Constitution Notes What is a constitution? * A constitution is a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organisation is acknowledged to be governed. * A ‘constitutional govt.’ is a govt. that functions according to rules laid down in a constitution * Unconstitutional behaviour is anything that falls outside the accepted rules and norms of the political system Codified or uncodified? Types of constitutions | Codified | Uncodified
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rights expansion can be identified: First Wave: It took two world wars to make any real progresson human rights Important precursors to what the future of human rights would be came in 1941 when Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) made his famous FOUR freedoms speech: freedom of speech, of religion, from want and from fear. However, during WWII, these ideas were largely forgotten to secure victory over Germany and Japan—FDR, and subsequently, Truman, tried to pay attention to human rights issues from both a normative
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Globalization and the Future Tom Lombardo, Ph.D. Introduction Globalization is perhaps the most significant and pervasive contemporary trend. Humanity is moving from a set of relatively autonomous nation states to an integrated global reality, more ruled by international corporations and organizations, and economic and ecological interdependencies, than national and political ideologies and issues. Fueled by global communication, technological networking, expanding transportation systems
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the iron rule of law and order. However, modern liberalism veers away from this ideology by adding a new twist. Modern liberalism asserts that aside from ensuring economic and political security, it is also the government’s job to interfere with people’s day-to-day affairs in order to maintain social security. Modern liberalism, in effect, can be compared to socialism, because both of them assert that the government can effectively uplift its citizens not only by seizing control of the economy
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Jails vs. Prisons Josh Gubbs CJA/204 November 25, 2013 Erica Veljic When people think about jail and prison they think they are one in the same but they are not. This paper will discuss the differences between jail and prison as well as give the reader an insight into the life on an inmate and what they are introduced to when they are serving time behind bars. Probation and parole will also be discussed in addition to various kinds of prisons located throughout the United States and here
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can live their lives in peace. The reality is that criminals receive punishments that are less than justice demands and the non-criminals are cheated. This short paper examines justice theories, the utilitarian view, modern justice view and the security based justice. It is important to consider individual justice, mob justice and societal justice as separate institutions. To better understand these institutions the next section explains justice theories. Justice Theories In this section two
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Political Science 330 March 23, 2014 Liberalism vs Socialism There have been many ways countries/colonies have been governed throughout history. Some forms of government were able to lead their people using peaceful means. Some were chaotic and involved massive bloodshed. Liberalism derived from the word liberty is a form of that has two forms, classical and modern. Classical liberalism heavily rooted from Jock Locke and Adam Smith of the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Modern liberalism introduced
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(IN DESCENDING ORDER) PARENTING VALUES / CHILDFREE VALUES RENTING VALUES / HOME-OWNING VALUES 10 POINTS II. MASLOW’S HIERARCHY (FIVE PARTS AT TWO POINTS EACH) PHYSIOLOGICAL (PHYSICAL) NEEDS DENTAL, MEDICAL, SLEEP HRS, FOOD SECURITY (SAFETY) NEEDS TYPE OF INSURANCE, HEALTH, LIFE, AUTO BELONGING (LOVE) NEEDS CURRENT AND FUTURE PERSONS SELF-ESTEEM NEEDS ACHIEVEMENTS: JOB, FAMILY, ETC. SELF-ACTUALIZATION NEEDS COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS PART B: VALUES & GOALS
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Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements in the Workplace Deborah L. Schindler HCS/341 August 22, 2013 Teresa Sumlin, BSW, MBA/HRM Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements in the Workplace The statement, “ Common sense and compassion in the workplace has been replaced by litigation” has been offered for comment along with the question of whether or not we agree with this statement and why. For the most part, I agree. Corporate America has been forced to withdraw much of the compassion
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Table of contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Research and findings 3 2.1 Government 3 2.2 Political Economic System 5 2.3 Employment laws and regulations 5 2.4 Economy 7 2.5 National Culture and Hierarchy 9 2.5.1 Hofstede’s dimensions 9 3. Analysis 12 3.1 Government 12 3.2 Political Economic System 13 3.3 Employment law and regulations 14 3.4 Economy 14 3.5 National Culture and hierarchy 15 4. Conclusion 17 References 18 1. Introduction The Kingdom of Sweden; IKEA, VOLVO, forests
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