Law and Chaos

people voluntarily accept consequences in return for freedom. This can clearly be seen through the citizen’s reaction to the recent laws passed by Congress. In 2008, Congress passed a law called The FISA Amendment Act which allowed the government to track any international electronic communication between the people without a warrant. Congress claimed that this law would safeguard people from future terrorist attacks. Instead of accepting The FISA Amendment Act, many people protested against it.…

faces, is that the average person is breaking laws, that were never thought to be broken until now. There are laws for a reason, but when people begin to break minor laws with no consequences, the purpose of a law (which is to protect the average citizen) diminishes, leaving no restrictions; therefore, people who have never thought to break a law, not even the speed limit, begin to test the boundaries, resulting in more and more people breaking minor laws; for people don’t see why they matter.…

should be meant to cause the opposite reaction. Positivity comes from everyone coming together to share their feelings and opinions about a certain topic. For example, protestors now a days both against and for the new presidential elect are creating chaos throughout the nation. Because of what has happened this past year more crime has been committed and more group activists are generating harsher environments. A free society is defined as a culture in which you may express yourself freely…

v. Marshall; Chao v. Mallard Bay Drilling, Inc.; and Secretary of Labor v. SeaWorld of Florida, LLC. In Whirlpool Corp. v. Marshall, the United States Supreme Court upheld a law from the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which states that “workers have the right, under certain circumstances, to refuse to perform tasks they believe pose…

that a government would essentially fall apart without a fair criminal justice system with laws. According to the philosopher Cesare Beccaria, it is vital for governments to establish an unprejudiced and reasonable justice system and laws. In other words, Beccaria believed that in order for a government to function properly and fairly, it should have an equitable crime and justice system, where the purpose of laws is to keep order/benefit society, and where punishments match the crime. (Robison…

or unjust laws and shed light on them. Rosa Parks was an African American woman who refused to give up hear seat on a bus to a white individual. She was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law that required African Americans to give up their seats to white people when the bus was full. Her arrest ignited a boycott of the bus system. In the cases of civil disobedience, whether it be past or present, the perpetrator’s distress was so profound it motivated the people to go against the law, sacrifice…

so we can all live in peace and with laws that we all can equally live with. Our founders, they were determined that such tyranny would never be repeated in this world. Without bringing our laws to the court’s attention, we wouldn’t have the laws we do today and Checks and balances (rights of mutual control and influence) make sure that the three powers interact in an equitable and balanced way. The separation of powers is an essential element of the Rule of Law, and is preserved in the…

and avoid the death penalty in a heartbeat. Both Crito and the Laws present rather strong arguments as to why Socrates should either stay or flee from jail. While the rational and selfish part of me wants to concede to Crito’s escape plan, I would argue that the Laws present a better case for staying than Crito does for leaving. Socrates is personifying the Laws of Athens and imagining how he would respond to their claims. The Laws say that it would be wrong for Socrates to violate the verdict…

reason to have a set structure of laws, to have order over that area and not to have chaos. Direction and preservation of safety is vital to every society. As areas grew larger in size due to the growth of population, the set laws would need to grow and change in order to keep the set area safe as they grew in size. That meant as the laws would grow and/or change to the population the government would have to grow and/or change to keep up with the changing laws and with the growing…

to what humans are looking for. Laws are created for crime and punishment to sustain peace and maintain order. Relationships and comfort are perused for pleasure and harmony. Lastly, motivated by religion, humans seek to rid the world of apostasy in early civilizations. These factors are what human beings use to organize themselves when living in their societies. A set of rules are always set in almost every civilization. Today, those set of rules are called laws of which we follow to maintain…