The Uniform Civil Code The Uniform Civil Code deals with personal matters like marriage‚ divorce‚ maintenance‚ adoption and inheritance. At present in India‚ there are a set of different laws for people belonging to different communities. While the Jains‚ Sikhs and Buddhists are covered under the Hindu Civil Code‚ the Muslims are governed by the Shariat law. Uniform Civil Code will streamline the personal laws and adopt the progressive ones. Uniform Civil Code is in place in most modern countries
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Civil disobedience is the act of openly breaking the law or refusing to comply with government demands then willingly accepting punishment for the action. In Henry David Thoreau’s case‚ spending a night in jail was the result of his civil disobedience when he refused to pay poll-tax. Like Thoreau‚ Kim Davis was jailed because of her refusal to follow a rule. Since Kim Davis shared a similar experience with Thoreau and that is why I think she would best fit Thoreau’s definition of civil disobedience
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Back to Move Forward: Approaches to Teaching Civil Liberties in 21st Century Classrooms using 20th Century Case Studies Antonio Thompson thompsonas@apsu.eduthompsonas@apsu.edu Austin Peay State University Clarksville‚ Tennessee Abstract The history of civil liberties has been fraught with constant violations and infringements. These violations often result from an ignorance of what constitutes civil liberties. It is the duty of teachers in the twenty-first
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Of the 3‚211‚067 people involved in the Civil War‚ about 23‚000 of them were women paid to be nurses or spies. These numbers don’t even include the women who stayed back and were the support on the home front. Women such as Elizabeth Van Lew‚ Clara Barton‚ Elizabeth Blackwell and so many more are the kind of women that changed the events of this war. Without spies that gave crucial information like Elizabeth Van Lew‚ nurses who gave live saving care like Clara Barton and supporters that gave necessary
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Civil disobedience is the peaceful refusal to comply to a law or regulation if this law is considered unjust. Throughout history‚ certain individuals and groups have displayed civil disobedience to be heard and acknowledged. Often times‚ civil disobedience gives suppressed people a voice. It allows said people to shed light on an issue that may have otherwise gone unnoticed. As long as these actions stay peaceful‚ there is no harm in civil disobedience. In fact‚ to significantly impact a free society
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Department of Civil Aviation was formally established under the then Ministry of Work‚ Communications and Transport of the Government of Nepal.. The statutory regulations regarding civil aviation were introduced under the Civil Aviation Act‚ 1959 (2015 BS). Nepal obtained the membership of International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 1960. | CAAN’s Establishment | Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) was established as an autonomous regulatory body on 31 December 1998 under Civil Aviation
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the enemy and then attack them. The tensions were high between the North and South and they were about to go to war. The Civil War was caused by societal tensions about slavery‚ and the results of tariffs and slavery on the economy. There were many things that caused the Civil War‚ and one of the causes of the Civil War was societal tensions over slavery. One reason the Civil War was caused by the societal tensions about slavery. There were two documents that fit this category and those were Document
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American Historians’ Debate on the Civil War The American Civil War has without a doubt left a permanent divide on this great nation’s past and present. American historians still debate the causes of a war that began in 1861 between the Union states and Confederacy states. The war can be seen as caused by the principle of slavery‚ the growing tension between northern and southern ideology or due to a crack in the political system of the time. United States’ history classes focus on teaching students
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The Cause Of The Civil War The issue that I bring to you today is the issue of the cause of the Civil War. I know and believe that the Civil War began because of the separation of our country. The Confederates wanted slaves and the Union wanted to free every one of the slaves. The main cause and issue of the Civil War was the slavery issue. The North wanted the slaves to be free and the South wanted to keep the slaves working in their homes. I believe that slaves should be free and they should
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then they fight you‚ then you win”‚ said Mahatma Gandhi. Civil disobedience is public the refusal to obey certain laws and is done non-violently. This form of protest has been a method of political/social change since the beginning of time. Many leaders‚ such as Gandhi‚ M.L.K. Jr.‚ and others have used civil disobedience to create change in society. Although civil disobedience has its faults‚ it is still an effective method of change. Civil disobedience is an effective method of social change because
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