon Islands and the process of Restorative Justice was easier to adopt. Only the brutal and more violent oppressors were prosecuted and convicted whereas the vast majority managed to reconcile during the period where the TRC was in operation and evaded…
lesser punishment … because he is drunk. This is exactly what happened to Robert Hosley. According to Marc Bookman, Hosley went to trial for committing a capital offense: murdering a police officer. His public defense lawyer, Andy Prince, entered court drunk many days of the trial and failed to demonstrate to the judge or jurors that his defendant was intellectually challenged and that he was terribly abused as a child. Consequently, without these key pieces of information, Hosley was…
began a process of struggle on the coast, in search of a different society. In 1872 there was an uprising in Chimborazo province led by the indigenous Fernando Daquilema. Without prejudice to the rights established in this Constitution and in international instruments in force, the State will recognize and will guarantee the following…
power and justice in his book The Peloponnesian War. He gives evidence that having too much power and the desire for more overrules personal morals and principles of justice. The Roman satirist named Juvenal, on the other hand, believes that desiring too much power brings suffering, which eventually leads to human downfall. Thucydides and Juvenal’s commentaries have influenced governments today as they offer insight into problems that may arise when power is abused. In Woodruff’s On Justice,…
Paraguay I have just been hired in the international division of a multinational corporation that makes consumer goods to become an expert on Paraguay. My first assignment is to prepare a report on Paraguay to consider if we should build a manufacturing plant to produce a consumer good there. From the research I gathered, Paraguay would not be a recommended country to build a manufacturing factory due to their social, political, and economic factors. Education in Paraguay has not always…
correctly, what will happen if he becomes President? “Liberal Censors Lose Again,” details of Wisconsin persecutors wanting to reopen their abusive and secret campaign towards Governor Scott Walker 's political allies. The case went to the U.S. Supreme Court and was rejected because it is hard for the government to "regulate who can join with allies to influence elections." The author believes that it was right to fight back so such tactics don 't happen and laws are written.…