Essays on Lawmaking

The end of the Second World War ushered Japan into a completely different era. A new constitution was instituted that made Japan a parliamentary democracy. The constitution recognizes the emperor as a ceremonial leader. Actual activities of the legislative and executive arm of government is to be split between a bicameral parliamentary system (the National Diet) and the Prime Minister who heads a cabinet elected by the National Diet and approved by the Emperor. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led Japan for many decades before they were defeated by a landslide victory by the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) ...

Introduction

The 17th Chief Justice of the United States, Mr. John Roberts is one of the most controversial, yet charismatic figures on the legal agenda of the United States of America. Appointed in 2005 by President George Walker Bush, John Roberts is one of the classical examples of strong judicial leadership and stalwart adherence to the canonical standards in case lawmaking (Hoffer &, Hoffer & Hull, 2007). This research aims at analyzing the leadership profile of John Roberts in his capacity as a Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Although his somewhat untraditional approach to leading the United States Supreme ...

A case study is viewed as a research methodology or basic strategy that has been scrutinized in the past as lacking rigor as well as objectivity when compared with other research methods. But there are certain times that a case study can be a useful tool for the preliminary part of the research. It is in these times that the case study can be viewed as an important marketing staple that can be used for many varied reasons (Rowley, 2002). As an example, a business can use a case study to demonstrate how their product or service has been ...

Philosophy

The correlation of ethics and philosophy is a problem, it is difficult to say to what extent the morality is socially determined. In fact, we should talk about an individual morality, but even in this case, it should be borne in mind that even very personal, individual norms and moral values ​​in most cases have a social nature. In some cases, their social origin is not so obvious, but upon closer inspection we can find that any individual morality is largely socially determined. This situation is explained by the fact that the process of establishment and the formation of ...

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The Second Amendment and its interpretation have stirred considerable debates in American legal circles. At the center of the legal “storm” is the correct understanding of the scope of the amendment in guaranteeing the right of the people to “bear arms.” One side of the political aisle on the issue believes that the clause “the right of the people to bear arms” engenders a unique constitutional liberty for American citizens. In the premise of the “individual right” postulate, the fundamental law of the United States bars lawmaking bodies from banning people to possess firearms. On the other side ...

Ralph G Wright was a Democratic Representative from Bennington, who served in the House from the year 1979 to 1995. He served as a Speaker of the House for a decade. Later, he was selected as a member of the Health and Welfare Committee from the year 1979 to 1982. In his session between the years 1983 to 1984, he served as the General and Military Affairs Committee. Thereafter, he was selected as the Vice-Chair of the Rules Committee and later House Minority Leader. Wright records the difficulties of his political career with humor, insight, and an honest way that will leave anyone ...

Most Important Institution in U.S. politics- The Congress

Introduction

After the weak parliamentary rule failed under the AOC (Articles of Confederation), Framers of the United States Constitution was set out for creating a federal system of strong but limited central government. While many architects of the Constitution had agreed upon the need for having a more rigid national government, much to the debate of the Constitutional Convention that revolved around the how strong the government needs to be in comparison to the previously established state governments (princeton.edu). It is certain, that the founders planned Congress to be more powerful in comparison to the Supreme ...

A continual debate among economists, political experts, social, cultural, and world governments about globalization leave some people scratching their heads about what does globalization actually mean. According to Cusimano Love, "Globalization increases connectivity among individuals, polities, and regional and functional sectors. This increase in connectivity leads globalization's proponents to argue that globalization increases information, transparency, and democracy, serving as a powerful engine of social, political, technological, and economic progress and development" (11-12). Review of the following literature with some assigned and others chosen to compile this discourse on the subject of globalization connect in one specific way and that is ...

Organization

Liberalism is a political thinking whose ideology is founded on equality and liberty. Liberals are popular for their support of civil rights, press freedom, fair and free elections free trade as well as religious freedom and private property. Liberalism was not a divergent political movement until the 17th century with the endorsement of John Locke. On the other, hand, classical republicanism is a republicanism ideology which was developed in the Renaissance period. It is also known as civil humanism and is based on three main concepts. These are civic virtue, civil society and mixed government. One of the first philosophers to introduce ...

In the legislative process, legislative committees play an important role. Once a bill is introduced to the senate, it is sent to the committees whereby the public can give their comments on the issue. It is amended so that it becomes suitable and is in line with the needs of the people. The committees give recommendations on changes that can be made to improve a bill. If the bill is not acceptable to the public, the committee disapproves it. The committees also gather information on the possible bills that need to be passed by the senate. These proposals are then forwarded ...

The Obama healthcare reforms will probably go down as the most controversial political conflict in his era (Sanger 1). The American healthcare bill had never been reformed since the 1960s, and Obama goes down as one of the few presidents who reformed the bill. However, the healthcare reforms were passed with a lot of political controversy and conflict that saw Democrats and Republicans disagree, enthusiastically. The following study aims at analyzing the Obama led healthcare reforms conflict, illustrating how showing a larger understanding of American politics can be applied to help clarify what happened in the policy conflict. Also, the study ...