Kirchhoff's circuit laws

whether or not democracy is in decline? Plattner’s article looks at how many countries are still democratic, whether those numbers are shrinking and what is happening with liberal-democratic features, which he defines as, freedom of the press, rule of law and free and fair elections, in these countries (Plattner, 2015, p. 6), He also enquires about the stance of democracy in the world and “how it is viewed in terms of legitimacy and attractiveness?” (Plattner, 2015, p.6). Plattner begins by…

In a free society, there are certain things that should not be tampered with and other things that should not be created. As citizens within this free world, society needs to understand that things are the way they are for a reason and that not everything needs to be upgraded, improved or even created, for that matter. We insist on trying to utilize certain things in this world that were intended to be left alone. As citizens in a free society, we are responsible for knowing when enough is…

Monologue of a non-traditional Mainstream values holder Material and social attributes are the natural attributes of the mankind. Human beings are social animals since ancient times. No matter how old you are, what you do, which lifestyle you take, you simply can’t avoid people nor communication. When you deal with other persons, you are often judged and labeled by them according to Mainstream values of the society. People try to figure you out by telling your social status through your…

only school. These two cases still effect the United States and many Americans, today. The case of Plessy versus Ferguson supported the doctrine “separate but equal.” The 14th Amendment guarantees citizens “equal protection under the law.” In 1890, Louisiana passed a law declaring that people of color and white…

Potential grounds for appeal can be on the basis of ‘misdirection of law or facts, failure to refer to a defence, inappropriate comments by the judge, or jury irregularity.’ as stated in the AQA Law book. The Court of appeal consists of three senior judges, the superior of the three is referred to as the lady/lord chief justice. They have the power to quash convictions, in addition…

Lon Fuller, while discussing the legal system and the addition of laws, brought up ways that you can fail in making laws. 1) The failure to make laws at all 2) Failure to publicize laws 3) Abuse of Retroactive legislation 4) Unintelligible rules 5) Contradictory rules 6) Rules requiring more than what is humanly possible 7) Frequent changes in the law 8) Lack of congruence between state rules and administration. Fuller believes if any of these failures occurs, the system of rules are no longer…

Education and Citizenship. Do they go hand in hand? Is education required to be a good citizen? Yes, and No, A good citizen should know how to vote, to keep up with current events, laws of their country and so on and basic human rights. Yet they are not taught this in school but instead they are taught useless things which is a waste of time and money. A good citizen is someone who knows how to keeps themselves educated and up to date on current events in their school, city, state, country and…

Robert H. Jackson declared on one occasion that “it is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error,” clearly placing the continuance of his work- exposing injustice- into the capable hands of the ordinary citizen. Jackson’s bold step in the form of the Nuremberg trials reminded the international community that the ideals of equality, justice, and fairness extend to all members of…

allow their personal and political views to affect their interpretation of the law, and, consequently, their decisions in important cases. Judicial activists are often accused of ignoring stare decision when making their decisions. (American Psychological Assoc.) For Judicial restraint is a judicial interpretation that encourages judges to limit the exercise of their own power. Judges should hesitate to strike down laws unless they are obviously unconstitutional, though what counts as…

Our journal articles this week focused on the heated debate of health care as a right or a privilege of United States citizens. Although this has always been a topic of discussion, it has held more prevalence in recent years with President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, the first successful step in the direction of making health care a right. Despite the majority of citizens believing health care is something all people should have, the way of going about it – universal health care – is highly…