Jamarco Edwards ENGL 1304 March 22‚ 2012 Castle Doctrine A castle doctrine (also known as a Castle Law or a Defense of Habitation Law) is an American legal doctrine that designates a person’s abode (or‚ in some states‚ any place legally occupied‚ such as a car or place of work) as a place in which the person has certain protections and immunities and
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Definition of judicial restraint‚ mention Marbury V Madison (1803). Set out argument strict constructionists argue that the SC should stick to the original intentions of the FF whilst loose constructionists argue that the SC must reinterpret the Constitution in order to move with the times and bring it up-to-date. Judicial restraint has an impact on many members of US society that are not protected under the original Constitution. Main- All decisions whether restrained or activist have huge political
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America’s Age of Empire: The Bush Doctrine With barely a debate‚ the Bush doctrine has set out a radically new -- and dangerous -- role for the United States. On September 20‚ the Bush administration published a national security manifesto overturning the established order. Not because it commits the United States to global intervention: We’ve been there before. Not because it targets terrorism and rogue states: Nothing new there either. No‚ what’s new in this document is that it makes a
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INTRODUCTION: The doctrine of precedent‚ or stare decisis‚ lies at the heart of the English legal system. The doctrine refers to the fact that within the hierarchical structure of the English courts‚ a decision of a higher court will be binding on a court lower that is in that hierarchy. In general terms this means that when judges try cases they will check to see if a similar situation has come before a court previously. If the precedent was set by a court of equal or higher status to the court
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Running head: PRESIDENTIAL DOCTRINES Presidential Doctrines: President Kennedy and the Communist Expansion Abstract The Kennedy Doctrine was essentially an expansion of the foreign policy of the previous administrations of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman‚ The Eisenhower doctrine focused providing both military and economic assistance to nations resisting communism and increasing trade from the U.S. to Latin America and the Truman doctrine focused on containment of communism by providing
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25 October 2013 Doctrine of Fascism In Benito Mussolini’s‚ Doctrine of Fascism‚ the identity of the recently popular movement is formed into a coherent set of rules and guidelines. The ideals of Fascism are stated upfront‚ and no matter how difficult to understand‚ the contemporary fascist acted in obedience to them. The government of Fascism‚ already in full force‚ needed this document to ensure people understood the severity of the movement. As an Italian‚ Mussolini appealed to his audience
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Employment-At-Will Doctrine Learning Computer Applications This employee has to be willing to learn the computer applications. She has to realize that these computer applications are an important tool for her to be able to do her job correctly. She cannot have an attitude where she believes she knows everything and is unwilling to listen and learn. This will not be accepted. Since Jennifer is a recent graduate‚ she does not have any real world experience working with an accounting firm
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The Application of Precedent • The process: relevant circumstances in the present case; rule to be applied to the case must be discovered by examining previous similar cases (precedent); rule applied to the circumstances of present case. Example 1 • Considine v Shannon regional Fisheries Board [1994] Costello J: ‘principle of precedent is easy to state‚ but is difficult to apply in practice’ • The issue: after a not guilty verdict (acquittal) in the District Court‚ could an appeal could
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Renshon‚ Stanley Allen‚ and Peter Suedfeld. 2007. Understanding The Bush Doctrine. New York: Routledge. Renshon and Suedfeld (2007) provide American poll data on the powerful effect of the Bush Doctrine that exploited the attacks of 9/11 to act unilaterally in the invasion of Iraq in 2003. These findings suggest that many Americans were extremely supportive of going to war with Iraq‚ even though Saddam Hussein had not direct connection with Al Qaeda in Afghanistan. This method of research provides
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Truman Doctrine In February of 1947‚ Britain informed the United States that it could no longer provide financial aid to Greece and Turkey. The U S had been monitoring Greece economically and their political problems‚ paying close attention to the rise of the Communist-led insurgency known as the National Liberation Front‚ or the ( Trumanlibrary2011). They were also monitoring events taking in Turkey. Turkey ’s government was week and they were being pressured by the Soviets to
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