Essays on State

The art of tattooing is far older than most people realize. In fact, tattooing is an ancient custom that dates back to the origins of our species and, throughout human history, it has been practiced by most cultures. Even the Catholic Church, who has opposed the art of marking the skin, allowed Crusader Knights to tattoo the Holy Cross on their bodies so that they could be identified as Christians and given a Christian burial. Marco Polo makes several mentions…...

The Bill of Rights put a lot of limitation to the government, making us the people have fair rights. In every colony in the United States had its own Bill of Rights. As a country, it was time for the United States to come up with their own Bill of Rights. In December 15, 1791 the Bill of Rights was ratified by the congress and added to our Constitution. The Bill of Rights is the first 10 Amendments to our…...

The U.S. Constitution is a long life saving document. Without it, the United States would be a mess and most likely detrosted . The Constitution was created in May of 1787 drifted into Philadelphia . Most were wealthy , all white , and all male . At first , it was no Constitution it was a Articles Of Confederation. The problem facing this remarkable group of men that the constitution , the Articles Of Confederation wasn’t really working . The…...

The privacy of an individual is one of the most important rights. It is known as a factor that keeps the democratic system to exist, as well as a fundamental value on which the country of the United States of America was founded and prospered. Being protected by the Bill of Rights, privacy is mentioned in several amendments in the Constitution, such as privacy of belief, speech, press, and assembly. The debate over privacy rights often sparks conflict concerning between…...

Freedom of the press vs. military censorship and propagandaDuring the 20th century the United States military was involved in many wars. All of our military conflict used censorship and propaganda to maintain morale for the conflicts. Through policies the government implemented prevented the press from publishing information that the military deemed threating to our nation security. They also controlled access by the press to information on or observation of military action. The public and newsmakers during wartime through censorship and…...

Introduction. The theory of Utilitarianism fits nicely with the objective of film censorship, as the theory is often described by the phrase “the greatest good for the greatest number of people” this being the main aim of all censorship organizations worldwide. Since the early days of film, when the Cinematograph Act was first established in the U.K and the Hays code of film classification in the U.S, the debate of censorship in the world of film has grown and grown.…...

The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and four other writers. It was written in June 1776. The Second Continental Congress appointed these men to make a document declaring the colonies independent from Britain. They were first called the Articles of Confederation and after the Revolution, the document was questioned. With the questioning the Constitutional Congress made some major changes. These changes although meant to strengthen, in fact, weakened the government further. The value of The Declaration of…...

Film censorship in India which is being acquired by The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), which is a juristic film certification body under the ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Government of India with the basic duty of control the public showing of films under the provision of the Cinematograph Act 1952. Censorship as transparent as it should be is never felt individually, it will always have a subject where the forces of religions, community and various groups…...

Abraham Lincoln's life before the Presidency was not that of an average person. With losing his mother at a young age, lacking formal education as he worked to support his family and with his father, facing lawsuit challenges that would eventually force his family to migrate multiple times. This would not seem like a successful path to becoming the sixteenth President of the United States. Throughout his younger years, Abraham Lincoln would try an assortment of occupations, volunteered for the…...

Abraham Lincoln My name is Abraham Lincoln. I was born on February 12 in 1809 in Hodgenville, Kentucky. I am most known for the emancipation proclamation, becoming the 16th President of the United States, and ending slavery. Before all of this, I led a peaceful life on a farm for the first 7 years of my life. Then 1816 rolled around, and my father Thomas had us move beyond the Ohio River to Indiana. Kentucky was a slave state. My…...

When In the course of human events, there becomes a time in a students life that a student desires to engage in recreational activities and to not be school-bound. To assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them. They must declare independence from the ties that bind them to their studies. We hold theses truths to be self-evident, that today, homework puts a mental…...

What is the Magna Carta and how is it important today? The Magna Carta was a document that the king was forced to sign. It took power away from the monarchy and gave more power to the people. The Magna Carta is important today, because it influenced the American Bill of Rights. In 1215 King John was forced to sign the newly written Magna Carta. The Magna Carta limited the powers of the monarch, and by limiting the powers of…...

In 1689, John Locke published, what proved to be, a valuable document for the American Revolution as well as life in present day America, known as the Second Treatise of Government. In his document he creates a model of his ideal civil government, which is created by the people to ensure their “natural rights” of life, liberty, and property. This government may also be dissolved upon the decision of the people, when it is believed that the sovereignty has ceased…...

Law is reason free from passion, this quote from Aristotle typifies the importance of law, and why we need it today. The definition of law as found on Galileo is a binding custom or practice of a community; a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority. We all try to abide by the rules and regulations handed down by the lawgivers. Laws make sure that everyone is treated fairly. If…...

  The "old" and "new" powers involved in negotiations during transition period can span from military and political parties in Latin America, state and civil society in Eastern and Central Europe to ethnic tribes in Africa. Until the general consensus about the democracy as the only desirable regime is achieved, the country can be driven back to regression, as it happened in Nicaragua or Algeria. 5 Two main schools of thought emerged regarding the relationship between democracy and development. Some…...

Australia is a representative democracy in the sense that we have near universal suffrage and regular elections are held, this however does not invalidate the claim that there is a ruling class that wields disproportionate influence and power over societies culture, as well as economic and political decision-making. This is not merely a circle of 'elites' who have control of power, but a group whose source of power stems from their class position in society. The ruling class is not…...

What is meant by "industrialization by invitation" and did it lead to economic development in the region? BY unengaged Lewis' autobiographical statements show he was a a product of dying colonial order, and in turn was an intellectual contributor to the decentralization process. He was strongly against imperialism which lead to his interest in the problems of underdevelopment. Three seminal publications The first of these is the Industrialization of the West Indies . Lewis was averse to the ideas of…...

What does it mean to be accountable? Why accountability matters in the army? How can people who do not show up affect the accountability formation? The Importance of Accountability is so m chain of command knows where everyone is so if they need a soldier for something they will know where to find them. It is also necessary to have accountability to make sure everyone in our class, platoon, or unit is safe and to make sure they are where…...

Censorship is the controlling and limiting of people's ideas and speech, with this, people's expressions and suppressed. This is mainly managed by the government in order to limit corruption and improve society. First of all, what is offensive language? This term is entirely subjective to different people. It is up to the individual whether or not they find it offensive. The level of offense increases due to the context of the word, so the level of offense is not simply…...

Non Democracy In non-democratic countries people are not participating in political process and they were restricted by central body. The government has absolute powers over its citizens and nobody have a right to freely participate in election, decision making process and so on. The government dominated everything and every activity within the territory of its sovereignty. Furthermore, the government has an authority to practice some policy to mobilize people for particular purposes like demonstrating against some countries or the activity…...

Barrington Moore's Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy (Social Origins), while hardly an appropriate choice for bedtime reading, is not restricted to an audience of erudite, arcane academics. Unlike, for example, Neumann's Behemoth, Moore does not make numerous references to obscure philosophers and events, degenerate into tangents, or write in long-winded or convoluted prose littered with "isms." Instead, in such a manner that it can be comprehended by policy makers, academics or intelligent non-specialists, Moore clearly articulates his thesis, which…...

  The individual, its rights and freedom are the essence of liberalism. John Stuart Mill once wrote "Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign". Liberalism is the belief that we are free to make our own mistakes, decide our own lifestyle, choose our own way of living, pursue our own thoughts and philosophies, provided we don't infringe on other people's freedom. It tolerates and respects differing views, and appreciates diversity as essential to social and…...

Democracy is a form of government where leadership of the country, state or organization is placed in the hands of the majority. The way democracy is defined is not unanimously agreed but though this is the case, there are two important attributes that any democracy must consist of that is; all citizens must enjoy their liberties and freedoms and that all citizens must be equal and able to access power without limitations. Democratization of leadership is the transformation of other…...

Like many others before him who have reported on the market complexities that Western companies face in setting up shop in China, Thompson notes that the challenges which Google has faced in bringing its search engine brand are not only monumental but labyrinthine. The Chinese government is notorious for putting its full weight into censorship on the World Wide Web. However, the situation is not as simple as micromanaging all the contents of the Internet which pass from overseas servers…...

The last thirty years has seen an unparalleled growth in the spread of democracy. The growth, identified by Huntington as the 'Third Wave' has driven academics to question what independent variables are required for successful democratisation. The concept of 'democracy' is inherently confusing, thus before we can contribute to the debate we must first define the key term democracy. Whilst political theorists disagree as to what constitutes a democracy this essay will follow Samuel Huntington's procedural definition that a society…...

The case of the First Amendment violation against the San Diego Unified School District of students’ rights and the uniform dress code in public schools. The school’s contention was the uniform dress code thwarted gang violence because some apparel to include certain colored bandannas, baseball caps, and baggy clothing exacerbated further gang activity and affiliation. The California Board of Education, however, amended their dress code to allow school districts to implement realistic dress code guidelines (Barbarosh, 1994). The school district…...

Although Britain has been a member of the European Union since 1973, there are still many areas of contention regarding conditions of membership and levels of participation. Sceptics use issues surrounding sovereignty, democracy and accountability and interventionalism both on a bureaucratic and socio-economic level as a tool to beat pro Europeans, citing these areas as a direct affront to the ethos of the contemporary British system. Birch draws out the idea of a 'democratic deficit'. He goes on to explain…...

A discussion of the American citizen's constitutional right to freedom of speech. Censorship and the First Amendment: The American Citizen's Right to Free Speech Are we protected from censorship under the First Amendment? In other words do individuals or groups have the right or the power to examine material and remove or prohibit anything they consider objectionable? This argument has been progressing for centuries, in fact the first notable case was against John Peter Zenger, in 1743. Zenger was an…...

The declaration of independence is one of the most important events in American history it declared America to be independent of the British Empire, without the declaration there wouldn’t be a United States of America today. What would the US or the world be like if it had not declared independence? The declaration of independence was adopted by the continental congress on July 4, 1776, where the 13 colonies had cut ties with Great Britain. The Declaration was a summary…...

Since 1775, more than one million Africans, mostly slaves, have lived in 13 colonies. In the early 18th century, a number of new ministers of Consulate and conscientious objectors, such as George Keith and John Woolman, questioned the morality of slavery, but were largely ignored. But in 1760, as settlers began to speak out against the oppression of oppression, more and more Americans began to acknowledge that there was a clear conflict between the protection and freedom of slave owners.…...

Professionalism refers to the skill, competence or standards expected of a member of a profession. It involves the adoption of a set of values and attitudes by members of an occupation that are consistent with a professional ideology. Professionalization is a process of legitimization an occupation goes through as it endeavors to improve its social status.             The various characteristics of a profession include the following (Roberg and Kuykendall, 1993). A well developed body of professional literature materials. A high…...

QUESTION: It has been argued that united states constitution came about primarily through an evolving series og meetings, conventions, and congresses. support, modify, or refute this contention using specific evidence. In Philadelphia, 1787 the united states constitution was drafted in a series of meetings and conventions. None of the delegates were interested in a meeting to talk about the weak A.O.C, but once they were lured to Philadelphia the delegates realized that they need something to replace it. In the…...

Introduction It all began, October 29th, 1929, the Stock Market come to a seizing halt and crisis began. America’s economy was sustaining itself on money that wasn’t there from the stock market and it finally broke them to the point, at what the time felt like, of no return. The Great Depression swept the country and very soon people started to lose everything. Margins, people not buying American goods, and overproduction were some of the major contributions to the Great…...

The Great Depression was a terrible thing. It made the rich richer, the poor poorer,and forced the American people to ask for money and to move in with relatives. This made America starve, they even mistreated veterans because they demanded their pay. It was Even tougher for the colored people. It made them jobless homeless poor people who had no way to recover. The government was supposed to help but President Hoover thought that the rich would donate to the…...

Equality is important because it is the reason the U.S. Government is so successful. Equality is also the reason that the U.S. is a country that everyone wants to live in because of the equal chances you get. Equality means that everyone no matter race, religion, or gender has equal chances at succeeding at one goal and that they are all equal. The citizens in America are more focused on equality than anything else at this moment because they want…...

One of the most important effects of the Declaration of Independence was that it allowed the Revolutionary War to be seen as a war between two separate countries instead of a civil war within Britain. This allowed other world powers to supply aid to the American cause; the Declaration transformed the British civil war into a global war involving Britain, Spain, France, the Dutch Republic, and, of course, America. Most European countries were eager to aid the Americans because of…...

The authorities have real difficulty in extracting the musical boundaries that run into criminal behavior. However many performing in clubs grime experienced unwarned police investigation (Hancox, 2008). Due to increased firm popularity, London's Metropolitan Police Service (the Met) was applying discriminatory measures in order to 'lock off' venues and exclude artists from performing, as said by Hancox (2008) in interviews by London's live grime promoters. They also reported that venues imposed conditions where gigs are refusing to proceed despite the…...

This project is about the importance of the American Flag and how American citizens influence it. The project will describe the history, the importance and how to respect the flag and care for the flag. The project will show that the colonists long ago had to fight and work hard to get the freedom that they needed. Further, the project will show how the American Flag is important to all American people. Information for this project was secured from various…...

My opinion on the flag is, when you say the pledge you shouldn't act like your saying it, or say it in a funny voice to make your friends laugh! You should say it correctly it will take no more than 15 seconds of your time! That pledge is the least we can do! Cause remember…. those people took the ultimate sacrifice to save our country, and you won’t say a pledge to tell them you honor their choice! There's…...

In business world, we always see many complains being raised about governments regulations and their nature towards many restrictions for businesses. Often, this stands as an obstacle to many corporate and small business profits as well as misuse of their valuable time and effort. Government prerequisites have been criticized, avoided by many businesses since the mid- twentieth century when the corporate income tax and anti-trust laws were first announced. From then with many regulations being proposed, we have seen American…...