Essays on Decree

A consent decree project was proposed by attorneys of a fictional jail named Adelphi County Jail in Maryland in the United States. This proposed consent decree was instigated by a particular situation that occurred at the jail involving two of the inmates where some prison officers accessed the inmate’s belongings on suspicion of possession of contrabands. This report analyzes the consent decree project in the context of the situation that occurred leading to the decree. This report seeks to address the extent to which this situation, the policy and procedure directive of the jail and the appellate court ...

How does the divine decree relate to the attributes of God?

Answer

The divine decrees regulate the operation of the attributes. The actions of God can no more be separated from the decrees of God than the actions of a man can be from his decisions. The divine decree relates only to God’s opera ad extra or transitive acts. The divine decree, consequently, comprehends only those events that occur in time.

Application

In our Christian walk, we must always ...

Introduction

Every criminal justice system in the world is characterized by policy and procedure directives that ensures that all the actions and processes in this system are within the constitutional and legal confines. The policy and procedure are enacted to ensure that the constitutional rights of stakeholders are not infringed upon when these individuals are exposed to a particular criminal justice process. Unfortunately, there arises some situations in the course of disseminating justice where some actions cause massive legal disagreements. An individual who has been subjected to a particular process may claim that the process was unconstitutional or that his ...

Introduction

The book of Daniel is a unique book in the Old Testament. It contains visions, dreams and supernatural proclamations. There are some notions in the bible that are easy enough to understand but then there are also some notions that are hard to decipher. The prophecies of Daniel fall in the category of notions that are hard to understand. While commenting on the seventy sevens in the book of Daniel, John Walvoord said they were vital in understanding Old and New Testament prophecies.In the midst of all the great prophecies, the prophecy regarding the Seventy Weeks still stands out ...

Introduction

The main antagonist in the Theban plays, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone, Creon undergoes a major character transformation. This is clearly indicated in the three roles he takes up in respective plays. In Oedipus the King, Creon is the loyal brother-in-law who is accused by the former of murder. He is depicted as a lover of his family and of the people of Thebes. In Oedipus at Colonus, this nature slowly fades away and he becomes devious and deceptive. As a king, Creon, a noble statesman finds himself between a rock and a hard place while ...

The Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone is a stone slab carved from granodiorite, an igneous rock resembling granite. It acquired its name from the area where it was found in the in 1798. The British Museum estimates it originated during the lifetime of King Ptolemy V, around 196 B.C. Etched with Egyptian hieroglyphs, it displays a Greek translation of the king’s Memphis Decree issued at Memphis (British Museum 2014).
Three scripts appear on the stele. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs comprise the upper text, Demotic script occupies the middle portion, and the text finishes in Ancient Greek. The text is essentially the same, ...

The concept of corruption and its elimination has long been a problem for the Philippines since the country proclaimed its independence in 1898. Every administration had claims of corruption activities, enveloping the country in massive debt still paid today. While former and present administrations have denied corruption claims in their tenure, one administration had faced charged both locally and internationally due to evidences showcasing Philippine budget invested in clothing, jewellery, and eventually, the beginnings of a dictatorship. The Marcos’ 21 year regime in the Philippines cited the highest cases of corruption by a public official as he embezzled money ...

In the many developments that are taking place in the religious world, ecumenism is one of the most significant of them all. Church leaders are coming together with common goals that enable them to best serve and worship God, among other many activities. The main goal of contemporary ecumenism has been for all the Christians in the world to be brought together into unity amidst diverse and pluralistic expressions of the faith. This interdenominational union is rooted in the belief that all Christians are bound together by Christ and His existence should not be the cause of division and ...

Luke Johnson Timothy was an American religious researcher who concentrated mostly on Christian, literary and moral teachings of the New Testament. He was a former monk of the Catholic Church and did so many scholarly articles that have continued to be used in religious studies throughout the world. He was well known for expressing his opinion about The Creed as taught in the Bible. In his book, The Creed: What It Is and Why It Matters, he vehemently expresses his personal understanding of this subject and supports his arguments with biblical texts. This makes his opinion about this subject ...

Just this year, the Saudi Arabian government has issued a ban on all non-Muslim churches in the country (Clarke 17). Not only in the construction of churches, but also the destruction of those that already stand in Saudi Arabia. The government of Saudi Arabia recognizes all its citizens as Muslims, and therefore does not believe in the need to have Christian churches or those of other religions. Those who are not of the Islamic faith are at risk of suffering from persecution as the government is very strict on their laws about religion.
There are currently no official Christian ...

Antigone is a Greek play written by Sophocles. It is a Greek tragedy full of love, betrayal and death. Antigone the main character in the play is portrayed as rebellious and refuses to follow the rules in the family. Even though she took care of her blind father to his death, as was her duty as a daughter and woman, and although she sought to perform rituals over her brother’s corpse to send him to the after life that were tasks known to be reserved for women, Antigone’s character goes against nearly every Greek ideal for women ...

ABSTRACT

This study tries to evaluate the tenure of Paul Bremer as the governor of Iraq and as the US envoy in Iraq between May 2003 and June 2004. During this tenure, Bremer was the leader of Coalition Provisional Authority which was the recognized leadership by the United Nations in Iraq. This study evaluates the critical decisions which were made by Bremer whether right or wrong and gives its own opinions on the way the decisions would have been made. The study also evaluates the leadership provided by Bremer on the critical issues on the governance of Iraq. The paper ...

The racial divide in the fire department has presented discrimination issues and has resulted to some of the minority groups’ firefighters missing opportunities for career growth. According to the case study, most minority firefighters will decline opportunities or seniority rights that may advance their careers simply because they may not feel welcome (City Firehouses 4). Secondly, another important fact to note is that most of the diversity gains that have resulted from the US Court decree that has lasted for over 30 years are beginning to disappear. This has been attributed to the court decision to end the consent ...

Thesis

Antigone is a tragedy by Sophocles that begins with the deaths of two brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices; their deaths are caused by their own swords in a struggle for the throne after their father, Oedipus, dies. Creon, the relative who takes up the throne allows for an honourable burial of Eteocles but denies Polyneices the same respect. He issues a decree that Polyneices’ body be dumped in the wild and no respect to be paid for it. Antigone, Polyneices and Eteocles’ sister, learns of the decree but goes ahead to bury her brother, Polyneices, despite the orders given by ...

General IndicatorsCapital: Riyadh, 4.725 million (2013)Area: 2,149,690 Square KilometersPopulation: 26,939,583 (2013)
Population Growth Rate: 1.51% (2013)Population Density: 12/km2
Total Dependency Ratio: 46.9 % (2013)
Economic IndicatorsGDP (PPP): $921.7 billion (2012)Per Capita GDP (PPP): $31,800 (2012)Distribution of GDP: Agriculture 1.9%, Industry 64.8%, Service.33.3%. (2012)
GDP-Real growth rate: 6.8% (2012)
Urban Population: 82.5% (2012)Labour force participation rate (Ratio of female to male shares): 0.239 (2011)Environmental Performance Index (EPI) Ranking (and score): 82 (50) (2012)Debt level: 11.5% of GDP (2012)
Analysis section:GDP per Capita is the total ...

What factors have catalyzed developments in human civilization during the past millennium?

Introduction
Throughout the past millennium, humankind has experienced vast developments that became instrumental to reaching its eventual current state. Although there is an understanding that humankind inevitably undergoes change as time goes by, various themes in world history have characterized the transformations that emerged during the past 1000 years. Such provides valuable insights on how humankind could possibly evolve as they continue to exist. The following themes have depicted developments in human civilization – the growth of empires, emancipation from oppression and permeation of foreign influence that has countered tradition. The constant desire of humankind to expand their utility has ...

Facts

This is a case of Byrne (P), an ordinary citizen walking in front of a flour shop which was under the ownership of Boadle (D) when a barrel containing some baking materials fell from the defendant’s window, directly hitting the plaintiff and making him sustain serious personal physical injuries. The plaintiff filed for charges against Boadle before the court under the grounds of negligence of duty.
There were several people who witnessed the incident which caused the plaintiff to sustain injuries, including some of the defendant’s flour shop employees. Aside from the obvious and legal medical services-backed ...

Differences between National and International NGOs -

A Case Study of the US, Bahrain and India
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1 Introduction
Non-Governmental Organizations or NGOs have become influential actors of societal development and change on a national as well as international scale. Beginning as non-governmental consultants to the United Nations, the number of NGOs across the world has witnessed exponential growth since the 1980s. Although most people understand what an NGO is - the name itself makes it very clear that these are organizations that are not government run – there is little consensus on what may be described as key characteristics of an NGO. As ...

(a) Voidable marriages are those marriages which exist in the eyes of the law and shall remain valid until annulled (Lim 18). Under the Section 20B of the MCO, the parties who contracted a voidable marriage will enjoy the rights and the duties of a married couple until a decree of nullity has been made absolute by the court. The difference between a void and voidable marriage is that in voidable marriages, even if there are factors which exist to make a marriage voidable and the parties are allowed to choose to continue with the marriage despite the existence ...

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Thinking Critically with Drama- Antigone
Antigone is a tragic play written by Sophocles in or before 441 BCE. Although it is the last of the Oedipus trilogy, Antigone was written first and bagged the first prize at the Dionysia festival. The play deals with a female protagonist who acts against the order of the king, and in the process meets her untimely death. The conflicts between the two main characters Creon and Antigone, is a powerful human struggle, which is still relevant as it was during that day. It is a struggle of an individual against the establishment. ...

Question One

The labor laws outlaw employee discrimination of any nature. It is illegal to practice any form of workplace discrimination. The action by the employer would be deemed unlawful. It can be explained by the theory of affirmative action. The Act outlawed any form of discrimination against any employees and job applicants because of sex. The employers should therefore not make any employment decisions on stereotypical and assumptive attitude. Presuming the ability, personalities, or the productivity of potential employees, on account of their sex is illegal.
The employer can be sued for violating the law. The principle of equality and ...

During the ancient period there were a lot of empires. These empires were extensive that included a huge territory and population, and were extremely wealthy. All empires have expanded through conquest of neighboring states, but not all of them lasted a long time. Some of the empires collapsed in less than a few decades after their creation, while others have existed for centuries as a hegemon of the ancient world. So how does it happen that the Roman Empire and the Han Empire lasted for centuries, and the empire of Alexander the Great and Mauryan Empire of Ashoka have ...

Introduction

Criminal justice has since been a long-standing issue in the city of Oakland, California, not least because of its effectiveness in combating crime. In fact, Oakland currently stands as perhaps the most crime-ridden city not only in the San Francisco Bay Area (SFBA), but also throughout California, with alarming rises in homicide and robbery cases. Such owes largely to the ineffectiveness of the Oakland Police Department (OPD) – a matter this essay seeks to elaborate through reviews on the articles written by Robert Gammon for the East Bay Express and Jonathan Mahler for The New York Times.

The Contemporary State of Criminal Justice in Oakland

The perceived incompetence ...

- Abstract of the case

Dates: Reargued January 9,10,11,12, 1911; Decided: May 29, 1911.

The objective of the case was to ascertain whether the actions of the defendants amounted to a restraint on the ‘interstate commerce in tobacco’. Drawing precedence to a previous ruling against Standard Oil Co., the court was of the opinion that the company has violated the provisions of the Antitrust Act, 1890 on two grounds, by restraining interstate trade of tobacco and by monopolization of the tobacco business. The court reaffirmed that the actions of the American Tobacco Company was against the public interest as it involved ‘combinations’ that attempted to restrict competition. The ...

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Introduction

Perhaps no clause in the U.S. constitution has been so misconstrued and debated as the Second Amendment. In fact, even the Supreme Court could not make up their mind as to the true meaning of “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed”. A decisive interpretation to this clause has been quite elusive. Since its ratification, only a few cases have found its way to the Supreme Court while the court’s decision has not helped clarify the matter more ...

Explain the Sacred Origin of Rule of Law

The rule of law has several origins including political, religious and even cultural origins. Sacred denotes association with holiness. It is the state perceived to be associated with divinity. Many religions across the globe have the rules governing their conducts. These rules and laws have their origins. In this paper we discuss the various origins of the religious laws.
Laws, in almost, if not all cultures are religious or sacred in origin. This is because it is law that governs society and man. Because it declares and establishes the meaning of righteousness and justice, law is unavoidably sacred, in ...

Gender is a social construct, not tied to sex in any neat, definitive manner and hence, amenable and open to (re)construction in order to challenge power relations. This paper explores gendered power relations in Euripedes’ Medea and Sophocles’ Antigone, in an endeavour to explicate upon how such relations manifest themselves in the text, and thereby, shape, influence and contribute to an understanding of the overwhelmingly misogynist and patriarchal social reality of ancient Greece. The paper also seeks to take issue with the use of language as mediating an elucidation and plurification of meaning/s in the text, and aiding ...

Introduction

This term paper focuses more on the difference in views of society among Ancient Greek Philosophers more specifically about the different views about power and state by Aristotle and Plato. In the general context, Aristotle had a natural and biological view of the world. He believed that everything that is in existence has a specific function in the society. Aristotle at time seemed to be in believed of slavery, as he did not recognize the role of women in the society. On the other hand, Plato believes that democracy is always a tyranny rather than oligarchies. He also thinks ...

The history of the October Socialist Revolution belongs to the themes that have attracted the most attention of both foreign and Russian historiography, because its victory radically changed the position of all classes and strata of the Russian population as well as the party system, which had a great impact on world’s development in the 20th century. The Bolsheviks became the ruling party that spearheaded the creation of a new political and social system. On October 26th 1917 the Bolsheviks passed the Decree on Peace and Land. Following the Decree the Soviet government adopted other laws: the introduction ...

In modern business, it is almost impossible not to transact without the use of credit. Often, the amounts of business expenses outmatches the business incomes or at least at one time or another. In order to shore up one’s deficits, it is essential to obtain loans to fill in the gaps. In addition, some businesses generally require additional capital outlay to operate. It is advisable that an entity settles for the best capital mix that balances the assets and liabilities well. An entity must have just the right ratio of debt and equity capital. In accessing debt capital, ...

Introduction

Henry VIII, Elizabeth 1st and James 1st are among the most prominent monarchs in the history. A common factor among the three British royals is their strong religious belief. As heads of the British crown, their religious affiliation had a tremendous impact in their governance considering their high influence to their subjects as monarchs. The royal’s religious belief constitutes a significant impact to the life of their subjects, which will be discussed in the following section. The religious belief of the three aforementioned rulers are significantly attributed to life and death of their subjects as religious following is ...

Introduction

Race is an important social aspect that serves as an identification of one’s heritage. For decades, however, people have used racial differences as grounds for discriminating against minority groups. The prevalent racism we observe in the modern society has roots in the colonialism era of the 1400s. During that time, Europeans colonized Africans and Americans with white settlers adopting a misconception that they were superior to all other races. With this, white settlers conceived that they were the only civilized race hence their role to civilize savages. Europeans used this false notion as a justification for their inhumanity. ...

Abstract

United States v. United Shoe Machinery Company is a suit which was brought before the Supreme Court by the United States (US) against the defendants- United Shoe Machinery Company (of New Jersey), United Shoe Machinery Corporation, United Shoe Machinery Company (of Maine) along side their officers and directors. It was brought under the provisions of Antitrust Act 1914, c. 323, 38 Stat. 731, 736 aimed at preventing them from making leases and decisions deemed to be in a violation of this law. After its argument on March 16th, 19th, 20th and 21st, 1817, it was decided upon on 20th, ...

Introduction

We are in the middle of a fast growing internet age. Internet, social networking, VOIP, teleconferencing and cloud computing are growing phenomenally. Though the growth of technology is on fast track, the security system is yet not full-proof enough. This lapse in security measures provides an opportunity to a group of people to intrude private networks and system illegally, resulting in the creation of a new brand of criminals called cyber criminals or hackers. Internet is a virtual space not restricted by any country boundary. Often vulnerability in the network of one country can be used to attack a ...

In the fictitious state of Xanadu, the law that was passed to say that non-whites were not welcome to golf, and swimming facilities was tantamount to a criminal wrong. Persons responsible for any form of discrimination are liable for punishment, for the wrong they are carrying out against other parties (HoSang, LaBennett & Pulido, 2012). Any party that feels disgruntled by the formation or passing of such a law may be at liberty to take action in court. They can do this for it is their fundamental right to do so. To challenge such a law, there must be several ...

Summary

- It’s centrally located making it easy for shipping of goods.
- Low fuel costs hence low costs of production involved.
- Amendment of Law No. 13 of 2000 to Law No. 1 of 2010; ownership of 100% stake in companies for non-Qatar persons.
- Low tax policies and tax incentives.
- Adequate labor.
- Numerous exemptions and incentives for exchanges, imports and exports.
- Free trade region at Doha port.

Introduction

Qatar is an Arab state that is located in Western Asia. It lies between the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia. It was monarchy ruled by the Al ...

Introduction

Chick-fil-A, Inc. was an organization that was organized in the early 1960s and is considered to be the second biggest fast food chicken eatery in the entire United States. Chick-fil-A stores are positioned in 39 states and that includes the District of Columbia. Research shows that the sales for 2011 had actually gone way past the $4.1 billion mark. Research also displays that Chick-fil-A maintains a crowd of trademarks, as well as trademarks for “Chick-fil-A” and not to mention for the motto “Eat more chicken” nevertheless, Chick-fil-A has some disputes over the years such as the case of Robert ...

His Victory at Bosworth Field

Henry VII and his Struggle to Maintain Power after his Victory at Bosworth Field
Knowing well that his hold on the English throne was feeble, Henry VII was primarily concerned with securing his position as King of England after winning the battle at Bosworth. His security as a monarch had already been further threatened by his victory at Bosworth. The country had been in the state of civil war for almost a century, known as the War of the Roses. King Richard II had been dethroned by Henry Bolingbroke, who then crowned Henry IV as king. Violent and armed ...

Discussion

The policy of rendition refers to the process through which persons, usually fugitives, are handed over by one state to the other. In the United States of America, rendition can apply in two ways. One, the person could be handed over by one state to the other, or the person, usually the fugitive in this scenario, is handed over by the Federal Government of America to another foreign nation. Usually, the first case is guided by the constitution of the United States of America, while the second is amorphous and guided through presidential decree in coordination with the American ...

Historical Overview of the Inquisition

In the early Middle Ages, the Roman Church had consolidated its power. The so called heretics became their foremost enemy. Heresy was taken as a crime since it deliberately denied the truth of the Catholic faith (“Historical Overview of the Inquisition,” p. 1). There was a Christian unity pervading at that time and the Church leaders and the ordinary people alike united against the heretics, whom they considered as a threat to society (p. 1). With the popularity and spread of heresy during the 11th and 12th centuries, Pope Gregory IX instituted the papal inquisition in 1231. During this ...