Laws of war

President Bush’s legal counsel analyzed how far the U.S. could go to extract intelligence from those captured in the war on terror through the August 2002 memo otherwise referred to as one of the “torture memos”. The torture memos expressly justified the use of EITs to elicit information from detainees. EITs included, sleep deprivation, entomophobia exploitation, and waterboarding. These severe techniques were provided legal cover because the torture memo defined torture to be pain “difficult…

imperfect, but it is more realistic. In Antigone, the tragedy has become an absolute fate which Antigone must violate the law whether it is natural law or human law. After King Oedipus died, his two sons are fighting for the kingship. Eteocles leads the citizens of Thebe defending the attack from Polynices who is leading the enemy state. The two sons die at the same day at this war. Creon succeeds to the throne because…

Intellectual Contribution to Epistemology John Locke has published various intellectual work that promoted the ideals of philosophy and government. His essays critically analyzed human understanding that has shaped modern day thinking about self-worth and society ideals. Additionally, Locke presented concepts that promoted a democratic style of government in which people are able to oversee each other. Consequently, for a democratic style of government to be successful, Locke emphasized the…

the separation of powers is important because they have roles which are laws we must obey and not break the laws when it comes to the three branches. They wrote the U.S. Constitution and the division of author; because the constitution was written to limit the government and must contain substantive rules and they also needed to establish the general principles that govern the specific acts of the legislature to the nature of laws."The three branches would have an amount of power which was…

The Bill of Rights was given to use to protect us, to give us rules to follow to keep the union preserved. Without the Bill of Rights there would be unsafe in America it wouldn't be the same as it is today. The best amendment is the 3rd amendment because it keeps the security and privacy in the home. “A bill of Rights is what the people are enlisted to against every government should refuse, or rest on inference(Thomas Jefferson Brainy Quotes). The first reason that the 3rd amendment is…

by the Constitution to evenly distribute the amount of power each branch has and to make sure that no one branch has too much power. Each branch of government derives their power from the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution lays out the fundamental laws of the United States, this includes the rights and freedoms of individuals, and the goals of the government. The legislative branch consists of two houses, the Senate and the…

his reign he established 282 laws and standards. These laws were made to keep the southern Mesopotamia from rebelling as well as keeping order within his people. Hammurabi had a military force which means that there was stable work force of artesian. Babylon had some kind of currency if the kingdom had artesian and other trade works. King Hammurabi had all 282 laws carved onto twelve stone pillars. These twelve pillars went missing, later found in Iran in 1902. These laws give new light to…

The emergence of ‘rights’ is not separate from law, force or violence; instead these concepts are highly interconnected. Thus, through the lens of Rousseau, Nietzsche and Foucault, this paper will argue that civilization has always operated within a 'state of violence ' as force and violence are centrally imbedded into law and it will account for how the social contract is used as a vital tool in order to enact laws. It will do so by first discussing how civilization has operated as a ‘state of…

slay or kill.1 This is not to be confused with manslaughter, acts of war, or self defense. Not only is murder considered an offense towards God but anything that may lead to murder is forbidden as well. Martin Luther explains in the large catechism that acts leading to murder include but are not limited to physical or verbal assault, and advising the harm of another person.2 The fifth commandment is meant to provide a governing law within communities and put an emphasis on the idea that…

society without it. We fought a revolution to free ourselves from the laws of an unjust king. It is the only virtue stated in our pledge of allegiance, and for the last two hundred and forty years we have tried to uphold this virtue in every part of our democracy, but what is justice? Meriam-Webster Dictionary says justice is the administration of law; especially: the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity. However I believe it is more complex than…