Introduction The Battle of Megiddo represents a major and decisive victory for Allied forces in the First World War. General Edmund Allenby’s use of regular army units‚ armored cars‚ cavalry‚ airpower and irregulars led to a major victory that hastened the collapse of Turkey and the [Ottoman Empire].1 For the British Allied Forces‚ General Edmund Allenby entered the battle with 57‚000 infantry‚ 12‚000 cavalry and 540 artillery pieces and 1‚000-3000 irregulars (numbers vary). For the Turkish Ottoman
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essay will seek to explain UK’s Parliament today does‚ to a certain degree‚ lack democratic accountability‚ and this can be shown in dominance of the (i) Executive‚ (ii) Unrepresentative‚ and its (iii) Detachment from citizens. Democratic Accountability One of the core functions of a constitution is to ensure the accountable and responsible exercise of power by those entrusted with it‚ and that they are called to account when they are not. Through elections‚ Parliament is elected through a public
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Before evaluating whether or not Parliament is sovereign‚ it’s important to define what sovereignty means. Sovereignty can be split into two; political and legal. Legal sovereignty is the ultimate power to make laws which will be enforced within the state. Members of Parliament and the Prime Minister have ultimate legal power because they propose and enforce legislation. Citizens have no legal sovereignty because they don’t play a role in the legislative function even though pressure group activity
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making through parliament is known to be a controversial matter. The pass bills‚ they debate and changes laws but to what extent is it effective. The parliament makes laws in future. Which means they think ahead of what the world’s developing to and thinks of what new laws will be needed for society once this is done it allows society to know what the law is and how it will apply to them. Another thing that parliament is the debate that takes place in parliament. The members of parliament can point
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by: Shakir Jahangir Tim Schouls in his essay‚ “Why Group Representation in Parliament Is Important‚” argues that the parliamentary representation in Canada is unfair because it doesn’t represent Canada’s social diversity as a whole. He believes that democracy in Canada can be considerably deepened and enhanced when the composition of the House of Commons substantially reflects the social diversity of Canada (for example‚ Aboriginals‚ ethnic minorities‚ visible minorities‚ gays etc.) instead
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Analysis of Edmond Burke’s Speech on conciliation with America Edmund Burke was an advocate of reason‚ order‚ and peace. Based on his comments in his speech he believed that as families pass down their possessions to their children‚ the crown and its privileges should also be passed down to the colonies. Although Burke was not a supporter of war but he did have a fondness and empathy for the colonies. He felt that traditional ways of doing things should be preserved and anything to the contrary
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Edmund Gettier’s finest work‚ “Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?” explains the concerns he has with the way we have formed our conditions for knowing something to be true. Many philosophers had attempted to explain the necessary conditions for someone to know a given proposition to be true‚ which led to Chisholm and Ayer constructing the necessary and sufficient conditions for a justified true belief‚ knowledge. These attempts were stated in the following form: (a) S knows that P is true‚ if and
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March 26th 2013 Homework: Questions Chapter 12 (1‚ 2‚ 3‚ 9 and 10) 1. How did reform affect each of the three estates? The reform affected each and every state because it made them equal in rights. It ended the labour and taxes due to the church from the peasants – They became free persons and the privileges of the nobility were ended. This was all because they wrote the constitution which abolished feudalism. 2. How could the perceived success of violent action‚ such as the fall of the
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Sources of Scots Law LO1 Statutory are the acts of Parliament.. It is the most important Law making source in Scots Law. The statutes of the UK and Scotland are influenced by the European Legislation. The legislative bodies that affect Scotland are the UK parl and Scots Parl. Scotland has a different legal systemfor this reason certain statutes must take into consideration the difference between Scot and English law. Scotland has its own Parl to pass legislation on devolved matters only. Reserved
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One reason why the relationship declined between Charles 1 and parliament was power. There were lots of things to do with this reason that had happened such as‚ in 1629‚ Charles sacked parliament! He then ruled on his own for 11 years. The parliament did not react that much as there was not much they could do. In November 1640‚ Charles was so desperate for money so was forced to call his parliament back. The parliament then sent the king a list of demands that he had to agree to if they were to provide
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