RE: Assignment 2.1 - What is Justice? The ideological score I received on the brainstorming worksheet was 7. Now that can mean different things depending on how people look at different scenarios and situations when it comes to justice. Justice in my own definition would be giving each person what he or she deserves or in other terms‚ giving each person his or her due. However‚ many people relate the terms fairness and justice. Justice has usually been used with the reference to
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Definitions and words have many misconceptions. Everyone views things differently. People of different races‚ age‚ sex‚ and religion may think differently than I would. Disagreements are common to encounter and stereotyping plays a huge role. One word that interest me the most is self-interest. While everyone has a different point of view on this word‚ I believe self-interest means more than what the dictionary states. When I think of self-interest‚ the first thing that comes to mind is one’s happiness
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‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ – a much quoted line the world over. As I look at the variety of criminal cases involving high profile people‚ I see that they tend to move quickly and gain positive results‚ mostly in the favour of the defendant. Recently‚ the powerful banker Mr Dominique Struass Kahn was involved in allegations that led to his public demise. Only a few weeks back‚ it looked like an open and shut case‚ but since then a steadily falling house of cards has been unravelling and the
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JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED On paper we are all free and equal citizens of the republic but neither the freedom nor the equality are equally distributed. There are so many ways in which “free” India keeps vast numbers of its citizenry in conditions akin to slavery and servitude but here I invite you to think about those who are deprived of freedom in the name of law and justice. Over two thirds of India’s prisoners are under-trials‚ i.e. being held in custody pending trial. About 75% of
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There are countless and innumerable arrears in High courts and Supreme Court‚ and one crore and more in lower courts pending disposal. It is beyond dispute that credibility in courts to administer justice is almost shaken. The impending causes of the backlog of cases are in built arising out of wastage of time at several stages of the legal procedure at different levels of the hierarchal system. This can be overcome to a larger extent "Through a conscionable campaign of the judges by the judges for
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Michael Jordan Thesis: Michael Jordan was the greatest basketball player in the NBA. I. Michael Jordan played NBA‚ known as National basketball Association A. He played for the Chicago Bulls B. He led the Bulls 6 championship rings C. Jordan was named the greatest North American athlete of the 20th century by ESPN. II. Jordan was known across the USA. A. He was 2nd to Babe Ruth on the Associated Press’s list of athletes of the century. B. He made Nike’s Air Jordan sneakers
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Remember that awesome scene from X-Men: Days of Future Past when Quicksilver saved Professor X‚ Magneto and Wolverine? Evan Peters’ character was the true scene-stealer in what became the most memorable scene of the film. But will X-Men: Apocalypse be able to top Quicksilver’s iconic slo-mo sequence this May? Peters believes it could happen. The American Horror Story actor recently spoke to JoBlo‚ where the topic of Quicksilver’s Days of Future Past scene was brought up. He admitted that‚ that particular
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The Shooting of Michael Brown Michael Brown was an 18 year old black man who was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson‚ Missouri 08/9/2014. Michael had intensions to go to college with no previous criminal record. The death of Brown sparked subsequent events in Ferguson and became a national controversy touching on much larger national issues of race‚ justice‚ and police violence. This event grew even more national attention when police reacted to protesters‚ even those acting
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A Critical Review of Peters‚ JW & Williams‚ LD 2012‚ ‘The Origin of Life: Look Up and Look Down’‚ Astrobiology‚ vol. 12‚ no. 11‚ pp. 1087-1092. The origin of life has always been one of the most attractive features in philosophy and science. Moreover‚ it can examine our knowledge of biological‚ geological and chemical principles. This review aims to provide information about consideration of the origin of life. The study reveals that the origin of life can be accomplished in both approaches
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Michelangelo Buonarroti is one of the most well-known artists in history with many famous paintings that show his talent. He was born on March 6‚ 1475 in Caprese‚ Tuscany between four and five in the morning. He was the second of five boys to Ludovico di Buonarotto Simoni and Francesca Neri. His mother was too ill and frail to take care of him so he was placed with someone called a “wet mother”. This woman nursed Michelangelo and took care of him in ways that his own mother was unable to do. At
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