STUDY QUESTIONS for Final Exam Phil 2925 December 2013 Short answer questions 1. Cover distinguishes between a static and dynamic view of law: how does this help a judge who accepts Cover’s view avoid some conflicts between law and morality? 2. In what ways is Starry Vere like Lemuel Shaw/ 3. What are the three values of free expression cited by the Canadian Supreme Court? 4. When is sexual representation obscene‚ according to Canadian law? 5. What are sections 1‚ 15‚ and 27 of
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JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA SEMINAR PAPER‚ 2013. TOPIC- CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN (OBSCENITY‚ OUTRAGING THE MODESTY OF A WOMAN‚ CRUELTY‚ DOWRY DEATH AND RAPE) SUBMITTED TO – Prof. Rose Varghese SUBMITTED BY – FARHEEN KHAN LL.M. (1ST SEMESTER) 1 ACKNOWLEDEMENT I am highly delighted to work on the topic “CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN” under the guidance of our SEMINAR PAPER Law Faculty Prof. ROSE VARGHESE. I am very grateful to her for her exemplary guidance. It won’t be fair if I don’t acknowledge
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seems moral‚ do not believe it… There is no rectitude whatsoever. There is no virtue. As a first rule of thumb‚ therefore‚ you can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil… You can tell a true war story if it embarrasses you. If you don’t care for obscenity‚ then you don’t care for the truth” (Pages 68-69). This of course can be disproven‚ as many actions taken during war can be believed to have some moral value: the saving of a fellow soldier‚ the restraint
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Ellen Diemer ENG 101 Butcher 26 October 2011 The Shedding of Puritanism In the article‚ “Perverse in the Popular” by Martha Bayles‚ the ideas of perverse modernism are lucid‚ straightforward‚ and audible. The article sums up the pure reality of the new culture we are living in; one filled with violence and sex. Bayles words are constant reminders that although what would have been seen as crude and obscene to our grandparents‚ is exactly what the young generations are being exposed to and brought
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Freedom of speech is what makes us proud to be an American. The freedom to think‚ speak and protest as we please. The freedom of speech is as dynamic as our use of the language. Just what is protected under the first amendment? To understand what is protected under the first amendment we have to look at how it is written in the constitution. Congress cannot abridge a person ’s "freedom of speech." In other words Congress can restrict what you say but it cannot stop you from saying it. (Kersch 3)
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Basically the Exclusionary rule as set forth by the US Supreme Court states that any evidence obtained by police through search and seizure‚ arrest‚ interrogations and stop and frisk situations or any other evidence despite its relevance can be excluded as evidence. The Weeks v. United States was basically the origin of the Exclusionary Rule in 1914. In Weeks v United States Mrs‚ Weeks was arrested for shoplifting and attempted to get a note to her husband about this. Law enforcement went to the
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Restrictive Orders Against The Press Check Abuses – Public as Watchdog Promote Accountability Maintain Official Records Promote Due Process: Ensure that everyone knows the rules of the game Free Press Vs. Fair Trial‚ Part I (1st Amendment) (6th Amendment) Prejudicial Crime Reporting – Is there such a thing? The “CSI” effect John Marshall‚ U.S. V. Burr (1807) Irvin V. Dowd (1961) Murphy V. Florida (1975) Traditional Judicial Remedies To balance 1st & 6th amend.
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Compared to many other dystopian novels‚ social critic Neil Postman believes that Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a more relevant book that parallels to today’s society. Brave New World highlights the aspects of technological advancement‚ the expulsion of self-knowledge and learning‚ and the potentials of exorbitant consumerism. Postman asserts what Huxley feared the world would become‚ and how his vision implies to the abounding possibilities of the future. Technology plays a major role in
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are the individuals who control themselves strictly. The individuals who are adapted in the past may bring up exemptions to this guideline. Yet Charles James Fox or Bolingbroke were just contending with equivalents in the craft of cultured lewdness. Their propensities were those of their rivals. They were not battling men who defended their wellbeing and kept a cool head in the morning. It is difficult to envision to-day a pioneer of the Resistance who‚ after a night of betting at faro
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Herman is the protagonist in Poushkin’s “The Queen of Spades”. Unlike Emma Bovary‚ Herman seems to be quite levelheaded‚ when we are first introduced to his character. When asked why he doesn’t gamble‚ Herman responds‚ "Play interests me greatly‚ but I hardly care to sacrifice the necessaries of life for uncertain superfluities" (1)” At the dawn of a night spent observing a gambling party‚ Herman overhears the story about Tomsky’s grandmother‚ Countess Anna Fedorovna. The story explains that the
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