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» Legal Issues Essays and Papers
Proposition 215: Should Marijuana Be Legalized?
<view this essay>.... anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spasticity, glaucoma,
arthritis, migraine, or any other illness for which marijuana provides relief.
(B) To ensure that patients and their primary caregivers who obtain and use
marijuana for medical purposes upon the recommendation of a physician are not
subject to criminal prosecution or sanction. (C) To encourage the federal and
state governments to implement a plan to provide for the safe and affordable
distribution of marijuana to all patients in medical need of marijuana. (2)
Nothing in this act shall be construed to supersede legislation prohibiting
persons from engaging in conduct that endangers others, nor to condone .....
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Prostitution Should Be Legalized
<view this essay>.... prostitution prevention laws are proven ineffective, yet taxpayers must continue to support law enforcement’s efforts to curtail prostitution. Proponents of keeping prostitution illegal contend that prostitution is immoral, degrading, and contributes to the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Nevertheless, legalizing and regulating prostitution will provide greater benefits for society. Supporters of banning prostitution insist first and foremost that selling a person’s body is immoral. Yet in one way or another, all people who work "sell" one or more parts of their body in order to complete their jobs. Athletes, bus drivers, and construc .....
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Capital Punishment: Injustice Of Society
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the cycle of violence and "...degrades all who are involved in its
enforcement, as well as its victim."(Stewart 1)
Perhaps the most frequent argument for capital punishment is that
of deterrence. The prevailing thought is that imposition of the death
penalty will act to dissuade other criminals from committing violent acts.
Numerous studies have been created attempting to prove this belief; however,
"[a]ll the evidence taken together makes it hard to be confident that
capital punishment deters more than long prison terms do."(Cavanagh 4)
Going ever farther, Bryan Stevenson, the executive director of the
Montgomery based Equal Justice Initiat .....
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Gun Control
<view this essay>.... gun control is violating a citizens second amendment right to
bear arms.
Guns are evil to some, because of the violence that they create.
People express guns as weapons of homicide. They insist that, the more guns
with which our society equips itself, the greater the likelihood for
accidents or violent acts involving fire arms to occur. It is a proven
fact that handguns have been the murder weapon of choice. Guns are involved
in half of all homicide cases. People believe that society has relied on
weapons that create harm and criminals. Therefore, these weapons should be
outlawed.
However, law abiding citizens have the right to protect them .....
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New Gun Control Policy Is Needed
<view this essay>.... guns. Manufactures stamp serial numbers on guns
for law purposes. The government also has regulation on importation on guns
brought into the country. Also, most states restrict the purchasing of
long guns under the age of 18, and 21 for the purchase of handguns. Most
states prohibit the purchase of guns if you are: a convicted felon,
alcoholic, drug addict, mentally ill person, alien, or a fugitive from
justice. Some laws require prospective gun buyers, to get a purchase
permit, which comes with applicant passing all background checks. A few
states even require that all persons possessing guns must have a license to
do so, even in their homes. Some .....
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Asian Organized Crime
<view this essay>.... and principle as the Mafia, and is just as strong, if not stronger. The group is yakuza.
The Yakuza
As indicated, the Yakuza has been in place for many years, as far back as the early 1600’s. The Japanese Yakuza is an all-male society. These individuals are misogynists. The only visible woman in the group is the bosses wife, referred to as the ane-san (older sister). However, despite attaining the same respect as the boss, she does not get involved in the day-to-day happenings of the group. Some of the reasons for the banning of women include that there is a strong belief that woman are weak in that they were not born to fight. To a Yakuza member, th .....
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Censorship
<view this essay>.... and against the graphic and
theater arts. Censorship occurs often in todays society, much of which is
justifiable, but in some cases is simply unnecessary.
What is Obscenity? Obscenity is difficult to honestly discuss. After
all, what makes a thing obscene? It is something too vague to be defined.
People often see things differently. Some see obscenity in nude pictures,
statues, paintings, etc. While others find less obscenity in these things.
This is where the discrepancy is found between what should and should not be
censored.
The world is filled with obscene things. And it would seem that parents
are just trying to protect their children fr .....
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International Law
<view this essay>.... of the United Nations states:
The International Court of justice shall be the principal judicial
organ of the United nations. It shall function in accordance with the
annexed Statute, which is based upon the Statute of the Permanent court of
International Justice and forms an integral part of the present Charter.
The commands of international law must be those that the states
impose upon themselves, as states must give consent to the commands that
they will follow. It is a direct expression of raison d'etat, the
"interests of the state", and aims to serve the state, as well as protect
the state by giving its rights and duties. This is done throu .....
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