To what extent does criminal law reflect the moral and ethical standards of society? Criminal law is a construct of the government‚ enforced through tangible measures. In a democratic society‚ the government is elected by the citizens‚ and as such‚ laws are generally conceived with the aim to reflect whatever ethical or moral standards are presently acceptable. However‚ in order to be truly effective‚ some legislation must circumvent current sociological viewpoints in order to create laws that
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“Why do good people suffer or why do bad things happen to good people?” This question seems to be very common these days. It seems as though good people get the brunt of all suffering‚ while evil-doers enjoy life. But if we observe closely‚ we see that everyone undergoes suffering in some form. Keeping this in mind‚ our question becomes meaningless. Just because a person is good does not mean there would be no suffering in his/her life. But what do we mean by „good‟? In Sanskrit‚ „sadhu‟ is the word
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DBQ Does a strong democracy need good citizens? Of course a strong demorcracy need good citizens. This is also true for moon colonies. But how many of each good citizens do we need to help this colony to stand erect on this world? The evidence shows a strong colony needs 40%personally responsible citizens‚ 40%actively participating citizens‚ and only 20%justice oriented citizens. A colony need personally responsible citizens‚ they are best worker‚ and they are friendly. For example‚ personally
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In this essay‚ I hope to prove that Eddie Carbone‚ the principal male character in this play‚ is to some extent responsible for his own death. However I am also hoping to ascertain fate and destiny’s involvement with the time‚ place‚ and situation in which he died. Factors which may have influenced Eddie’s opinions of certain circumstances will also be explored‚ such as social and historical backgrounds‚ communication between characters‚ relationships‚ fate and destiny‚ tragedy‚ and mirroring of
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allowed to interbreed with inferior races. Many ‘ordinary’ Germans shared these ideas and there was little evidence of opposition to persecution from German civilians. There was also a public participation in persecution‚ if an ‘ordinary’ German believed someone to be racially impure they would turn them in to the Nazis. Some ’ordinary’ Germans even benefitted from the persecution of minorities‚ especially because the majority of Jews were earning a lot of money‚ and because of these persecutions the Jews
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a) What are the similarities and differences between the Greek concept of democracy and present day representative democracy? The Greece word ’demokratia’‚ which means ’governement by the people’‚ was first used by the Greece to show their political system. Back to the 5th century BC of the classical Greece period to the modern 21st century‚ over such a long period of time‚ threre are still some similarities bewteen the Athenian democracy and our present democracy. Like our modern voting districts
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Swami Vivekananda: An orator par excellence JAYESH SURISETTI The time was 6 hours‚ 33 minutes and 33 seconds‚ a few minutes before sunrise. It was the 12th of January‚ 1863‚ Monday. The whole city of Kolkata was gearing up to celebrate the last day of Poush or Makar Sankranti. The chilly breeze of Kolkata’s winters brought good news to the ears of Vishwanath Datta and his wife‚ Bhuvaneswari Devi. Both of them were celebrating the happiest moment of their life as they got the son they had been
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The unities were part of Aristotle’s dramatic theory‚ Poetics‚ which was interpreted by neoclassical playwrights to give structure to a tragedy. The first rule‚ the unity of action‚ was that the plot must consist of one main action‚ and only subplots that are necessary. The second rule‚ the unity of place‚ meant a play should cover only a single space‚ and the stage should not represent more than one place. The unity of time was the last rule‚ and it said that the action in a play should take
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MODEL FOR UK SUPERMARKET INDUSTRY Supermarkets’ performance is reliant on consumer’s income and their willingness to spend. The growing consumer pressure to drive value‚ quality and taste requires companies with strong management teams to understand the market trends in the industry of which this had led to constant competition among firms in the industry. This rivalry is based on firms in the industry battling to win the highest market share in the industry (IBISWorld). However‚ the UK supermarket
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legislation until December 2005. This development was met with pleasure and relief by the UK property industry. After an extended consultation period‚ the UK legislation creat- ing statutory REITs came into force on 1 January 2007. From that date‚ listed companies have been able to con- vert to REIT status and new REITs can be incorporated and listed. The central piece of legislation laying out the rules for UK-REITs3 is the Finance Act 2006. Part 4 and Schedules 16 and 17 of the Finance Act 2006
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