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History Of The Miranda Law

anyone who is considered to be a criminal suspect must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to any legal inquiry. One...

Gideon’s Trumpet & Constitutional Law

a capital case, Gideons request did not fit the parameters of Betts. In the early chapters of his book, Lewis provides this backgr...

Ecuador and Texaco

including a primary pipeline that extends 280 miles across the Andes. To build the roads, forests were cleared and Indian lands bu...

Due Process and the Definition and Delineation of Individual Rights

Due process has had a definitive impact on the delineation and definition of the rights of American citizens. Interestingly, howe...

Personal Essay: A Significant Life Event

he was so sick. The first I knew about it was a call from my Mom. She didnt give me any details over the phone, just said Dad was ...

Executive Power: Protection Versus Personal Rights

integral role in saving society from such fatal intrusion, with proponents contending it has, indeed, become imperative for govern...

"The Deal" at the 1787 Philadelphia Convention

in this way "allowed the creation of a strong national government while still providing an important role for the states" (Faraghe...

Freedom of Expression and the Desecration of an American Flag

Americans take many things for granted in our society. Freedom of expression is one of those...

The Trial of John Proctor - A Constitutional Assessment

evidence, and is an insufficient base upon which to press charges in the first place. Moreover, Proctor was not granted the due pr...

Herring v. U.S. and the Exclusionary Rule

proceedings provides a means whereby any evidence that was obtained by law enforcement officers by violating the Fourth Amendment ...

The US Constitution of 1787

The Constitutional Convention of 1787 had to overcome three primary challenges. This four page paper lists one source. ...

Constitutional Law - An Overview

and each is also imposed with unique limitations, such that the overall power wielded by any one branch of government is not suffi...

Censorship and Lord of the Flies

The classic book "Lord of the Flies" by William Gerald Golding was first published in 1959. Although...

The Patriot Act Needed Protection of Constitutional Degradation?

The Patriot Act, H.R. 3162 ENR, is one of the most controversial laws ever imposed on Americans. Passed by the House...

Examining the Criminal Justice Process

justice process: pre-trial, trial, and appeals (Washington State Department of Corrections, 2011). These three phases play out in ...

2 Law Articles Addressing the Issue of Polygamy, Summaries

prohibitions against polygamy and bigamy. For example, in the Supreme Court case of Reynolds v. U.S. 1878, the Court held while a ...

'Arbitrary' Capital Punishment?

in todays society, the very foundation upon which it was originally created - to dissuade deviant social behavior - has continued ...

Overview of the 1865 to 1877 Era of Reconstruction Following the U.S. Civil War

became tenants and landlords (Ruef and Fletcher, 2003). Slaves who escaped this fate were still unskilled and had to take jobs f...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Stevens' Philosophy

in a firm that specialized in antitrust lawsuits ("John Paul Stevens," 2006). In 1970, Stevens was appointed by President Nixon to...

Does Australia Need Constitutional Reform?

was a referendum that asked whether or not the electorate wanted to retain the Queen as the head of state, remaining a constitutio...

Constitutional Amendments Affect on African Americans

No constitution is perfect, but the beauty of it is that it is always changing as the countrys needs change. Instead of scrapping ...

AGAINST GUN CONTROL

The firearm prohibition movement has been less than honest about many issues surrounding gun control, arguing that "there is every...

Juveniles and the Death Penalty

turmoil and chaos and argument concerning the morality of the practice and the constitutionality. One must also understand the a...

The Historical Path to the US Constitution 1215 to 1787

has played a part in shaping numerous other documents relating to constitutional law. One of the documents that the Magna...

The History of Government in Italy

of the House of Savoy became King of Italy in 1861 and Rome was incorporated in 1870 (U.S. Department of State, 2006)....

Significant Stressors Of College Life

the new college environment is crucial for success" (Pritchard et al, 2006, p. 125). Some college students enjoy the economic sub...

Texas and Wisconsin Judicial and Constitutional Structures

states and joining the Union. One of the features of the United States government is that individuals can disagree yet stil...

The History of the 16th, 17th & 18th Amendments

party "bosses," as well as state political "machines," and, in the process, eradicate the undue influence of special interest grou...

Constitutional Reform and the Middle East

This paper pertains to constitutional government and reform, with a special focus on the nineteenth century and the Middle East. T...

Patriot Act Evaluation

This essay asserts that the Patriot Act is detrimental to American constitutional rights. Two pages in length, one source is cited...