1. Name and Citation R. v. Williams‚ [1998] 1 S.C.R. 1128 2. Type and Level of Case This case was heard by the British Colombia Court of Appeal on February 24th‚ 1998 and a decision was made on June 4th‚ 1998. 3. Facts The accused‚ an aboriginal man‚ pleaded guilty to robbery charge‚ saying that the robbery was done by someone other than himself. He was elected a trail by judge and jury. First Trail; questions were asked to jury to assure the jury was unbiased‚ 12 of 43 potential jurors were dismissed
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Thomas Hobbes and John Locke both played a major part in philosophy during the 17th century. Their ideas set the groundwork for two of the most well-known political systems today. Absolutism‚ which was based off of the ideas of Hobbes was a political system in which all state/political authority and economic control rested in the hands of a king or queen. In this type of government‚ the sovereign had complete control of an entire empire and they were not accountable to anybody but God. The ethical
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colonies might have died out. Just like how Jamestown and Plymouth had their similarities and differences so did the people who founded them. Even though John Smith and William Bradford had similarities and differences‚ there is no doubt their respected colony would’ve died out if it wasn’t for them. Though John Smith and William Bradbury both wrote about their times in their colonies‚ the way they wrote about it was very different. Smith‚ whose intentions were to bring people from Europe to Jamestown
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fascism to communism. It instead strives to make the government adhere to the principles of the Constitution‚ to better represent the people; protesting against laws is a check on the fallibility of the members of the government. In The Leviathan‚ Thomas Hobbes argues that the social contract between man and government allows man to exit the state of nature and enter the state of law. Each man comprises the body of the Leviathan‚ with only the head
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John Locke and Thomas Hobbes were two important philosophers from the seventeenth century. The two were born nearly 50 years apart – Hobbes in 1588 and Locke in 1632 – and yet‚ they each managed to have a major impact on their time and our own. The philosophical viewpoints of Locke and Hobbes are‚ in most cases‚ in strict opposition of each other. There are certain points at which the theories of both men collide; however‚ their synonymous beliefs are exactly the point at which their theories
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The Crucible‚ John Proctor Vs. Abigale Williams I think the best case scenario for John Proctor is he is a man and for a long time his wife was sick‚ and could’nt give him what he desired so their love grew apart and he had to look elsewhere and he did’nt have to look very far and he looked toward his maid Abigale Williams for she was attracted to him and it made the whole incedent all the more harder to refuse and and then he realized the mistake he had made as his wife was getting
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INTRODUCTION During the1980’s‚ travel agencies had a real success; it represented the good way to have good Holiday without losing time with organisation. The job of these agencies is to offer travels in function of customer needs and requests‚ completely organised (flight‚ hotel…). Since few years‚ the tourism industry is completely changing; new players and way of information appear‚ reducing the place of traditional agencies. Internet is the origin of this mutation‚ developing the concept
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Hobbes’ Leviathan is divided into four parts: Of Man‚ Of Commonwealth‚ Of a Christian Commonwealth‚ and Of the Kingdom of Darkness. Overall Hobbes tried to explain the reasons a commonwealth may govern men‚ and how to create the best way for this type government to function in order to contain the desires of its denizens. Leviathan represents a key turning point in Hobbes’s perspectives on religion‚ since for the first time he becomes fully aware of what may be called the political problem of religion
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“qualities that dispose rational men to peace and obedience” (Hobbes‚ Leviathan‚ xxvi). Although Hobbes dedicates considerable time to systematically cataloging nineteen distinct laws of nature‚ he distills them all into a single‚ universally comprehensible maxim‚ “Do not that to another‚ which thou wouldest not have done to thy selfe” (Hobbes‚ Leviathan‚ I.xv). Every man that has sufficiently cultivated his reasoning faculties should‚ in Hobbes’ appraisal‚ be well aware of the Laws of Nature and inclined
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In today’s society the government is a combination of both Hobbes and Locke political views. The government merged the ideas of the two philosophers and took their best points. The government should not consist of total freedom but it also should not consist of total structure‚ there need to be a bit of both‚ a balance of both. During Locke’s argument he never factor in how the people were going deem what rights were justifiable and what right were unjust. With that being said anyone in the state
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