Referendum

“Free Will” and Economic Reasons for Physician Assisted Suicide Throughout time the origins of human rights have progressed to embody a world that preserves humanity, freedom and tolerance. Hugo Grotius, a European Renaissance thinker, began the origin of human rights by believing natural rights were independent of religion and obtained solely by being human. The American Revolution prompted Thomas Jefferson to declare that rights were “self-evident” in the Declaration of Independence.…

Would you support a independent commission to draw congressional districts to end gerrymandering? On this question I believe that people would want to make the district were one political party would not have complete control over it. Most americans want to make sure that their representatives uphold their believes. If you draw a district a certain way, you could mute the voices of many voters. According to the Public Policy Polling report, most North Carolinians support a independent commission…

For 43 years, since 1973 , Britain has been an active member of the European Union (EU) and played an important role in the development of this community. However, it is the hot topic that UK Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a referendum to be held on June 2017, in order to answer the question: "Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the EU or leave the EU?” It is uncertain what the exact answer is, since no country has ever done it before. However, people are trying to give…

the “famous five” a group of the five most illustrious senators in history chosen by a Senate committee led by John F. Kennedy. La Follette tirelessly fought for numerous state level political reforms such as direct primaries, initiatives , and referendums.…

The NSW Freedom Ride of 1965 was a controversial event that played a major role in promoting the civil rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. With quite simple aims and very basic methods, the Freedom Riders caused a stir across Australia, leading to many short and long term implications on both the white Australian and ATSI population. The Rides empowered both ATSI and white Australians to take a stand against discrimination, protect equality and foster the process of…

government establishing policies to improve or correct the social condition. Therefore, the implementation of the Progressive Movement can be seen in the provision to the Arizona Constitution like: secret ballots, direct primaries, voter initiatives, referendums, and the recall of judges. In the 1910’s to write these concepts into ones state constitution was quit a vogue proposition. In fact, President Taft rejected the initial Arizona Constitution solely on the provision of recalling judges…

and has powers of recommendation to ‘twin peaks’ – PRA (in charge of micro-prudential) and FCA (in charge of consumer protection) to address systemic risks. (H.M. Treasury, 2011) Rationales for the regulation of the near-term risks raised by the referendum the UK’s regulation of the financial services industry reflects the need of protecting the public interest in a robust and stable financial system. (Moloney, 2016) Achieve the UK regulatory objectives as follows: (a) Sustaining market…

people. This essay will examine these issues and more surrounding the governance of Scotland. When looking at what events were pivotal on the road to Scottish devolution, we should begin by looking at 1979. The labour government of the time offered a referendum on Scottish devolution, proposing to implement the measures put forward in the 1978 Scotland Act (Kellas, 1989). Votes were cast on the first of March with…

instance, section 51, 26 of the Australian Constitution otherwise known as ‘the race power’ initially stated, ‘The people of any race other than the aboriginal race in any state, for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws.’ With the 1967 referendum the words other than the aboriginal race in any state were removed. Although, these efforts have been made, there are still numerous issues that the indigenous people face. The Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER), which includes 73…

if the Catalan regional government’s unilateral call for a secession referendum leads to forceful secession without both Spain and the Catalonia’s people coming to a mutual consensus. By definition, war will regress but Catalans and Spain, especially Catalans, considering the fact that they do not have a military force. In large, becoming a nation consist of more than appearing to be. Unfortunately for the Catalans, the referendum, and Puigdemont’s speech which stated that “The people have…