Benefits of a Liberal Arts Education in Appellate Court Judges Appellate Court judges are the final stop for most of the federal cases in the United States. They hear cases which come from large areas or regions‚ often encompassing a large number of cultural variances. Rather than hold trials‚ appellate court judges review decisions of trial courts for errors of law. Court of appeals decisions‚ unlike those of the lower federal courts‚ establish binding precedents. Other federal courts
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The Benefits To A Liberal Arts Education Vocational colleges are faster and easier then basic college‚ however‚ vocational school are missing a very important part of education‚ liberal arts. In the article Increasing the Value of a Liberal Education‚ written by William G. Bowen‚ published in 2012 in The Atlantic‚ Bowen discusses the importance of a liberal arts education. Bowen states the benefits to a liberal art education‚ which includes the ability to solve new problems on the spot‚ lifelong
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75 EDUCATION‚ SCHOOLING‚ AND CHILDREN’S RIGHTS: THE COMPLEXITY OF HOMESCHOOLING Robert Kunzman School of Education Indiana University Abstract. By blurring the distinction between formal school and education writ large‚ homeschooling both highlights and complicates the tensions among the interests of parents‚ children‚ and the state. In this essay‚ Robert Kunzman argues for a modest version of children’s educational rights‚ at least in a legal sense that the state has the duty and authority
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Why did the Liberals lose the 1874 elections? There are of course several main reasons why the liberals lost the elections. Opinions of historians vary on this topic. Some historians see the defeat as the result of unpopular domestic and foreign policies‚ like Alabama Arbitration‚ however they cannot agree on which policies contributed the most. Others see this defeat as the consequence of poor election campaign by Gladstone; his promise to cut income tax simply did not appeal to people. On the
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1914 the liberal government introduced a series of reforms to help the poorest in society. Historians still debate today the reasons for these reforms. Some argue that concern over poverty was the main factor in pushing through the reforms. However others argue there were a number of factors that contributed. Many believe that national security was a main concern after 25% of army recruits were turned away because they were unfit. National efficiency concern might also have pushed the liberals into social
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Is Sweden a Socialist or Liberal Country? There are many points that can be made to further prove how Sweden is either a Socialist or Liberalist country‚ or even both. However the main factor that it really comes down to is the people. Sweden is a democratic country so whatever the people vote for‚ is what will come into power. For 45 consecutive years the Social Democratic Party was in power‚ and they were just re elected this year‚ it’s clear that the Swedish populace is very much on the side
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A fear of democracy runs throughout liberalism The relationship between Liberalism and democracy can summed up by Winston Churchill’s famous remark‚ "...democracy is the worst form of Government except all those other forms..." A fear of democracy does runs throughout 19th centrury liberals due to many reasons‚ one of them being their fear of collective power. On the other hand by the 20th century Democracy became more accepted in liberalism and the fear of democracy no longer remained. Plato
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How successfully did the Liberal governments of 1906-1914 deal with the problems affecting the poor and underprivileged in Britain? In Britain in 1906 to 1914 the Liberal government was faced with serious amounts of poverty affecting the young‚ the old and workforce. By 1906 they began to introduce a series of reforms to help the poor and underprivileged‚ these included free school meals‚ medical inspections and the children’s charter. For the elderly the Pension Act was introduced‚ and the national
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The term "democracy" first appeared in ancient Greek political and philosophical thought in the city-state of Athens during the classical antiquity. Led by Cleisthenes‚ Athenians established what is generally held as the first democracy in 508–507 BC. Cleisthenes is referred to as “the father of Athenian democracy” (Wikipedia). From around the 10th century‚ democracy entered a second historical phase whose centre of gravity was Europe. After some facts such as the rebirth of towns‚ the rise of the
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due to this‚ that scholars and teachers are beginning to adopt an approach to share of America and her diverse cultural background. They recommend that public schools provide a “multicultural education‚ anchored to the shared principles of a liberal democracy.” (521) This is rewarding to learn as future generations go
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