Essays on American System

East versus West, Capitalism versus Communism. Vietnam and North America are two very different countries. Not only they are located at the opposite sides of the globe, but also the mentality, the vision of the world is like day and night. It would be wrong to compare the educational system in these countries and decide which one is better. However, it could be useful to take a look at the outcomes of the systems and understand which works better. Although even this would be a bias vision, since the needs of the people in these countries and their goals ...

Introduction

The criminal justice system of the United States and other nations are often analyzed in an inward manner. It is treated as a local matter mainly because criminal justice is a preserve of a nation-state. However, internationally, the legal system of a country like the United States can be analyzed and reviewed within an absolute and relativist context. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of globalization on the American criminal justice system and also evaluate it in relation to other jurisdictions and how the American system fares internationally.

Globalization and the US Criminal Justice System

The United States affected and has been ...

- Introduction: Demographics, Politics, and Economics of China

The most important thing to consider when thinking about China is the sheer size of the country. There are billions of people in China; the country is extremely overpopulated and very crowded. Socially, it is a country in flux. Today, the Chinese are still reeling from the Cultural Revolution of the 1950s and the massive societal changes that took place at that time. Once China opened her doors to the west, however, she began to grow; today she is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, and this fact seems ...

The physical rights over a property such as a book, manuscript, painting or CD is not similar to owning the copyright to the work personified in the item. Under the first sale policy, ownership of a physical copy of a material that has been protected by copyright permits reselling, lending, disposing of the item. Nevertheless, the copyright does not permit reproduction of the material, publicly performing or displaying it, or taking part in any activity that is reserved for the holder of the copyright. The transfer of the physical duplicate does not reassign the copyright holder’s rights to the item, including an ...

1. The American Civil Rights Act amendment act of 1964 emphasized the role of quality education as key to the realization of the American dream. It is not by coincidence that the United States has achieved one of the highest levels of high school graduation rates in the developed world. The United States education system has not only been formidable in its focus on holistic education that includes pursuit of talents and academics at the same time, but has also received accolades for its universality. However, the education system has not escaped controversy regarding quality and mode of operandi. ...

Introduction

The world is much smaller than it used to be in many different ways. Comparative education is a process that looks at the different educational traditions in one country or culture and then compares those traditions to the educational traditions in other cultures—this is a way of developing educational theory, and a method for utilising the vast amounts of data now available to glean new insights (Bignold and Gayton, 2009). These processes look at the many issues associated with education and try to draw parallels and examine differences between different cultures and the educational experiences offered by each culture (Bignold and ...

Health Care System: A Comparison

There are distinct operational characteristics between the American health care systems with that of other countries. Virtually, the health sector is an important department covered by each state a protection plan for its citizens. How the government accomplishes this is divergent from a systematic point of view. Some countries develop a compact healthcare system which is used all over the country while others establish a blend of numerous systems that could have been adopted or formulated. The American Healthcare system is unique in its own way given that it composes of formulated systems to advantage its population in the provision of healthcare. This ...

Introduction

One of the earliest tenets of the American government is the need for checks and balances in order to maintain a sense of equality and fairness in the choices being made for the American people. The US Constitution implements the separation of powers and checks and balances through the use of various overriding powers that each branch of government has over the other. For example, while Congress can approve a bill for legislation, the president has the opportunity to veto it if he does not like it. Congress, meanwhile, can impeach the president if they feel he is not performing according ...

Introduction

The United States history has been written in a multiplicity of ways, but the ones that stand out even to the modern dispensation are the constitutional amendments. 13th, 14th, and 15th modifications to the USA constitution defined new rules of engagement in so far as the wellbeing of the citizenry was concerned (Rife and Bron, 14). The amendments provided a framework over which a number of issues could be understood. This text puts into perspective the effect of the amendments to the USA constitution and their impact in the modern dispensation. The southern states in America reacted to the amendments in ...

Different social groups have engaged in the debate about foreign workforce in America. Some groups support the issuing of visas to job seekers while other groups do not support. Groups that support the issuing of visas claim that foreign workforce contributes to economic growth by increasing the productivity of local enterprises. Groups that oppose the issuing of visas to foreigners who seek employment claim that the foreigners pose a threat to the workforce in America. Truly, some of the individuals who receive visas to work in America come to replicate the already available skills. However, some of them come with ...

Question one: Discuss how and to what extent the U.S. Constitution governs and affects the intergovernmental relations in The United States of America. Discuss the tensions and conflicts between the levels of government The Constitution of the United States of America indeed contemplates three tiers of government under the federal system. The federal system of governance is informed by the need to have different centers of power sharing governance of the same regions and persons. In that respect, it was essential for the Constitution to stipulate the relations between the government levels. The Constitution in as much as ...

Criminal Law

- Gun Control - Gun Rights - Gun Policies - Back ground check - Penalties - Mental health report - Judicial Appeals for individuals who are prohibited to own or use guns - Criminal background check - Prohibition against ammunition magazines As part of the policy, there should be a universal background checks before the transfer of firearms can take place between the buyer and the seller, including private transfers. However, the policy admits of several exceptions: 1.) new mental health reporting; 2) judicial appeals process for those who have been ...

Most Asian American came to the America after the emancipation and release of the black slaves. This means that cheap and free labor was no longer available for the white population at that time. As a result, white Americans wanted to close this vacuum of cheap labor through shipping another type of race, Asians, into the United States (Kochiyama, 2004, p.26). The Asians who were shipped in America were treated with hostility and faced a lot of racism from the white people. This is because the white population was dominant in the US and thereby, became a minority. As a minority group, they ...

Introduction

This essay entails about domestic unification and national sectionalism in the early 1800s. Significant domestic and international implications will also be discussed. The research will be discussed primarily in accordance of both subjects and explanatory evidences. Towards the end of the essay, portrays the value it has added in our history.

Domestic Unification and National Sectionalism

The lack of significant political divisions, following the War of 1812 helped build an impression of national unity. Presidential elect, James Monroe, a Republican candidate won the election in 1816. Despite the fact that the Federalist Party had nearly vanished, several of its programs obtained support. James Madison called ...

The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment was a constitutional provision that facilitated the provision. The amendment was to the effect of prohibiting the production, transportation and sale of alcohol in the United States of America. It was legislated by Congress on behalf of the citizenry. The spirit of the amendment lied in the need to remedy and save the American society which was being adversely affected by alcoholism. It is instructive to note that the amendment did not expressly ban alcohol consumption. However, the amendment banned the production, transportation and sale thereby making dealing and access alcohol impossible. As Rockefeller would note in ...

“How Democratic is the American Constitution?” is one of Robert A. Dahl’s latest works. In his nook, Dahl delves deeper into the complexities of the process and the ideals of the framing of American democracy. Although most Americans view the American Constitution as a beacon of democracy that came about in the most methodical manner, however, Dahl reveals to his readers that this is not the case. Dahl’s book begins by posing the abiding question that is the book’s title as well, and Dahl also goes on to ask Americans why they should uphold the American Constitution. ...

During the Early American Republic from the 1790s to the 1830s, the first two political party systems were divided along regional, ethnics and social class lines, particularly the commercial and industrial interests led by the Federalists and Whigs in the Northeast versus the Southern planters who controlled the Democratic Party. Both parties competed for the allegiance of the majority of white small farmers and the new Western states in what was increasingly becoming a more democratic political system, at least for white males. This rivalry between slaveholding property, small landowners and nascent capitalists existed even when the Constitution was being ...

Public policies which have developed over past 10 to 20 years have included polices which deal with a whole range of issues from labour relations to health care and globalisation. However, key questions remain as to how the American system of government is informed of the need to take actions on such policy issues and who is responsible for developing solutions and setting the public policy agenda in government.

In considering a range of public policy issues, one cannot ignore the responsibility for the development of solutions and the setting of public policy agenda which comes right from the top of ...

Different countries adopt different administration strategies. The strategies adopted are generally those which seem or appear feasible to the nation. In as much as the political regimes in different countries mostly affect the residents of the country, other people around the globe do not fail to notice the differences. They also raise opinions as to how they think the regime should react towards the citizens. One of the countries which have raised issues in terms of governance is China.

According to Li (2012), the Chinese political model is very different from that of the U.S. from the historical context; ...

Interest groups and factions have existed since the beginning of the United States, as James Madison recognized, and political parties throughout American history have been coalitions of interest groups. Corporations and lobbyists representing the upper classes and various big business interests have always been a major influence on Congress and the entire political system, particularly since the nation began to industrialize after the Civil War. They have been well-represented by the Federalist, Whig and Republican Parties for over 200 years, while in the past the Democratic Party was led by the Southern slaveholding interests and also claimed to represent lower-class ...

Abstract

Violence against women is a dilemma in every country around the world. It has no respect for race, nationality, religion, or social status. One if the many factors that contributed to the continuance of this problem is, the authorities did not deem it an important issue. Compounded with the fact that these women are already ashamed to report their abuse, they do not want to be ridicule. Also the fear of repercussion keeps them quiet. After all the scientific advancement this world has accomplished, it is only about twenty years ago, since violence against women is awarded “human rights' status. ...

Various changes have been witnessed in the organizational management of police in the past decades. Most changes are as a result of the technological developments, changes in the policing environment, managerial innovations in private and public sectors, emergence of new types of offences, and changes in public opinion regarding the police. Highlighted herein is the analysis of the organizational management of American police agencies, taking into account the past, present, and future trends and their impacts. The organizational management of the American system of policing is one of its own kind based on world standards (Maguire, 2011). The local ...

War is almost as old as human history itself. Even the earliest writings in literature center on conflict: in The Epic of Gilgamesh, the central character goes to the supernatural realm to bring back the secret to eternal life, to bring his friend, who had died in war, back from the grave. The major literary works of ancient Greece either focus on wars between members of two different cultures, as with the Trojan War, or in smaller, more regional conflicts between clans or larger groups: one of the pink elephants in the room for Creon, the regent of Thebes ...

Political legitimacy

Introduction Political legitimacy is an example of a virtue relating to political institutions regarding the governing laws, policies and the candidates that aspire to hold political positions. In a narrow perspective, political legitimacy can be defined as the universal recognition of the governing law or regime and considering as authority. In this context, authority represents a political position that has been founded on an existing government. Legitimacy on the other hand signifies a system of government, which represents the sphere of influence. During the era of enlightenment, the aspect of political legitimacy is perceived as a fundamental pre-requisite for effective governing. This implies ...

Origins: Transformation of the Pan American Union into the Organization of the American states (OAS).

OAS: The rights of the individual become one of the basic principles of the organization. This commitment is defined by the 1948 declaration on the rights and duties of war.

1959: OAS creates a seven member Inter-American commission of human rights among the OAS member states

1965: OAS scope expanded to accept communications, request information from governments and make recommendations for more effective protection of human rights. Following the European standards the Inter American system has expanded its protections creating the following additional instruments: the 1985 Inter American convention to Prevent and Punish torture; the 1988 Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; ...

Out of the many stories that explore the question of freedom in Ha Jin’s anthology A Good Fall, “Children as Enemies” comes out as the most emotive and gripping illustrations of the search of inner freedom. The character of the Grandfather represents the trauma and regret of dislocation which affects elderly Chinese immigrants in the United States. Essentially, the movement from China to the United States is considered as a triumphant feat of emancipation from the prohibitive and restrictive Chinese environment (Walkowitz 78). The physical restraints in the Chinese environment back at home had filtered onto the minds and ...