Legal positivism

drug addict can just be put on probation because they 're famous. But ordinary citizen are convicted and not given probation till after their sentence. As you can see there are issue with our legal system. But the only way to fix this issue is to solve our…

stressful as a 30 year old adult. The government also doesn 't believe that they should lower the legal drinking age just because of casualties of soldiers under the age of 21. They believe that it was their choice, and that they knew what they were getting there selves into. But if they are gonna put their lives on the line to protect us. The least the government can do is lower the drinking legal drinking age to…

cannot even have a sip of alcohol. According to (The legal Drinking Age: Science vs. Ideology) the changing of drinking ages has been tested in some U.S. states and the changing of the drinking age had virtually no effect on the amount of underage consumption. The people from Science vs. Ideology believe that if lowering the drinking age has virtually no bad affect then why wouldn’t an 18 year old in America disserve a drink? (The legal Drinking Age: Science vs. Ideology) The…

The US is known for binge drinking even though the drinking age is set at 21, the highest drinking age compared to other countries. Opponents of the current drinking age argue that setting the drinking age at 21 is creating a “forbidden fruit syndrome” while proponents of the current drinking age argue that it helps to reduce accidents that are alcohol related and traffic fatalities while at the same time it helps to prevent teenagers from accessing alcoholic beverages (Cary). Several countries…

Should the Legal Drinking Age be Lowered? More than half of United States citizens start drinking by age fourteen. An eighteen-year-old is an adult in the eyes of the law. They are able to vote, buy cigarettes, get married, and serve their country; the latter includes taking on the responsibilities of life and death. However, they are not legally allowed to drink alcohol. There has been much debate as to whether the legal drinking age in the United States should be lowered to eighteen, some…

state legislature were pressured at that time to lower the legal age from 21 to 18. Manny young men came from the Vietnam War, and they wanted to have the right to vote and to drink as well. They risked their lives in an extremely rough war, so they felt with the capability to have their own responsibility. But in 1984, President R. Reagan signed a law called the “Uniform Drinking Age Act” [23 U.S.C. § 158], which adopted 21 as the legal drinking age (Hanson). Every state was mandated to…

One bottle. Two shots. Three beers. Four missed assignments. Five tardies. Six detentions. The effects of drinking on a teenager are obvious. The problem with teens drinking is that they are getting the alcohol one way or another. They are going to have access to it anyways, but more precautions should be taken to prevent this from happening so often. Some parents do not see the problem with their children or their children’s friends drinking. There are too many incidents that occur with the…

In 1984 the Minimum Drinking Age Act, also known as MDLA 21, was signed by Ronald Reagan requiring all states to establish a minimum drinking age of 21. The goal of this bill was to reduce the number of drunk driving incidents. Initially traffic fatalities did decline, but those under 21 still continued to drink. This created an “underground” drinking scene where risky and irresponsible decisions occurred that lead to a whole new set of problems. I’m interested in this subject because of the…

Controversial Issue: Drinking Age According to a recent poll, over 135 U.S. colleges have signed the petition to lower the drinking age to eighteen. It is common fact that majority of college students consume alcohol on a weekly bases. Although many believe that anyone under the age of 21 is prohibited from consuming alcohol in the United States, underage drinking is allowed in eleven states for educational purposes, twenty-nine if done on private property with parental consent, in sixteen for…

eHRAF Research Paper Criminal justice systems are the processes created by governments or ruling agencies to maintain order and punish crime within a society ("The Criminal Justice System"). One universal criminal justice system does not exist, instead, they vary from society to society. These systems are important because they help to uphold order, enforce norms and mores, and shape the values of a society. I have only researched the criminal justice system of the United States government,…