
|
Search Papers |
|
|
 |
|
Find Legal Issues Term Papers
Gun Control
Number of pages: 10 | Number of words: 2480.... citizen helpless in defending themselves against the perils of urban
life . Is it our right to bear arms as North Americans ? Or is it privilege? And
what are the benefits of having strict gun control laws? Through the analysis of
the writings and reports of academics and experts of gun control and urban
violence, it will be possible to examine the issues and theories of the social
impact of this issue.
Part II: Review of the Literature A) Summary
In a paper which looked at gun control and firearms violence in North America,
Robert J. Mundt, of the Univer .....
|
Illegal Immigration
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 676.... to Negative Population Growth (which is a suspect source),
Americans are firmly believe in tough laws against illegal immigrants and that
70% of Americans want no more than 300,000 legal immigrants to enter the U.S.
per year. In fact, N.P.G. says that 20% of Americans want immigration
completely stopped. Taking these numbers as the truth, it is clear that America
thinks that we have too many immigrants.
Such a dislike of immigration is interesting considering the success of
past immigration. Many people would say that today's immigrants are somehow
different than .....
|
Opposing The Death Penalty
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 1094.... it must
understand that death is not a pretty thing. Criminals are painlessly put to
sleep, and die in the same manner that Dr. Kavorkian's patients choose.
Personally, if I was faced with the option of living the remainder of my life in
isolation, perpetually haunted by pain and images of terror, I would absolutely
chose to die by lethal injection. There is no true punishment in this method,
except the fear of going to hell, which I strongly doubt is of much concern to
most convicts on death row.
Assuming that the judicial processes which convict these individuals
are .....
|
A Civil Action Position Paper
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1322.... to Woburn were
shut down because health officials from the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) thought they might have been contaminated by industrial wastes. The
two main defendants were the W.R. Grace corporation, a chemical and
manufacturing giant that built stainless steel equipment at a plant in
Woburn, and Beatrice Foods, another mega-corporation, which operated a
tannery there. Toxic chemicals from these operations, many thought, had
leaked in and contaminated the wells. The most serious of these chemicals
was a carcinogen called trichloroethylene, a solvent used to di .....
|
Crime
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2089.... would consider evil and acts that
lawmakers decide should be regulated in the interest of the community. The
first group includes such major crimes as arson, assault, breach of the peace,
burglary, kidnapping, larceny, murder, rape, and robbery. The second group
includes crimes of a “rapidly growing urban society.” These crimes include
violations of income tax laws, liquor control regulations, pure food and drug
laws, and traffic laws. Crimes in the first group usually involve severe
punishments while crimes in the second group are generally punished by fines,
notices to f .....
|
Failure Of Gun Control Laws
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1567.... which persist today. Firearms in the new world were used initially
for hunting, and occasionally for self-defense. However, when the colonists
felt that the burden of British oppression was too much for them to bear,
they picked up their personal firearms and went to war. Standing against
the British armies, these rebels found themselves opposed by the greatest
military force in the world at that time. The 18th century witnessed the
height of the British Empire, but the rough band of colonial freedom
fighters discovered the power of the Minuteman, the average Ameri .....
|
No Speed Limit In Virginia
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 618.... to set the speed limit to what they want and "any state" means Virginia State also.
The Virginia State speed limit should be lifted from all interstate and state highways. The fact is the speed limit, which is set at 55 miles per hour around the area, causes many problems and traffic. The traffic in the Washington, DC metropolitan area is one of the worst in the United States. Especially on highway 66 where there is always a lot of traffic because people are worried about going the right speed due to all the highway patrol on the road. So, taking this into consideration, by .....
|
The Drinking Age
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1276.... whether or not the issue of drinking age should have been left up to the state governments instead of the federal government. “The federal government has been suspected of threatening to stop federal funding for the states highway systems if they did not comply with the proposed uniformed drinking age.” Many feel that as a result of this the states were pressured into their decision of raising the age limit.
laws, in some ways, prevent young adults from participating in some social activities and in some cases limit their job opportunities. Because of the age laws young adu .....
|
|