From judging to legislating: The Supreme Court as a law-making body
Essay - 4 pages - Journalism
Whether the judicial branch in the United States should exercise activism or restraint has been debated since before the constitution was ratified. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 were split on the issue, and left Article III of the Constitution purposefully...
The Supreme Court, Federalism, and Public Administration
Dissertation - 8 pages - Constitutional law
The U. S. Supreme Court has always played the role of a decisive figure in the conflict of power between the federal and state authorities. The Supreme Court is the apex court of the United States. By virtue of its role in legal interpretation, it defines the parameters of federalism as stated in...
Can social media fulfill the functions of the 4th estate, and thus be considered as a part of the renewal of the press?
Essay - 3 pages - Medias
The press was referred to as the "4th Estates" for the 1st time by Edmund Burke (1729 - 1797), a British politician who declared that : "There are three Estates in Parliament, but in the Reporter's Gallery yonder, there sat a Fourth Estate more important far than they all" Burke calls the...
Definition of Intergovernmental Administration in the United States and the Practice of Intergovernmental Administration
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The dynamics of governance in the United States are mainly attributed to the federalism system, which the Constitution established, and hence power is divided between the federal government and the states, with each having different authority. As seen under this framework,...
Slavery and politics in early America
Thesis - 6 pages - Modern history
The legal practice of slavery in the United States of America ended on December 6th, 1865 with the passage of the 13th amendment to the Constitution. In the wake of the terrible carnage of the American Civil War, people have tried to make sense over what the hundreds of thousands of lives...
How do the Federal Republic of Germany, Fifth Republic France and post-war Italy fulfil the criteria of Lijphart's 'majoritarian' and 'consensus' models of democracies?
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
This essay will attempt to analyse the Federal Republic of Germany, Fifth Republic France and post-war Italy thanks to Lijphart's work Democracy (1984). Lijphart classifies the ‘majoritarian' model (or ‘Westminster model') and the ‘consensual model', in function of specific...
Has European integration contributed to save or to undermine the nation state?
Thesis - 4 pages - European union
In 1882 Ernest Renan declared: “a Nation is a soul, a spiritual principle. Two things, which, in truth, are really one, constitute this soul, this spiritual principle. One is in the past, the other in the present. One is the possession in common of a rich legacy of memories, the other is the...
Essay on the separation of powers in Europe - A comparative study
Case study - 16 pages - Constitutional law
“Each country must find a solution which is sensitive to its domestic culture” …this is the position of Lord Irvine of Lairg on the separation of powers. This can be regarded as a politically correct position on a very discussed topic in that it does not take part in the animated...
A critical evaluation of media censorship in the US
Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism
This essay will discuss and analyze the media and censorship of the media in the United States. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press…” (United States...
The place of the French language in our society
Thesis - 11 pages - Linguistics & languages
The French language is one those languages which are spoken all around the world. It's the 11th most used language through the world, the second most commonly-taught second language in the world (after English) and the official language in 29 countries . According to some estimations, more than...
"The Solitude of Self" as a Humanistic Rhetoric
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
The discourse of human rights has been a pervasive topic of rhetorical analysis since the earliest days of America. As different groups of people have moved through social reform, the pursuit of natural rights is often the underlying desire. What makes a human being subject to the freedoms of...
Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Religion in United States
Case study - 7 pages - Civil law
Owing to centuries of religious conflicts and oppression, the Founding Fathers wrote the first amendment of what will be the Constitution of the United States of America while highlighting freedom of religion. Indeed, in the 16th century, French Huguenots established a colony at Fort...
How an EU military could affect world peace through international law
Thesis - 12 pages - International law
There is no greater motivation for European unification than the desire for peace. Just like the UN, the EU wants to avoid the “scourge of war” for its future generations. In times of peace, the world forgets that the EU is not an economic coalition, but is instead a peaceful, foreign...
Mormon persecution in Missouri
Thesis - 5 pages - Philosophy
In modern America there exists a delicate balance between church and state. We have a constitution that protects us from interference from churches in government affairs, and vice versa. However the constitution is very brief and somewhat vague on the subject. This creates many...
Does Senate really work? A discussion
Thesis - 7 pages - Political science
According to the Knox College Student Senate Constitution, Student Senate is “the supreme governing body in matters related to non-academic student life on campus,” and the “official representative of the student body to the faculty, administration, and staff.” Its...
Gun control in the US
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the U.S, the deaths resulting from gun violence is single handedly one of the biggest epidemics known to the Western world. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the need for gun control as well as to discuss facts and statistics about gun violence and gun possession. For most who feel...
Outline and critique the role of the Supreme Court in the American political system
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
This remark from a future Chief justice of the United States Supreme Court highlights both the major place of the Constitution and of the Supreme Court in the American political system. The Constitution is a symbol of nationhood for the Americans, the reference on how to run their...
"The concept of the Rule of Law as defined by Dicey still remains valid : it provides a measure against which we can judge the attitudes and actions of Parliament, Government and the courts"
Essay - 5 pages - European law
The rule of law is often expounded as a pillar of the English Constitution. It was described by Lord Bingham as "the second great rock on which [Dicey?s] constitutional edifice was founded". It was referred to as a statute for the first time, in the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, as an...
Given the rule of the precedent in the federal judiciary system, how can it promote stability in the law?
Essay - 2 pages - Law's history and philosophy
The actual implementation of the federal judiciary system began with the Judiciary Act of 1789, signed into law by President George Washington. It established the basic structure and jurisdiction of the federal judiciary system and created the Supreme Court as well as lower federal courts. Since...
Speech of Barack Obama on March 18th, 2008 - The Inequalities in the 21st Century in the United States
Text commentary - 3 pages - Modern history
This speech, pronounced at the Constitution Center, a highly symbolic place for the history of the USA by the Senator and candidate to the primary election of the Democratic party, and transcribed later in the New York Times of that day, has a particular meaning if we consider that it...
Public consultation - A new communication strategy launched by the EU through the web
Essay - 3 pages - European union
On 29th May 2005, French people refused the EU constitution, I was in Italy and had the news on a bus, through my neighbour's newspaper. In this context, the 'no' from French public opinion was the opportunity to reveal the wide gap between the EU and its 'citizens'....
Captain Ibrahim Traoré
Biography - 3 pages - Political science
Burkina Faso, the Land of Upright Men, is a semi-presidential republic. The President of Faso is the head of state. Since 2014, its political situation has been turned upside down, particularly because of the security context and coups d'état. The constitution was suspended on 31...
Existential Process
Case study - 8 pages - Biology
On the human development process in general and fairly briefly is possible to say that the baby is born and the beginning of his life keeps important links with their nuclear family. Such links, as well as their knowledge, little by little are expanding. The child attends school, grows and...
Is Madness prior to the enlightenment understood in principally religious terms?
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Way back before Enlightenment God was like sunrise. Choosing the path of God was seen as a way of having all human questions answered and accompanied problems solved amicably. Christianity had its feet on the Bible as a way of knowing God. Bibles were Holy books from which people got the relevant...
The struggle against sectarianism
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
As for the US, they apply a formal separation church / state. This design is not based on secularism, but on the absolute freedom of religion. According to the First Amendment to the Constitution, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment or prohibit the free exercise of...
Separation of power in Australian law
Essay - 3 pages - Other law subjects
Principally, it refers to constitution principle and ideology that offers check and balances to any power vested in any institution or person. Governmental authorities are divided into different branches for example, there is legislative arm that comprises of senate and parliament,...
Corporate governance, ethics, and success in business
Essay - 2 pages - Management
When seeking to define exactly what corporate governance is, it is likely that an individual will come across a number of terms and ideas all in a single sentence. For example, one website defines it as "a term that refers broadly to the rules, processes, or laws by which businesses are operated,...
Why has the UN Charter remained a central plank of international order, even though it was formulated in wartime by only a few of the victorious powers? - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
If we had had this Charter a few years ago-and above all, the will to use it- millions, now dead, would be alive. If we should falter in the future in our will to use it, millions, now living, will surely die.' (Truman) This statement delivered by Truman reveals the ambitions of the Charter...
UK and French legal system : structural and conception differences
Case study - 6 pages - Civil law
The governing laws and its legal system in France and the United Kingdom have major differences, as each of the legal systems have and are based on various views. France is governed by the Constitution of 1958. All the French laws are based on this text. In the United Kingdom, the laws are...
Study of the managerial culture and practices of the United Kingdom - published: 23/11/2010
Case study - 5 pages - Management
The United Kingdom consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It has been a part of the European Union since 1973, at the Safety advice of the United Nations, OECD and the Commonwealth. Its characteristic feature rests on its insularity, which it has cultivated and...
