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The case is about challenging the amended Reproductive Health Facilities Care Act of 2000 to include a clause that stipulated that there would be a 35 feet buffer zone around reproductive health care facilities. Consequently, anti-abortionists challenged this case because it was in contrary to the First Amendment. Parties involved included the advocates of abortions, anti-abortionists, and the Attorney General. Petitioners engaged women approaching the healthcare facilities in a bid to educate and counsel them on alternative ways that they could apply instead of abortion. The law of the 35-feet buffer zone restricted the presence of the petitioners near Continue reading...

Discuss the symbolic use of the character Maria in Metropolis. Compare and contrast the real Maria and the robot Maria, using specific examples from within the film to make your comparison

Metropolis is a science-fiction movie of 1927, written and directed by Fritz Lang. Considering the fact that is an outdated film, it can be assumed to be of not much relevant. Surprisingly, many things that were predicted in that film are being revealed in the today’s world, despite its poor ratings as people described it as inconsistent as well as uncertain.
Throughout the movie, we see many Continue reading...

If any of the federal anti-discriminatory laws in the United States, originally designed to protect African-Americans from racist oppression and unfair treatment in the country, actually ever worked – it was by pure serendipity. The problem of the color line, as the great sociologist, thinker, and pioneer W.E.B. DuBois put it, is the great “problem of the Twentieth Century” (4). Finding oneself in the Twenty First Century today, the ‘problem’ still seems to persist, ever finding ways to be swept under the rug and ignored, reconstructed in an all-inclusive verbiage of so-called ‘multiculturalism,’ or simply disdained as a non-existent phenomenon Continue reading...

The idea of including prosthetic limbs in sports is based on an ethical reason: that it is ethically good to enable the disabled participate in sports. Prosthetic limbs empower the amputated athletes to run almost like normal humans. Despite the ethical reason behind the inclusion of prosthetic limbs in sports, however, there are counter-arguments against the inclusion of prosthetic limbs in sports, and in the USA, the prosthetic limbs have been prohibited according to Bidlack (2009). The fairness or unfairness of including prosthetic limbs in sports depends on the perspective that one takes in his or her argument. Considering Continue reading...

Civil Liberties in the era of terrorism

The common law’s archaic “writ of habeas corpus” is regarded as one of the critical bulwarks against totalitarianism. Literally meaning “you have the body,” the writ is issued by the court to force the individuals or the agency detaining the individual to present the person and establish the legitimateness of the person’s incarceration. The mandate is a crucial check against an abusive operation of power by agents of the Executive branch, authorizing the judiciary to contest illegal incarcerations which have been the preferred intimidation mechanism used by oligarchs and tyrants in the past. Owing to the significance Continue reading...

The idea of revolution has taken on different meanings throughout the course of history. In the centuries before the 1500s, revolution was merely a term used to refer to the astronomical cycle. This definition was used in a slightly different sense during the period of the English upheavals in 1640 until 1688, wherein it was meant to refer to fundamental political changes but still maintaned its original sense of cycling back to its previous state of affairs. However, during the French Revolution, the term revolution came to mean a fundamental and innovative change in the country’s social and Continue reading...

Abortion has emerged as one of the most controversial and divisive issues that is currently being discussed and debated in contemporary politics in the United States. It has historically been a politically-divisive and contentious issue that has been debated by Plato, Aristotle, and other great philosophers who articulated their perspective on the benefits and drawbacks on abortion within a democratic society. Indeed, the legality of abortion is an important topic in political discourse in western society. Although the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of women retaining the right to getting an abortion in 1973 with the Roe v. Continue reading...

The main framework of administrative law is structured through the legislation of the Promotion of Administrative Justice Act (PAJA) of 2000, which purpose is to give effect in giving justice to the administrative acts set forth under the Bill of Rights. The main provision of the PAJA is to secure the right of the people to a fair and just administrative acts (The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development of Republic of South Africa, n.d.). The independence of the National Prosecuting Authority was upheld under the PAJA, by virtue of which the prosecuting authority in South Africa repeatedly insists Continue reading...

The form of government. India is a parliamentary republic; Pakistan belongs to the republics with mixed form of government. However, it should be noted immediately that the functions of presidents of both countries are about the same - mostly representational authorities and control of the national armed forces. Therefore, Pakistan can be considered virtually also a parliamentary republic.
Territorial-administrative division. Pakistan is a Federal Republic, which includes four provinces, two federal territories and two Pakistani territory of Kashmir (Pakistan also possesses actually a part of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir). India is also a federal republic but Continue reading...

It was passed in the Virginia statutes that persons of the same sex are not permitted to marry. It was also passed that marriage and civil unions made up by same-sex couples in the other states are not allowed too and referred to as “void and unenforceable”. In the year 2006, there was a vote on the referendum that was passed in order to enshrine the discrimination in the state constitution. Bostic and London, who lives in Virginia, wanted to get married, but they could not do so because of the discriminatory laws of Virginia. Furthermore, DeBoer also wished Continue reading...

Differences between Federal and Common Law Practices

Federal laws are laws that are developed by federal governments of a country. The laws are passed for the mutual of the citizens to help deal with challenging issues and to make existing laws formal. Federal laws fall under written law because they are passed by the legislature. It is easy to implement them because they are written down and only require application in a specific case. Federal laws are applied in areas under their jurisdiction and areas where the common law is not applicable (Scheb and John 13).
Common law also known as case laws are based on Continue reading...

The American Revolution took place in1765-1783, it was a political turn up and upheaval during which the rebels or well referred to the Patriots in the former thirteen American colonies refused the way of ruling of Great Britain. The ruling of the British was full of Monarchy; the ruling class was preferred than the rest of citizens and negligence of fundamental rights of the revolutionaries. The rebels from the thirteen North America colonies therefore rebelled and formed the United States of America. It was a war of independence. The colonists were bothered by many things that the British government Continue reading...

Introduction

Bahrain: Shouting in the Dark is a 2011 documentary film by Al-Jazeera about the events that took place in Bahrain in 2011, which many say was an offshoot of the Arab Spring revolts in Egypt and Tunisia. This short paper will review the events within the context of sociology and of how change can occur in society.

Social Change in Bahrain

Many theories of social change point out to the fact that social change occurs because individuals no longer desire the current paradigm, and continue to search for a better paradigm (Giddens, 2013). In Bahrain, what had occurred was that many individuals were Continue reading...

I. Introduction
a. Definition of a revolution
The word revolution pertains to radical, transformative change. As a historical process, it refers to a movement, usually a violent one, to overthrow an old ruler or regime and impact a total change in the basic structures of society. Most revolutions are motivated by the people and group’s drive to bring about much needed change.
The political revolution aptly termed as “Arab Spring” is a political phenomenon in the Middle East. Originally, the term came from Marc Lynch, an American, political journalist from Foreign Policy who haphazardly used this term in Continue reading...

The issue of same-sex marriage in the United States has highlighted the battle between the secular and Christian ideologies. For most of the nation’s history, same-sex marriage has not been recognized by the state. Starting in 2004, states began to legalize it mainly due to federal and state judges ruling that banning this practice was unconstitutional. Today there are currently 36 states that have legalized same-sex marriage, and the Supreme Court is expected to rule on this issue soon. This could provide the foundation for its legalization throughout the entire nation. The process to achieve this has been Continue reading...

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The long drawn out “war on illegal drugs” has dismally failed and the world’s legislators must come to the realization that illegal drugs must consider decriminalizing the ‘commodity.’ Led by former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, the “war” has been a tremendous debacle for the international community and has wreaked tremendous damage in various nations. According to Annan, even with the tremendous amount of resources and efforts allocated to eradicating the threat, the rate of narcotics use has not gone down, and the global community must consider jettisoning the present methodology being employed to eliminate this Continue reading...

The history of China is marked with significant practices and artifacts that have enabled scholars to trace the origins of the modern political, economic, social, and cultural factors surrounding the modern people’s republic of China. The discovery of the archeological facts such as the tomb of the first emperor of China Shi Huangdi and the Terracotta army dating back to over two thousand years have particularly given a new interest in exploring and discovering the history of Chinese rulers who had helped the country acquire the modern from of political leadership. This paper therefore, gives a detailed history Continue reading...

The Confidence of the Appellants

The Confidence of the Appellants
Appellants should be confident that they can receive fair and just decisions from the administrative law judges based on the application of the law. Judicial autonomy or independence is fundamental to the determination of fair decisions. As much as most of the administrative law judges think that they must work in the best interest of the agency, they do not allow their judgment be clouded by the conflict of interest. They are keen to uphold their individual and collective independence, integrity, and obligation to make just and fair decisions (Nelsen, 2012, p. 2). The Continue reading...

Plot Summary

The movie is set in the near future in Great Britain. After the world's disasters and wars, the Norsefire Party takes over the government and establishes strict dictatorship. This newly established fascist police state has all the instruments, which are typical for totalitarianism: strong radical ideology, the only governing political party, total control over the mass media and strict censorship, repressions and concentration camps. Art, music, film, religion, homosexuality, and free-thinking are forbidden. Life goes in accordance with the guidelines of the ruling party. In the evenings on a single state-run channel, which is broadcast everywhere and always - Continue reading...

Presidential and Parliamentary Systems

Worldwide, countries are running through various forms of administration and legislative boundaries. Mainly, there are two constructive governmental systems; presidential and parliamentary legislation. In every country, these systems entail specific details, however; some features are similar. For instance; in some countries, legislation bodies are called parliamentary systems while, in other countries, it may be known as national assembly. However, irrespective of these titles; legislation bodies serve a similar purpose for every region. In addition, presidential duties and authorities may differ from one country to another. This paper indicates comparison and contrasts among Presidential and Parliamentary regime, its merits and Continue reading...