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Law Of Nations: An Overview
Number of Words: 979 / Number of Pages: 4
... morality wages against nature and
reason. He equates morality in any form, with "tyranny and unreason."
Nietzsche proposes that man's natural existence be, in essence, nihilistic.
Logically, the political entity known as the state, created by man will inherit
these traits. Thus, the conclusion is that the creation and institution of
international law are in direct violation to nature.
However, international law exists and states "generally" submit
themselves to it. . Since most of this law is derived from codified norms of
states, the term submission can be used. There is a disservice commi ...
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History Of Punishment And The Code Of Hammurabi
Number of Words: 647 / Number of Pages: 3
... debts, domestic property, and family rights. A section speaking of personal injury states that penalties were imposed for injuries received during an unsuccessful operation by a doctor and damages caused by neglect in other trades. Rates were fixed in the code for a variety of services in trade and commerce.
Hammurabi’s Code had no laws dealt with religion. The basis of criminal law is for equal retaliation that is comparable to “an eye for an eye”. It offers protection to all classes in Babylonian society; it looks to protect the weak and poor, which includes women, children and slaves a ...
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Marijuana Effects
Number of Words: 1056 / Number of Pages: 4
... Smoking it can be done
three ways, through a pipe, a joint, blunt. A joint is a rolled piece of
paper that is twisted at the ends. A blunt is normally an emptied cigar
wrapper filled with marijuana. In a blunt you can fit much more marijuana.
Though a blunt isn't always purely marijuana, it can be mixed with other
drugs such as angel dust. The results are varied when someone smokes
marijuana.
Different people will get different results, and certain types of cannabis
can cause different effects. The amount of THC (marijuana's main Active
chemical) may also change the result. If alcohol, ...
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Study On Juvenile Psychopaths
Number of Words: 3784 / Number of Pages: 14
... "super predators";
young people, often from broken homes or so-called dysfunctional families,
who commit murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, and other violent acts.
These emotionally damaged young people, often are the products of sexual or
physical abuse. They live in an aimless and violent present; have no sense
of the past and no hope for the future; they commit unspeakably brutal
crimes against other people, often to gratify whatever urges or desires
drive them at the moment and their utter lack of remorse is shocking.(9)
Studies reveal that the major cause of violent crime is not
povert ...
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Firearms; Vital Tools For Self Defense Or Deadly Killers?
Number of Words: 1969 / Number of Pages: 8
... themselves agree. As part of a three - year study
by the U. S. Department of Justice, criminals in prisons across the nation were
interviewed. Sixty percent feared being shot by an armed citizen more than
being shot by the police. fifty - three percent did not commit a specific
crime because they were afraid the victim was armed. Fifty - seven percent of
them were scared off by an armed victim who either brandished a gun or actually
fired it.3 This alone shows that crime would drop if more citizens owned,
carried and knew how to use guns.
One such case involved eleven - year old Jason Green o ...
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Evironmental Law: Enforcement Measures And Effectiveness
Number of Words: 1789 / Number of Pages: 7
... Quality Act, the Canada
Water Act, the Ocean Dumping Act, and the Department of the Environment Act." (
Muldon, 1995, p. 23) The CEPA contains important penalties and sanctions;
provisions for the collection of information and for evaluation; provisions for
the control of importation and exportation of toxic substances; and provisions
for the reduction of wastes, the cleanup of coastal zones, the protection of the
ozone layer; the reduction of acid rain and urban smog; and provisions for the
development of regulations. All provinces and territories have enacted their
own legislation, establishing gen ...
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Marijuana: The Legalization
Number of Words: 900 / Number of Pages: 4
... 215 Section 11362.5)
Of course, it goes on and breaks into fine detail into which I choose not to venture. To summarize it all, if you're sick, or think you are, your doc can get you some pot. Just like that.
So what's so great about this? It supposedly brings relief to those with terminal illnesses. (Such were listed in 215) Cancer sufferers who are inflicted with nausea due to chemotherapy have reported that a puff or two of a marijuana cigarette relieves the pain. (Theorized after study by psychiatrist Lester Grinspoon of Harvard Medical School) It has also been reported to ...
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Capital Punishment
Number of Words: 481 / Number of Pages: 2
... are rarely sentenced to death and executed (27). The poor and friendless defendants, those with inexperienced or court-appointed counsels, are most likely to be executed. For example, Orenthial James Simpson had the money to afford the best lawyers and was “guilty as sin,” but he was acquitted. According to Alison Coope, a disproportionate number of nonwhites are sentenced to death. Also, when the death penalty for rape was still used in many states, no white man was executed for raping a nonwhite woman; whereas, most black offenders found guilty of raping a white woman were executed (24).
Th ...
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Mary Jane: The Devil Weed
Number of Words: 802 / Number of Pages: 3
... violate social norms and local laws."
Andrews related that "sensational newspaper stories relating...to crime is
generally held to be accountable for the sudden enactment of a law prohibiting
its use." He went on to note that "users were often subject to heavy penalties-
-up to life imprisonment in Texas." "After caffeine, nicotine and alcohol,
marijuana is the fourth most popular abused substance" (O'Brien, Cohen, Evans,
and Fine, 175).
does marijuana deserve this reputation? We must first consider what it is
and what effects it has. The active ingredient is tetrahydocannabinol, or THC
( ...
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Police Work And Related Fields
Number of Words: 1217 / Number of Pages: 5
... Another part of this community based policing is that there are crime
prevention comities that are run by various community groups that have monthly
meetings with the police. A police officer starts their career with on the job
training and then they move on to become a constable where they must be able to
relocate to any part of the country where they are positioned. In order for an
officer to advance tier career they may have to switch divisions where their
careers may excel. The work values for a police officer is to uphold the law,
patrol assigned areas and maintain public safety. They ...
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