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    Peaceful resistance to laws is resisting the law‚ but it will still positively impact a free society because rather than having people act violently because they do not agree with some law and believe it is unjust‚ they will calmy protest instead of rioting. Our government in the United States of America is a democratic republic‚ which we are very fortunate to have because the people are given a significant amount of power‚ but some instances are bound to occur where a majority or even a minority

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    Colonies

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    Life was very hard in colonial America in the 17th & 18th centuries. There were 13 colonies all with different purposes. Many colonists came to America to flee religious persecution in England or to find work in the colonies. By 1750 more than one million people were living in the thirteen colonies. It seems that the colonies were finally progressing from disease and feudal warfare with the Native Americans. The colonies also were beginning to show diverse groups of people. Many came to America due to

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    Sir Isaac Newton was one of the most influential physicists and mathematicians of our past. He is often described as a distinguished scientist who viewed the world from a different perspective and he played an invaluable role developing many of the sciences of the contemporary world. He focused his entire career studying complicated topics such as math‚ alchemy‚ optics‚ and physics. After centuries of studying his life and work‚ some even speculate that Newton was searching for a series of principles

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    Custom Tailoring

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    Business description Custom Tailoring make men’s‚ women’s and children’s pants and shirts. The goal is to provide quality pants and shirts‚ and satisfy customers with design‚ size and price. Custom Tailoring is located at 1577 Atlantic Blvd‚ Neptune Beach‚ FL 32266. Custom Tailoring operates as a sole proprietorship. This form of business could have advantages to other forms of business because: • Custom Tailoring has fewer than 50 people • Manager can easily control the business and make

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    Folk Custom

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    Chapter One A General Introduction to Folk Customs 1. Folk customs: a definition Folk customs‚ or folk ways‚ comprise the part of cultural life that people of a country or nation have created‚ practiced and transmitted in their endeavors to satisfy their needs at various stages of their history and society. Deep-rooted in the cultural life of a community‚ folk customs are passed down from generation to generation in a temporal dimension and spread from one place to another in a spatial dimension

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    about Donald Black ’s theory of law? In his book on "The Behavior of Law" Donald Black attempts to describe and explain the conduct of law as a social phenomenon. His theory of law does not consider the purpose‚ value‚ impact of law‚ neither proposes any kind of solutions‚ guidance or judgment; it plainly ponders on the behavior of law. The author grounds his theory purely on sociology and excludes the psychology of the individual from his assumptions on the behavior of law (Black 7). The theory

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    they had a terrible time living in the South some blacks were treated fairly others treated horribly in their conditions on how they work and live. If the blacks did not get a certain amount of labor done they would get whipped on how many times their master think will be fitted for their punishment. That started the rebellion for the blacks runway to the North for the freedom. When the Civil War started over on the South morals were different from the North. African-American males wanted to be part

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    ‘Lloyd George fell from power in 1922 because of his style of government after 1918.’ To what extent do you agree with this view? Lloyd George was dominant in politics in 1918. The First World War resulted in an increase in his popularity and in the coalition he was a valuable asset to the conservative party. Various factors‚ his style of government and its effect on the conservatives‚ the conservative attitude towards him and finally his poor decisions in policymaking brought about his downfall

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    Customs and courtesies

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    US Army Customs and Courtesies A custom is a social norm stemming from tradition and enforced as an unwritten law. A courtesy is a respectful behavior often linked to a custom. A military courtesy is such behavior extended to a person or thing that honors them in some way. Military customs and courtesies define the profession of arms. When you display military customs and courtesies in various situations‚ you demonstrate to yourself and others your commitment to duty‚ honor‚ and country. And

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    The Nigerian Customs

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    OF THE NIGERIA CUSTOMS SERVICE. 1. INTRODUCTION The present-day Nigeria Customs Service is Paramilitary Organization‚ which operates under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Finance as an arm of the Nation’s Law Enforcement and Revenue System. It remains the most important sector (after crude oil) that generates substantial revenue for the development of the Nigeria economy. By virtue of the Customs and Excise Management Act No. 55 of 1958 (Cap. 84 of the Laws of the Federation)

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