As Abraham Lincoln once stated, ‘if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without being a lawyer. This statement suggests questions of morality have long been at the heart of the legal profession. The relationship between the client and the lawyer, at the expense of the lawyer’s morality, is often considered a primary...
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A lawyer owes their client an ethical duty to keep client information confidential. This principle comes from the respect for the client`s rights to privacy and the position of trust a lawyer is assigned. In law, there is a special obligation lawyers hold to not disclose information that their clients have given them. The most notable exception to confidentiality is...
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Imagine you’re a cancer patient in Wisconsin. You’re terminally ill, in the last stages of your lung cancer, in great pain, and the only drugs available to you are highly addictive painkillers. A natural painkiller is illegal in your state, and if you want this drug, you are forced to buy it on the black market where it could be...
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A professor asked his class to write a short essay about religion, sex and mystery. One girl came back with “My God!” I’m pregnant! I wonder who’s the father? Rumor has it she got an A+. Might be an urban myth or a Reader’s Digest article. But seriously, why was she not on birth control? As a female today and...
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The essay detailed below will evaluate the claim that constitutions are essential for maintaining democracy as it varies within different contexts. The essay will start by detailing the strengths of the constitution over the democratic process through its perceived authority. Further on, the essay will also weigh the instances when a constitution was not essential for maintaining democracy especially in...
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Neoliberalism is a policy model that tends to bridge politics, economics and social studies. The ideology of Neo-liberalism emphasizes on free market competition and capitalism that moves away from government regulation, spending or public ownership. This ideology was identified in 1980’s during the conservative governments of Ronald Reagan in the US and Margret Thatcher in the UK (Harp 2010). It...
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The period 1967-2000 saw a seismic shift in the rights of women and gay people in America. However, the gains which were made were accompanied by the development of a conservative counter-movement which tried to minimise what progress there was. This essay will define ‘conservative’ as an ideological position opposed to advances in women’s and gay rights, in favour of...
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Kennedy (2011) concluded the War on Drugs had blackened prison populations for a number of years. Diiulio (1995) based on the above evidence, was right to state that government policies can destroy families but it cannot create one. Alexander (2010) accused the War on Drugs for its inequality focus but also blamed the indifference of the White community for this...
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Should Marijuana Be Legalized in All States? Rationale: I am planning to write on the topic of Should Marijuana Be Legalized in All States. This annotated bibliography is a testament to my preparation to write a top-notch research paper on reasons for or against the legalization of marijuana in all U.S. states. The issue of marijuana use is a long-standing...
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Philosophy is composed of the 3 branches: Metaphysics, Epistemology, and Value Theory. Metaphysics is the branch that studies the nature of reality. Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that studies the scope of human knowledge. Value theory is comprised of two distinct subsets: ethics and aesthetics. Ethics is the branch that evaluates human interaction. Aesthetics is the study of beauty...
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In recent years, the UK constitution has been a thriving topic of debate and the organs of government have frequently been accused by their critics of making ‘unconstitutional’ decisions, yet the meaning of this is subjective. To define this term, several factors should be considered; firstly, the difference between unconstitutional and illegal, secondly, if existing challenges to constitutional principles can...
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Is Torture Justified when used for national security and the society's perspective on that matter? Statement of the Problem The thesis question is if torture is justified when used for national security and the views of society on if it is necessary. The problem of this topic stems from those who do know that if there is torture going through...
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Capital punishment or the death penalty is the institutionalized practice that seeks to deliberately cause the death of someone known to or accused of the most heinous crimes. The idea of a heinous crime is subjective to what certain people believe, crimes that are often described this way and result in capital punishment are: murder with special circumstances, treason, perjury...
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Defining Obesity Obesity is defined in terms of a person’s weight and height. It is calculated based on a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI). A person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of height in meters provides the BMI on a pre-determined scale provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).1 The BMI provides useful information in...
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The War on Drugs, which is a term that was coined by the media, began on June 18, 1971 after President Nixon gave a speech about domestic and international drug reform to Congress. Which was once considered to be a drug reform movement went on to become a segway to mass incarceration that ultimately increased incarceration rates in black and...
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It is considered a crime to commit suicide in some parts of the world. Ireland has gone through the same-sex marriage referendum and abortion referendum in recent years. I believe Ireland should now concentrate on a referendum specifically focused on assisted suicide. This essay will discuss the Criminal Law (Suicide) Act of 1993 in detail. It will include the Act's...
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Section A. The ‘Brexit process surrounds the events of the UK leaving the European Union (EU), which we have been affiliated with since 1st January 1973. It has been a long and continuous process, that still hasn't ended, despite the vote happening on the 23rd of June 2016, and the UK actually leaving the EU on the 31st of January...
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A constitution is an aggregate of fundamental principles or established precedents that constitute the legal basis of a polity, organization, or another type of entity and commonly determine how that entity or country or government is to be governed. When these principles are written down into a single document or set of legal documents, they become law and are enforceable...
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The parliamentary sovereigns it holds the legislative body and have absolute sovereignty and is supreme over all other government institutions including the executive and judicial bodies. The politician makes and break their own rules in a system of parliament supremacy. Parliamentary sovereignty mean that parliament has, under English constitution, the right to make or unmake any laws however and further...
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When a person is facing a legal issue, he or she goes to a counselor-at-law. This results in a lawyer-client relationship that should not be based on hierarchy. If in this relationship the practitioner becomes dominant, the seeker would probably become deprived of certain fundamental and legal rights. However, professional lawyers have to follow the best code of conduct in...
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The debate over legalization of Cannabis sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, has turned into one of the most raging controversies in American history. The legalization of marijuana is and always will be a very debated topic. Some say the negative short and long term effects of the drug have not been researched enough to make it safe for legal...
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The role of the judiciary in the political process is a complex one, and, as with much else in politics is essentially a question of who wields power. In recent times, it is also an issue that has achieved significant public salience, with high-profile Supreme Court rulings on both sides of the Atlantic occurring at the same time as growing...
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Introduction “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness […]” (Declaration of Independence, 1776). Just as the U.S. Declaration of Independence, both the U.S. Constitution (14th Amendment, Section 1)[footnoteRef:1] and the U.N. Universal...
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One document that influenced the Texas constitution was the United States constitution. These two constitutions are very similar. As a matter of fact, both the United States and Texas constitutions have a bill of rights, a bicameral legislature, a system of checks and balances, and a separation of powers within the three branches of government; legislative, executive, and judicial branches....
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Historical Perspective on Juvenile Conviction and Moral Development The United States is one of the few countries where minors can be transferred from the juvenile court system to the adult court system. When working with juveniles, the question tends to revolve around knowing right from wrong. The legal system wants to know at what age can they assume children have...
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Adolescent Incarceration: Where do we go from here? The United States faces the grave issue of incarcerating its black youth at incredibly high rates in comparison to other countries. The juvenile justice system in the United States is a somewhat recent development, so the long-term effects of adolescent incarceration are discussed minimally. Black youth are more likely to be arrested...
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One document that influenced the United States Constitution is Magna Carta. The Magna Carta was written in 1215 by the barons. This document was a promise from King John, that stated King John and the future monarchs would stop making certain actions that would do harm to the people of England and to others. This document was forcefully signed by...
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The UK is one of the few countries among modern democracies that has no single, definitive written constitutional document. The reason for this lies in the history of the evolution and development of British society and government. Low (1904) highlighted the evolutionary nature of the constitution through his commentary that ‘ other constitutions have been built; that of England has...
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Tyranny was used in ways the world cannot describe any longer. It means the power which one has to consequence another individual. The year was 1787, summer to be more exact. Twelve out of the thirteen states represented Philadelphia that afternoon. Fifty-five delegates in total. They were brought there to discuss the problem with The Articles of Confederation. Something showed...
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The Declaration of Independence was written because people were escaping King George the Third, who was a tyrant and oppressed his people in Great Britain. The people escaped to what is now America. Later, the DOI was created on July 4, 1776. The hope of these founders was to create a better nation with values and ideals to improve government...
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