A Desire for Freedom Patrick Henry once said‚ “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people‚ it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” Henry was very passionate and heartfelt about his desire for freedom and liberty. He believed the Constitution of The United States was not going to be used to rule over the people‚ but the people would take control of their own lives. The Constitution was
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Henry Clay Sr. was born on April 12‚ 1777‚ in Hanover County‚ Virginia‚ into a modest family with adequate wealth to support the education for him and his four surviving siblings. Clay was born in the midst of the Revolutionary War and witnessed the horrors first hand‚ as British soldiers ransacked his family residence at the age of three (biography.com). Through family connections‚ Clay was able to land a clerkship under Virginia jurist George Wythe and he quickly proved himself to be valuable and
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total war acceptable. Williams Shakespeare’s play Henry V is loosely based upon England’s own ethical dilemmas in the early 1400’s. This is especially true when conflicting governments go into a war just because one side believes themselves to be in a just war the other may not. This is true when looking at Henry V’s values. Like many‚ values
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I would describe Patrick Henry as an intelligent‚ honest man having strong moral principles. He lived a full life‚ marrying twice and having 17 children. He was a lawyer‚ five term govenor of Virginia and member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. He fought for the Bill of Rights and was an important figure in the American Revolution. "Born on May 29th‚ 1736 in Studley‚ Virginia‚ he was the son of John Henry and Sarah Winston". During his childhood he attended a local school and was later tutored
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Why we have laws- The law is a legal set of rules that the government and courts have made for everyone to follow. Without laws‚ confusion and chaos would occur. In extreme cases of conflict‚ a state of anarchy would develop. The person with the most strength will start to dominate and the weak and helpless would suffer. However‚ when laws are enforced‚ a sense of order is created resulting in a society where everyone can live peacefully. Why laws change-? Societies’ perceptions have changed over
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evolution. These leaders seem to convince their subjects of certain myths and thoughts that give the subjects a boosted morale when wartime comes. The subjects hold on to every word that the leaders say‚ giving the leaders even more control. Kagemusha and Henry V are two films that have many similarities‚ which prove the likeness of the leaders in each film and the similitude of the beliefs of the people that they psychologically and physically control‚ between them. Kagemusha portrays the
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In Henry Tam and the MGI team‚ a group of extremely diverse and talented individuals came together to create a business plan for a unique and creative product to compete in the annual HBS business plan contest. This group consisted of two famous Russian composers‚ a seasoned businessman‚ and a group of students from various majors including the HBS MBA student Henry Tam. Unfortunately‚ this mixture of extreme diversity and viewpoints among team members created a fractious team environment that
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Florence Low Poh Geok Program / Intake: BCom27 Module: Commercial Law Lecturer: Daniel Theyagu Student ID: 32736209 Program Manager: Hazel Ong / Ang Kang Ling Total Words Count: 1998 Question 1A The legal point in question is whether Leila advertisement constitutes a binding contract and that she go can back on her promise of paying the reward $50 to Julie for returning the gold chain and locket to her. Relevant principle of law relating to this issue is that an advertisement made to the world
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The English word “law” refers to limits upon various forms of behavior. Some laws are descriptive: they simply describe how people‚ or even natural phenomena‚ usually behave. An example is the rather consistent law of gravity; another is the less consistent laws of economics. Other laws are prescriptive - they prescribe how people ought to behave. For example‚ the speed limits imposed upon drivers that prescribe how fast we should drive. They rarely describe how fast we actually do drive‚ of course
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Problem 1 Issue1 Is the La Rochelle website‚ including the slogan‚ protected by copyright law? Law Copyright law protects text‚ images and other forms of expression. The requirements for protection are as follows: (1) The creation is a ‘work’ or ‘subject matter other than works’; (2) The creation is original; (3)The creation is expressed in a material form. Application The slogan is not a ‘work’ or ‘subject matter’ because Single words‚ names‚ titles‚ slogans are too short to be protected
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