1 No Bad Dogs‚ Just Bad Laws Shelley Richards Kaplan University CM220-23 Unit 9 Final Project Professor Keller December 10‚ 2010 No Bad Dogs‚ Just Bad Laws . Rottweilers‚ Pit bull terriers‚ Doberman pinchers‚ German shepherds‚ Poodles‚ and Spaniels are just a few of the breeds that make up the 55 million dogs registered in the United States and they all have something in common;
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Usury laws are set to cap the interest rates on loans. Elizabeth Warren argues that we should we should return to using these laws. Both Consequentialism and the social contract theory can provide similar viewpoints on this issue. Each one provides strengths and weaknesses in regards to these laws. Usury laws are regulations governing the amount of interest that can be charged on a loan. They specifically target the practice of charging excessively high rates on loans by setting caps on the maximum
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The Just War Tradition is a justification for how and why wars are fought. A just cause is clearly the most important rule setting the tone for everything else.1 The two basic rights for a just cause are the rights of the state and those of individual citizens. International law affirms these rights and further identifies legitimate governments (states) to have rights.2 To be legitimate the state must be recognized as legitimate by its people and by the international community. The state avoids
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According to Socrates a just city where most of the population is virtuous‚ because a just city is based on the virtues of wisdom‚ moderation‚ and courage. The reason the city came into existence was for justice‚ not pleasure and happiness. Wisdom and good judgment are based upon knowledge. Also‚ Socrates examines the effect of wealth on craftsmen‚ and states that if a potter gets rich‚ he will not be concerned for his craft and will become lazy and a bad potter; unless he remains poor‚ then he wont
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in their future husband‚ and after marriage‚ whether divorced or widowed‚ a woman’s rights became even less prominent. However‚ the rules for each unwed woman varied in India and China. The following examples present an assortment of proof of the unjust discrimination towards women in medieval India and China. Women in medieval India and China had no say in who they married. They were often forced into many unhealthy relationships. This shows how little respect was
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unlikely as it sounds. For example‚ if you play with fire‚ but don’t get burnt‚ you might do it again‚ but if you do it wrong and seriously hurt yourself‚ you will most likely know fire equals bad. Everyone has made a mistake in their lives. At least just one‚ I mean if someone has never made a mistake‚ well that obviously means he/she doesn’t know anything. Why? Because mistakes are mostly the things that teach us in life. If we were perfect‚ nothing would really intrigue us. I feel that bad experiences
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In the essay “Just Take Away Their Guns”‚ James Q. Wilson argues that restraining people from legally purchasing firearms do not have any effect on the illegal use of guns. About two-hundred million citizens privately own a gun and one-third of that two-hundred million own a hand gun. Only two percent of the citizens are using them in unlawful acts. Most guns are either stolen or borrowed‚ or privately purchased‚ which are rarely affected by gun laws. Any decrease in ammunition stock would reduce
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The Just and Fairness of the Death Penalty Lori Pope PHI 103 Daniel Haynes November 9‚ 2011 Is the death penalty just and applied fairly? One of the great debates of our time is the legality and use of the death penalty. The death penalty is something that many people do not have a clear decision on. Some insist that the death penalty acts to deter a capital crime‚ while others feel that it has not effect whether a capital crime is still committed. My personal look at the death penalty
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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW ASSIGNMENT – I RULE OF LAW IN INDIA ARUSHI LOHIA R.NO – 013 DIVISION – A E-MAIL – Arushi.lohia@symlaw.ac.in Rule of Law Aristotle said two thousand years ago‚ “The rule of law is better than that of any individuals”. The rule of law is a system of rules and rights that enables fair functioning of the societies. The World Justice Project‚ an initiative of the United Nations defines this system as one in which the following four principles are upheld1: 1. The Government and
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Law and Justice Abstract Justice is the quality of being fair or just. This is not an exhaustive definition of justice. Different philosophers have defined justice in different ways. Justice is a concept that provides balance between law and morality. Rawls proposition for law and justice has been accepted by world judicial fraternity as a landmark vision to understand the system. Similarly it has earned a good amount of criticism which shows the basic strength of the thought. As such: Rawls theories
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