Sovereign state

Australia’s border security policy, Operation Sovereign Borders, has attached negative connotations towards asylum seekers, deeming them non-citizens. The government has created a border security policy that immediately portrays asylum seekers as criminals. This criminalisation has allowed violence to be inflicted above asylum seekers, through detention camps. Asylum seekers are not protected under the law and are the ‘exception’ to our liberalist system of law. A grievable life is “a life…

Both the Hobbesian and Lockean account of the state of nature rests on the notion of inherent equality, where there is no ascribed status or class. Everyone is essentially free to act as they will. Another point of similarity between these two philosophers is that self-preservation is central to the state of nature. They both believe that we enter a social contract to create a political authority because of the fear of death…

Comparison of the Government Information Release Systems in the United States and China A. Introduction Due to globalization and an increase in peoples’ demands, many countries have established government information release systems (hereinafter GIRS), which require that governments open their files and information to the public actively or passively. Government information release systems are important systems to protect peoples’ rights, to promote business, to prevent corruption and to…

question The research question of this thesis will be the following: “How can we explain that Australia, historically considered as one of the most open-minded and multicultural countries of the world, applies such a protectionist policy (Operation Sovereign Borders) with regard to asylum seekers?”. The political and cultural analysis that will be investigated around this policy will aim, on the one hand, at discovering if Australia can still be nicknamed the “Land of Tomorrow” for people…

people to seek escape from State of Nature and form a Commonwealth. Introduction Fear in the State of Nature. War of everyone against everyone Pursuit of peace. Commonwealth, created and maintained by fear. Of covenants. Safety in the Commonwealth and the role of fear in maintaining it. Conclusion Homo Formidolosus Fear in the political thought of Thomas Hobbes. Introduction Hobbesian "Leviathan", being a comprehensive study of humanity, both in the State of Nature and the…

a devastating condition of war, he unified the concepts of civil polity under governance of an undivided and absolute sovereign and the laws of nature. It is there submitted that there is a reciprocal relationship between political obedience and protection: we choose to enter and live in society to save ourselves from the abominable state of nature. Considering that the sovereign promotes social…

between an Italian merchant vessel, which on board carried Italian Armed Forced marines, and the St Anthony an Indian Fishing boat. As a result, between these two vessels, two fishermen of the St Anthony were killed. The question continues as to which state has the claim to jurisdiction. The main goal of making use of an alternative dispute resolution between the two nations is to be able to maintain the relationship between India and Italy. Background Facts: On February 2012, an Italian…

The philosopher that I agree with the most is Thomas Hobbes. The first reason I agree with him is he states that the state of nature where all individuals are naturally equal, which is described from his book, The Leviathan. Every person is created equal no matter what color or gender, we are all human beings all trying to live. Hobbes also states that that every person is free to do what is needed to survive. Of course this doesn’t mean that we aren’t different we are all different and equal in…

“The Athenian system differed from a modern representative democracy in that the citizens were more directly involved in governing” (Miller 2012). Aristotle’s democracy was one where the citizens played a huge role when it came to governing the city-state. The reason there was…

. The society is known as “ The world state “ where people are civilized and enlightened , but the fact is that they are controlled and suppressed ; They are not allowed to think because thinking…