Question 1: The land rights debate in the 1970’s was a tough and hard-fought journey for the Aboriginal people. In the 1967 Referendum‚ Australians showed their support for the Aboriginals‚ by voting to change the Constitution to include the indigenous in the Census and giving overriding authority to the Commonwealth government regarding Aboriginal affairs. Ralph Hunt‚ of the National Coalition Party and Federal Minister in 1971 stated ‘To just set aside land because Aboriginal groups and tribes
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Protecting Foetal Rights Angela Kim LWSO 335 Linda McKay-Panos Spring 2006 I. Introduction "Prenatal Substance Abuse and Judicial Intervention" by Richard D. Bell. Many dissenting views on judicial intervention in pregnancy and birth exist. In his article‚ Bell demonstrates his disagreement with the decision put forward by Shulman J. in the Winnipeg Child and Family Services case against G. (D. F.) to intervene and impose treatment on a pregnant‚ substance abusing woman. For Bell
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their rights under the U.S. constitution. Stating‚”…every person is entitled to equal treatment under law.” (224) Imagine you want to pronounce your love towards someone of the same-sex through marriage but the government does not allow that. Yes‚ couples of the same gender can get what they call “Civil Unions” but that still not the same right rights as married men and women get. A Civil Union is “A legal relationship between two people of the same-sex that gives them some of the same rights and responsibilities
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THE RIGHT AND THE RESPONSIBILITY Freedom is a right and to enjoy the right one has to perform a number of duties. In other words right is closely connected to responsibility. No right is exercised without being responsible. If we say - right is a resultant effect of responsibility‚ it won’t be away from truth. Right is earned and acquired when duties are kept and responsibilities are performed. Just imagine a single coin having two sides – right and responsibility. They go hand in hand – inseparable
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Wilson 1 Tatiana Wilson Mrs. Woolley AP NSL Pd.3 26 October 2013 Gay Marriage Rights Although some states in the U.S. have allowed gay marriage‚ many homosexual couples are not given the same legal and economic marital benefits as a heterosexual marriage and are constantly discriminated against. If a same-sex couple is in a domestic partnership or a civil union (a ceremony celebrating the affirmation of a partnership shared by a same-sex couple or a couple who choose not to marry) none of the marriage
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Miranda rights are deeper than words recited by police officers or a speech used in crime shows like Law and order to make it more realistic. They are a measure taken by the ever evolving american judicial system to protect its citizens. Paramount to any good judicial system is practice‚ routine and uniformity. This measure just aids in that pursuit of protecting individual freedoms and strengthening not only the judicial system itself but the people it was created to protect. The Miranda right was
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federal government to intervene in the civil rights movement? What were the major pieces of legislation enacted‚ and how did they dismantle legalized segregation? “The Jim Crow regime was a major characteristic of American society in 1950s and had been so for over seven decades. Following slavery‚ it had become the new form of white domination‚ which insured that blacks would remain oppressed well into the twentieth century.” (Morris) Civil rights and segregation were the two main issues during
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Should more rights be given to immigrants? There is an interesting phenomenon among animals. The traveling birds’ flight cover nearly half of the earth annually. The massive group of reeboks migrate on African grassland. We human beings also have the similar behavior——immigration. Coming across with foreigners seems common nowadays. Being expatriates as businessmen or international students is also becoming an inevitable tendency. However‚ immigration has much more discrepancies with the situations
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SHETTY JKSHIM EVALUATOR: JKSHIM SUBMITTED By: K.SANDEEP.SHETTY 1st YEAR MBA ‘B’ SECTION JKSHIM *CONSUMER RIGHTS & REDRESSAL FOR*U*M UNDER CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT‚ *1986 Gandhiji has rightly said: ORIGIN OF CONSUMER RIGHTS Right to Safety Right to Information Right to choice RIGHT TO SAFETY RIGHT TO CHOICE RIGHT TO BE HEARD RIGHT TO SEEK REDRESSAL RIGHT TO CONSUMER EDUCATION Awareness Campaign Consumer Clubs Private Public Partnership Role of academic and consumer
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The Bill of Rights The First 10 Amendments • By Keana Roby‚ James Jamison‚ Amber Fealy‚ & Paige Evans. 1st Amendment • The 1st Amendment guarantees freedom of religion‚ speech‚ the press‚ assembly‚ and petition. • This means that we have the right to – • Practice any religion desired • Speak freely • Assemble (such as social gatherings/meetings) • Petition (address the government‚ hold protests‚ etc. • Press (to publish newspapers‚ TV‚ radio‚ Internet 2nd Amendment • The 2nd
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