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    In his introduction‚ Arthur Kinney explains the background behind the play and why the play‚ Dr. Faustus was created. Kinney observes that Christopher Marlowe wrote the ideal Renaissance drama. Dr. Faustus challenges exactly what Elizabethan society stands for. The play probes two of its key factors‚ the church and the university. This is due to the fact that the play questions faith and education. Also because Mephastophilis debates with the Old Man about Christian values such as compliance‚ modesty

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    TEACHING IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS TO LEARNERS OF EFL THROUGH A CORPUS BASED ON DISNEY MOVIES Irene López Rodriguez Brown University‚ USA Elena María García Moreno Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Cartagena Abstract: This paper attempts to provide a strategy for the teaching of idioms to learners of EFL through a corpus based on Disney movies. Adopting a cognitive approach‚ idioms are seen as being motivated by conceptual metaphors which tend to be grounded in our embodied experiences and which

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    PRODUCTIVE VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE AND EVALUATION OF ESL WRITING IN CORPUS-BASED LANGUAGE LEARNING Daehyeon Nam Submitted to the faculty of the University Graduate School in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Department Literacy‚ Culture‚ and Language Education Indiana University June 2010 UMI Number: 3413659 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted

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    Civil liberties‚ habeas corpus‚ and the war on terror POL 201 In this paper I will be deliberate on the history of Habeas Corpus and how it has matured over the years. I will describe the beginning of the Habeas Corpus and the position it takes part in the U.S. and what recent act is being used. The United States Constitution must be more effectively unified into the Guantanamo methods to give equal civil rights to inmates despite what their nationality maybe‚ but to also have more

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    of a crime and lock them in jail without ever charging them. The writ of habeas corpus does not allow this to happen anymore. This forces law enforcement and other persons in power to bring the accused before a judge or into a court. Without this writ‚ the government would have essentially endless power at the hands of the judicial system. This is another check on the use of government power. The definition of habeas corpus translates to “produce the body.” This is a court order stating to deliver

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    King’s plan for a new tax. Over the following years it became an accepted rule that the representatives of those who were going to be most affected by taxation had to give their consent to it in Parliament. Habeas corpus: Prisoners often seek release by filing a petition for a writ of habeas

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    for suspending writs of habeas corpus‚ repressing the press‚ and the fact that he arrested dissenters. Even abolitionists thought Lincoln was bad when it came to slavery and how he would not move quickly to finally free the slaves‚ while the people who were in favor of slavery accused him of waging war on slavery. Lincoln could be seen as a dictator since he has overused his presidential powers‚ such as declaring blockades in the South‚ ordering the writ of habeas corpus suspended in parts of Maryland

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    Law of Writs

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    Law of Writs In common law‚ a writ is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction. In modern usage‚ this body is generally a court. Writs are extraordinary legal remedies offered to individuals who do not obtain adequate protection under ordinary law. The main types of writs are warrants and prerogative but there are many others also. Writs under English law The origin of writs can be drawn from the English judicial system. The law of writs has its

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    Weinerman November 9‚ 2012 The War on Terror – Rights and Liberties In order to understand rights and liberties during wartime situations‚ some background information needs to be addressed and explained. This paper will explain the definition of habeas corpus and the role of the Judicial‚ Legislative and Executive Branches of government during wartime and conflicts‚ how the President will sometimes take matter into his own hands. During wartime periods of our history‚ the President has taken actions

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    Habeas Corpus prevented the government from accusing and arresting people for no valid reason and it was unconstitutional for Lincoln to suspend it. The Supreme Court ruled the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus as unconstitutional by saying‚ "the attention of the country has been called to the proposition that one who is sworn to ‘take care that the laws be faithfully executed‚’ should not himself violate them." Lincoln argued that he had a right to suspend the writ of habeas corpus because

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