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King/"I Have A Dream" Speech

on this promissory note, but that the government has "defaulted" (King). This metaphor is extremely apt and provides both a logi...

Truck Driving Laws

operate trucks only within a state are "only subject to rules at the state level" ("Why Arent Trucking Laws National in Scope?"). ...

Civil Rights Movement and Civil Disobedience

being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...

1990 Case of the US Supreme Court v. Employment Div., Ore. Department of Human Resources v. Smith, 494 US 872

for ingesting peyote, a hallucinogenic drug. This was not recreational drug use, however, but rather, for sacramental reasons as p...

Is There an Incompability Issue Between the European Convention for Human Rights and Adverse Possession?

had abandoned or dispossessed the land. This was seen as legalising the theft of land where an owner did not exercise their rights...

The Debate about Predatory Lending Laws

some examples and the Republican/Democrat dichotomy is a generalization. That said, the model provides a sense of where the people...

War: Civil War, Iraq, Yugoslavia

the conflict in Yugoslavia, what he calls "ethnic cleansing, American-style" (Bovard, 1999). He says that "President Clinton and ...

Is there an Inherent Bias towards Employers in Unfair Dismissal Law?

this time cases would usually be brought for a breach of contract (Card et al, 2003). Unfair dismissal is first seen in the Indust...

Civil Disobedience and Martin Luther King Jr.

being. If it was all the same to them, he must have said, Ill stay where I am. His famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" were pub...

The Laws Governing Adoption and Child Protection in England

human life; as such, a legal shift in focus took place in order to provide them with more emphasis toward rights over and above pr...

Law, Austin, and Hart

Austin has built this particular theory into what he calls "positivism," which is defined as what the law is, or, in more legal te...

1979's Sale of Goods Act and British Law

Goods Act 1979 requires goods sold by traders to be of satisfactory quality" (Anonymous Representation in the United Kingdom, 2002...

Issues in English Employment Law

entitled to a long notice period or the employee is entitled to a valuable remuneration package (DiscLaw Publishing Ltd, Wrongful,...

Civil Rights and Political Action

In 1896, Plessy v. Fergusson asserted that "equal but separate" accommodations for blacks on railroad cars did not violate the "eq...

Evaluating the Fairness of Megan's Law

headline: "High-Risk Sex Offenders Identified: Post Reporter, 2 Ridge Residents on List" (Sheppard, 1997, p. 37). On July 7, Mei...

English Law Land Legislation in 1925

have come a long way since their inception. As is evidenced by the plethora of historical records, English property law was...

The Civil Wars by Julius Caesar

5 pages and 1 source used. This paper provides an overview of The Civil Wars by Julius Caesar. This relates the central themes a...

Civil Disobedience, Martin Luther King, and Henry David Thoreau

gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...

Studies in Contract Case Law

In twelve pages four cases involving contract law are analyzed in terms of contractual issues and legal definitions....

Civil Disobedience from the Perspectives of Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr.

as Thoreau gets. If anything Thoreau gives us a warning about excessive public involvement: He who gives himself entirely to hi...

A History of Blacks in America From the Oppression of Slavery to the Civil Rights' Movement

direction that this country would ultimately take. They were also critical elements in determining the ultimate fate of the Afric...

Reverse Discrimination and Civil Rights

In eight pages various civil rights policies such as preferential treatment, the Civil Rights Act, and Affirmative Action are cons...

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

In six pages civil rights and civil liberties are discussed in order to assess their validity. Three sources are cited in the bib...

On the Commonwealth by Cicero

master and ruler of men, namely God, who is the author of this law, its interpreter, and its sponsor. The man who will not obey it...

The Utilitarian Approach to Obeying the Rules

in question happens to be offensive to seventy-five percent of the population, it is highly likely that the twenty-five percent wh...

Criminal Justice, Social Justice, and Morality

the right to be treated the same as others Conclusion Although we know that the US Constitution guarantees certain rights to its ...

African Americans and 20th Century Civil Rights

Civil rights and the civil rights movement of the 20th century are examined in this report consisting of twelve pages. Ten source...

Male Sexual Harassment

In seven pages this paper discusses how contemporary society defines sexual harassment and considers how the law addresses victimi...

Florida Foreclosure Laws Overview

In six pages case law and current trends regarding lending are among the topics discussed in Florida foreclosure laws' overview. ...

Corn Laws of England

In eight pages the effects England's Corn Laws had on the impoverished classes are examined along with a consideration of these ty...