Precedent

In her book, Poetic Justice, American philosopher and Professor of Law and Ethics Martha Nussbaum writes that when we read narrative, “we are, in effect, being constituted by the novel as judges of a certain sort.” (Nussbaum 83) She believes that the ideal judge is not one who can remove all emotion from his reasoning, but instead one who can serve as what Adam Smith called a “judicious spectator”; “capable of entering imaginatively into the lives of distant others and (having) emotions related…

constitution, to say the law is invalid and stop enforcement. Since then judicial review has grown to any action by the sate or national government it finds unconstitutional. It would be hard to overstate the importance of Marbury v. Madison, as precedents set by judicial review have clearly shaped America by defining the constitution more specifically. The Court became the arbiter of the constitution, and had the final say what it meant. This made the court a true authority on all…

"The issue of the internet, and thusly, of cyber security and cyber ethics has, in recent years, far surpassed the status of a simple political talking point and become an issue that an enormous majority of Americans hold near and dear to their hearts. The internet has grown to be far more than a simple diversion, but has escalated to a fundamental part of everyday life, connecting people, whether over great distances or mere meters away, with a speed and convenience unlike anything that has…

The tensions that eventually led to the Civil War were complex and deeply rooted in the social, economic, and political differences between the Northern and Southern states. The South Carolina declaration of succession and the correspondence between Howell Cobb and President Hoover shed light on these tensions and the continuing hostilities after the war. The tensions between the Northern and Southern states had revolved around their disagreement on the topic of slavery. One of the main reasons…

Everyone has felt like they have no control over what happens around them, this poem is the embodiment of that feeling. This poem voices that feeling in four stanzas that cover a period of years in this child’s life. This de-evolution is shown through his poems, his paper type, awards for the poems, and the changes in his sister. The poem’s name, “A Person, A Paper, A Promise”, tells you a person will change with the paper, but the promise should not. It starts with him as an innocent child and…

Breeders is a documentary about the ethics of surrogacy. The film features several different problems that arise and consequently, attempts to persuade the viewer that surrogacy is not ethically clear. On the contrary, there is nothing wrong with surrogacy as a job, as ethical complaints are illogical. The first argument several opponents of surrogacy in the video suggest is that the payment of surrogacy creates a commodity of children environment that affects the sanctity of humanity. Yet what…

The Constitution Bill approved on 23 Apri11897 at the Adelaide Session of the Constitutional Convention set forth the Constitution as part of the Bill in covering clause 8.41 There was a notable precedent for this format in the British North America Act 1867 (UK).42 On the other hand there existed precedents for including the Constitution…

Back in 2014 the city of surrey filed an application in regards to having a storm sewer and storm water diversion system on land that was not owned by the city of surrey. The piece of land had been licensed to the southern railway of British Columbia and is owned by BC Hydro. The CTA approved of the project suggested by the city of surrey. This essay will discuss how the future implications of the decision made by the Canadian transportation agency will affect BC Hydro, the Southern Railway of…

In 1954, the Supreme Court shifts its support of protecting economic rights during the Lochner era, to a commitment to equality liberalism. Brown is a proper use of the Supreme Court’s power. Its four valid shortcomings reveal the support Brown had from other political actors. Brown’s support provides the court legitimacy for their ruling and provided an era for equality. This era of equality allowed the court and social movements to work in synergy. Firstly, the decision undermines the federal…

government fund contraceptives would not fulfill the compelling interests that Congress sought to accomplish through the mandate and does not qualify as an available and less restrictive alternative. Exemption on these grounds also contradicts a precedent the Court has established through cases including Estate of Thornton v. Caldor, Inc. (1985), in which the Court struck down a law accommodating employees’ observance of the Sabbath due to the burden imposed on the employer, stating that…