Essays on Prohibition

The ethical dilemmas associated with the advocacy campaign are both micro and macro in term of the scope of coverage. The micro level of the ethical issues involves the individual level, while the macro represents the societal level. Therefore, the essay will entail an analysis of the ethical dilemmas in the first section, paying adequate attention to the same based on the wide information base. Firstly, the ethical dilemma arises in determining when to embark in the execution of the advocacy campaign. In particular, it is necessary that the campaign takes place at a time when all the necessary ...

Introduction

Regulation and licensure is the act of giving a permit to those qualified in particular field of specialty while at the same time keeping in checking their activities. It is usually established under a variety of jurisdictions that aim at promoting the welfare of the public. Licensure is the process under which engineers receive authorization to practice as well as provide professional engineering services to people [5]. Just like any other profession, engineering is usually protected by the law under some jurisdictions. In the United States, the practice of architecture is often governed by individual states. The licenses are ...

04 September 20XX

With regard to the question “should marijuana be legalized,” we conclude the answer is “yes.” This conclusion is made based on the economics of the issue. The existing system involves significant expense to local government with no appreciable result. Marijuana remains readily available virtually anywhere in the nation, decades of the war on drugs notwithstanding. That a demand for this product exists is undeniable. Continued criminalization will accomplish nothing beyond driving costs up marginally. The evidence is seen in the results. To continue to do the same thing and expect a different result is one classic ...

Introduction

It cannot be denied that gang activity has always been a recurring problem in the United States, but it is notable to know that gang activity in itself has a colorful history behind it. There are many gangsters and criminals throughout the history of the United States, and one of the most infamous of them is the iconic American gangster Al Capone. A criminal from the Prohibition Era, he was the leader of the Chicago Outfit—a crime syndicate known for illegally distributing alcohol during that time. Al Capone himself had a colorful biography worth detailing. Delving into details ...

1920’s

The 1920’s was the time of Prohibition, which means a prohibition of alcohol, that were considered intoxicating drinks. The manufacturers were closed as well as many bars, pubs or saloons. But the liquor trade went underground making ‘bathtube’ gin or similar products at home. It was quite easy to make and it was possible to drink it right away, which made it easy for distribution of the drink.

Who was Al “scarface” Capone and what did he do?

Such illegal operations as making and selling alcohol in the city was controlled and protected by well-known criminal figures. For example, in Chicago it was Al Capone. He was a ...

Introduction

There are several reasons why the annual Burning Man festival is unique among mass gatherings. Held in the Black Rock section of America’s Great Basin desert in Nevada, Burning Man’s 70,000 participants construct a city that houses—and in itself functions as—a participatory performing arts space, a communal spiritual retreat, and a cathartic experience of radical self-expression (Brill 2007). Then, one week later, they tear it all down, pack everything out, and leave no trace behind. It is an anti-market event (Cesewski & Giles 2007) whose participants rely on gift-giving and barter to secure any necessities ...

Introduction

Riverside County has registered an increase in tobacco use over the previous one decade with the department of public health expressing its grave concerns on its effects to the community. The infamous electronic cigarette is the bond of contention due to its increased use even by the underaged who find it convenient as its symptoms are not easily noted. The adults, however, remain the most affected with most efforts getting futile so far. The smoking issue was marked as critical at the time when the National Institute on Drug Abuse raised the alarm on the increased public smoking habits ...

04 September 20XX

SUMMARY: Economic Analysis, LLC contracted with the bi-partisan Committee on Legislative Initiatives to provide an analysis of the economics of legalization of marijuana. This summary presents the highlights of our findings. With regards the question - Should the Committee on Legislative Initiatives recommend passage of Senate Bill 5786, “The Legalization of Marijuana Act of 2017” - the answer is “yes.” This conclusion is made based on our economic analysis alone. We make no moral judgments. Milton Friedman summarized this issue best. By his estimate the current system of criminalizing marijuana results in 10,000 homicides a ...

Introduction

Creativity exists a tenet of novel strategy that provides an acute and results-oriented process to existing problems. While creativity remains imperative in everyday solutions of predicaments, the overall success or imminent failure of the creative process as an insightful, and a rational means to an end is governed by the general approach and processes engaged. A myriad of decisions, policies, and laws in the United States have been subject to the creative thinking process. Evidentially, some have been successful, and some have failed. This essay will troubleshoot the general creative process that led to the failure of prohibition laws ...

Usage of Nuclear Weapons in Legal Way Under Humanitarian Law

The legality of the usage of the nuclear weapons is the question of the fierce debate lasting for years. In fact, the usage of nuclear weapons from the political or economical concerns poses the risks to the living of the human. In this regard, the introduction of this type of weapon is deliberately controlled for the prevention of the possible harm to the life of the human on earth. In order to determine the legality of the usage of nuclear weapons, the author suggest to dwell on its notion provided in the current humanitarian legislation. The nuclear weapon represents ...

More than 60 years have passed since Al Capone’s death, yet the well-known gangster has continued to attract people’s attention all over the world. In fact, he is perhaps more famous than any Italian American in the history (Iorizzo, 2003). There are many controversies regarding Al Capone’s character. Some consider him good for his unusual good deeds while others consider him a ‘bad guy’ owing to his apparent unethical conduct. He was surely not a common criminal. He was rather different if one considers the literal definition of a criminal. However, his rap sheet consists of ...

Introduction

In order to struggle spam, companies exploit spam traps for finding out and blocking spammers. A spam trap is a destination, which is used to lure spammer attacks. One example of spam traps is an email address, which is not used, but incoming traffic to this address is monitored. A lot of spam traps exist in the Internet expanses; they are generally managed by big anti-spam organizations (SURBL, Spamhaud), security companies (McAfee, TrendMicro), Internet Service Providers and corporate email server. The possible types of spam traps are typos (mistyped email addresses), expired addresses (not used for long time), purchased ( ...

In both Canada and US, the decency of using mascots that refer to Native Americans or images that refer to them for a sports institution has been a controversial topic (Legislative Efforts, 2010). Different individuals have varying views of the issue, which they base on the civil rights of Native Americans and other reasons. NCAA has sided with those who support the elimination and discontinuation of mascots that have any reference to Native Americans. In 2015, a policy was adopted that imposed prohibition of mascots’ use by all the collegiate teams. However, even if the NCAA has its reasons ...

I. Introduction The cultivation and use of Marijuana dates back to ancient times when man cultivated this cannabis plant for its medicinal benefits. Archaeological research revealed Cannabis-based textiles which has been around 7,000 BC have been found in the northern part of China. Scientific testing leads to the conclusion that the most probably, the “ancient culture cultivated cannabis for pharmaceutical, psychoactive, and divinatory purposes” (Armentano, 2). In the present-day, the medicinal value of marijuana has been recognized by many medical practitioners; for instance, this plant has been proven as an effective way to alleviate some symptoms associated with ...

Introduction

In order to struggle spam, companies exploit spam traps for finding out and blocking spammers. A spam trap is a destination, which is used to lure spammer attacks. One example of spam traps is an email address, which is not used, but incoming traffic to this address is monitored. A lot of spam traps exist in the Internet expanses; they are generally managed by big anti-spam organizations (SURBL, Spamhaud), security companies (McAfee, TrendMicro), Internet Service Providers and corporate email server. The possible types of spam traps are typos (mistyped email addresses), expired addresses (not used for long time), purchased ( ...

The case Thompson v. North American Stainless, LP addresses the scope of the retaliation provision under Title VII that enables protection for the employees against the illegal actions of the employers. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 permits retaliation cases in order to decrease the exposure to the discriminatory activity in actions of the employees. Meanwhile, this article states that the retaliation should be understood as the situation when the employee of the firm was fired or reassigned as well as he was deprived of the certain range of the benefits if the employer considered them ...

Littering: The Urban Menace

The word “litter” is commonly heard in connection with animals which produce many offspring in one go. It thus suggests something of a numerical excess seen in relation to the norm, here the human pattern. In the pejorative sense it conveys an inconvenient recurrence. In the special context of habitable environments it clearly implies inconvenient excesses that destroy the rhythm and balance of otherwise placid surroundings. By deduction it refers to redundant objects and material that disturbs the calm spell of community life. Thus we may locate littering in the environmental perspective.

Analysis

Certain nations and communities of the world ...

Legal Issues and Disciplinary Action

Develop, analyze, and explain requirements that could be used in the personnel selection process for management positions in the company Employment in the US has evolved over time. The process has seen to it marked changes that have resulted in a shift in the workplace. A company’s culture determines its profitability and also its productivity. Employment law has been tasked with the mandate of developing an organization’s culture. Employer-employee relationships have been strengthened with the advent of the Employment law. The US gives a clear picture of the cultural advancement has in fact, shaped the workforce in ...

English 111-MJI07

Experience and the law of economics prove that where there is demand, there will always be a supply. For this reason, among others, prohibition will not solve the drug problem in the United States. The prohibition of harmful substances has already been attempted in the United States, and has already shown to be ineffective in the past century. This was the case with alcohol. People, who wanted to get the coveted drink, found a way to get it (Doremus and Canet 4). Of course, in order to buy alcohol, which was not recognized legally, people went to the underground ...

I. Summary of the first article Helga Kuhse, Bioethics News, July 1992 Background Briefing* (from BIOETHICS NEWS Vol.11 No. 4 July 1992 page 40) The article concerned deals with the issue of euthanasia, which is literally translated as “merciful death”. Generally, it implies deliberately robbing a person of his life. The article engages historical genesis of euthanasia, in particular examining the issue back in Ancient Greece and Rome (Young). The author of the article asserts that such medical procedures as euthanasia and suicide were rather acceptable in the ancient times. Nowadays, however, the general understanding and attitude towards these ...

The prohibition of marijuana has for long been a subject of heated debates, arguments, and counter-arguments regarding the effects of such action around social and political circles. Many argue that the use of marijuana makes an individual intoxicated which results in feelings of anxiety, fear, and panic. Others argue that marijuana-induced intoxication leads to impairment of the memory, negatively affecting coordination and reaction time. Legalization of marijuana is believed to be a good thing since it will lead to the collection of larger amount of tax revenues and lower government spending. In spite of the fact that a large ...

In Parts one and Two of Volume One of Michael Foucault’s Philosophy on Sexuality, he analyses and distances himself from what he calls “Repression Hypothesis,” using our desire to analyze and investigate the “science” of our sexual behavior, our need to confess what we deem sexual immorality, and the productive nature of the relationship of sex to power and knowledge, as the key elements of his argument. A definition of “Repression Hypothesis” is necessary for us to understand further why Foucault rejects it. According to American philosopher and University of California, Berkeley professor of Philosophy, Hurbert Dryfus, and ...

The paper highlights six prominent cases of their time and causes of seizure and warrant of these cases. The facts involved in cases and courts ruling in making decisions are explained in the paper. It focuses on Mapp v. Ohio, Terry v. Ohio, Tennessee v. Garner, Carroll v. U.S., Graham v. Connor, and U.S. v Leon. According to the 4th amendment of the U.S. Constitution, people have the right to feel secure in their homes and without proper court consent police should not be allowed to breach their personal property. Furthermore, a search warrant is to be issued by ...

Introduction

The American Mafia, also known as the Italian -American Mafia, is actually a term coined to represent the Italian-American criminal society that actually evolved from the Sicilian mafia and formed the first cartel of organized crime in America in the early 20th century. Although, the actual inception for the Italian Mafia had already been at the end of 19th century in Sicily when Italians migrated from their native land to Sicily in order to manage a living and started practicing unlawful acts to sustain on the American land. In spite of the criminal tendencies of the Italian immigrants, there ...

Describe civil and criminal penalties that might arise from Ima’s death

Under the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA) 1970, all employers are responsible for creating adequately safe working environment (Pinnington, Macklin & Campbell, 2007). The possibilities of employee contact with uninsulated wire is a situation, when life of this employee becomes jeopardized, as well as there is a possibility of getting serious bodily damages. In this case, the affected employee, or the family members are entitled to claiming general damages from the employee. Furthermore, because the omissions of Walexron are conspicuously blatant (uninsulated wire obviously poses a huge hazard to the employee and visitors of the facility) ...

Chapter 2: Literature Review

Introduction The chapter consists of all the relevant information that can be collected from past studies and are combined to present a clear view. It is the initial for determining the factors that can be used to synthesize the overall study through findings and discussion. The positivist approach is used to collect and summarize the information from the previous studies and determine the model that can be used to conduct a viable study. The positivist approach emphasizes all the relevant information regarding the topic that is to compare Islamic and Traditional banks using data envelopment analysis. The theoretical framework ...

One of the leading trends in the economic theory of crime and punishment has become an economic analysis of organized crime. Prohibition era has led to an increase in crime and the formation of a huge number of organized criminal groups of black and significant enrichment of crime. "The condemnation of blackness" examines what constitutes a crime as a socio-economic institution, what are the economic characteristics of its functioning, how it affects society and what are the laws of its evolution. The segregation of the black population has forced many of them to go to the North. From 1913 ...

A lot of people in America have had a perception that people who are using marijuana have horrible characteristics in common, but the truth is that they failed to understand Marijuana have a lot of importance to not only the body of the user but to the entire life of an individual. Indeed, the threats of Marijuana have dependably been misrepresented, and its arrangement has been an exit from extent. The perspectives about the utilization of the cannabis have been developing throughout the decades. Indeed, as the plant has been there for centuries, its legality to use and distributed ...

Nowadays a lot of problematic issues and controversies about people’s social, religious, racial and gender identity have been discussed. Equality of human rights, recognition of basic moral and ethical principles, tolerance and respect towards people with different background are the main conditions of real freedom and democracy. Although, people have started realizing new progressive ideals and there has been a significant decrease in the race discrimination rates, the problem of transgender identity still remains unsolved and public offense or misunderstandings still very frequently occur in different mass media sources. Many people wonder, why one should change his or ...

Writings on Hinduism have been remarkably expanded in the past decade by anthropological research which focuses on the real nature of religious practices, including the underlying philosophy, and examines the setting or environment as well as the written literature. Edward Harper, in his article Ritual Pollution as an Integrator of Caste and Religion (1964), vividly showed that the hierarchical relationship of the concepts of 'purity' and 'pollution', which are the foundational elements of caste, is based on a paradigm of society wherein different groups are brought together by the common pursuit of religion or rituals for the gods. The ...

Abstract

Since the end of the Great Wars, the international community has worked double time to improve the human rights conditions of the public. Throughout the conflicts that transpired for years, citizens were persecuted in the most horrific means in order to gain information or punish the innocent. Several important conventions were established after the war to fight against these torture incidents such as the United Nations Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Convention. Many states are signatories of these Conventions; however, it is a question if these conventions can still be applicable today especially as several conflicts continue to ...

Introduction

Legalization of marijuana has been a subject of debate in the recent past. This article aims to explore the reasons why people are increasingly pushing for legalization despite potential addiction and the health effects associated with marijuana use. Most of the reasons are are obviously negative. Therefore, it is of importance to scrutinize how these reasons affect both individuals and the government as well.

Decriminalization of Marijuana

The prohibition of marijuana has seen many people arrested and convicted for minor offenses such as being in possession of less than an ounce of marijuana. Aside from the fact that prosecution of these offenses ...

For long, the war on drugs has been fought through many fronts such as the criminalization of certain drugs, harsh penalties for drug possession and military confrontation. The military is being used to combat drug trafficking since it is now believed that drug trafficking has become a national security issue. This is because drug trafficking has caused widespread corruption, undermining of democracies and has sometimes been used to finance terrorism. Military action mainly targets capturing or killing of leaders of major drug cartels. Military operations have also helped in chasing, tracking and capturing of drug smugglers. Military success can ...

The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco), which now also includes all states in the Caribbean just turned 40 years since signature in 1967. Its importance as a model for other non-nuclear areas, is constant to peace and international securities contribution, which stood and continue placing today in the center of the political and legal interest. Its parallelism with the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) but without Latin American treaty has affected the principle of legal equality of States and has not been an expression of "unequal rights and ...

Abstract

In any state, the court system and structure plays a significant role in ensuring the judicial system is effective. States that have a strong court system have proved to be successful in solving major challenges as pertains to the interpretation of the constitution. Puerto Rico needs to have in place a strong court system to ensure that the enforcement of various dynamics is effective. In coming up with the court system and structure, this paper heavily borrows from three states: Tennessee, Florida and South Carolina. These states are well-known for their strong legal systems. Because of this, it would ...

The main purpose of the current paper is to define corresponding tendencies related to different social changes influenced by the religious beliefs and the supporters of a particular religion. Despite the fact that almost every religion is based upon the respective concepts of supernatural and sacred presuming themselves to have nothing in common with objective reality, representatives of particular religious groups not only tend to follow their own code of ethics and way of life but are also willing to spread their ideas to the masses imposing their own values on the social masses that are not necessarily belong ...

The cause of women’s suffrage changed the course of American history, it is the reason that women are allowed to vote in the United States today. The right to vote was not easily won for women. In fact, many women who had campaigned for blacks to receive the vote in the United States were left along the wayside when Congress voted to allow black men to vote but still forbade women the right to suffrage. The suffrage movement was a decade’s long battle and a tenacious often unpopular political movement that permanently altered the social and political ...

The issue of legalizing drugs is a debatable one and so far nations, people and society at large haven’t come up with one voice on this matter. In many countries drugs are illegal, and this makes their sale or use criminal. The commonly abused drugs include drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, heroin to name but a few. However, there are those that are legal for instance caffeine and alcohol and therefore available to the public. There are many side effects that come with the use of these drugs, and this encompasses the economic effects, social and health issues ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of ...

The First amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of protected ...

Introduction

No form of punishment engenders more controversy than the death penalty. Although capital punishment has been used since ancient times, its modern utilization is repeatedly called into question. The United States stands alone among Western world counterparts in its continued use of the death penalty. Among the international community, the general trend largely reflects a discontinuance of capital punishment. For instance, member states of the European Union have all abolished the death penalty (Shin, 2007, p. 505). Given the overwhelming number of nations that have since abolished the death penalty, it is somewhat surprising that the United States continues ...

Public debate on the Control of Firearms have lighted up after such horrific incidents as mass killing in the "Columbine" school in 1999 (15 victims), the mass skirmish at the school "Red Lake" in 2005 (ten victims) or the massacre at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 2007 (33 victims). The defenders of gun control immediately called for tighter restrictions or a complete ban on weapons, while supporters are beginning to cite the Second Amendment to the US Constitution, or to claim that the weapons will be given only through their corpse. It goes without saying that this dispute should be ...

Budweiser enjoys a cult status in the U.S, a liking and reputation it has developed over the past many decades. Till the very recent past, it was one of the top selling beer brands in the U.S along with the Bud Light. In 2015, however, Budweiser had to cede the 2nd spot to the competitor, Coors Light, with Bud Light holding the top post . It has also become worrisome for Anheuser-Busch that the total volume has declined by 0.6% in 2015 . In spite of this, the company remains the top beer seller in the U.S, with a combined market ...

The Concept of Docile Bodies

Foucault defined docile bodies as flexible objects upon which disciplinary forces are acted, with each object being a node in an intricate and complicated field where power is arranged as well as controlled. In expanding on the concept of docile bodies, Foucault relied on the case of soldiers and their adaptability to the conditions imposed on them which makes them be recognized through their marching, the alert manner in which they behaved - erect head and the broad shoulders. This implies that even the recruits would be trained on how to acquire characteristics of a soldier making them able ...

Abstract

This paper puts the legal and ethical issues of physician-assisted suicide in the context of the larger debate on privacy and the right to die, which can be divided into three constituent parts: (1) a patient’s constitutionally protected right to privacy in all matters involving end-of-life treatment decisions. So long as a patient has the mental capacity to make informed consent, the government does not have a legitimate interest to override end-of-life decisions. Critical to the analysis of a patient’s refusal of life-sustaining treatment is the burden of the state to prove a patient did not have ...

Introduction

A removal of the adverse practices of child labor forms the central goal of the International Labor Organization (ILO). There are more than one challenging illustrations pertaining to the poorest methods of child labor, which are elaborated in different economic studies. A research conducted by a group of scholars reveals that the assessment of the worst procedure is about child labor . The notion is found to be specifically significant due to the central objective of ILO to eliminate the adverse practices of child labor. The International Labor Organization in the year 1999 showed the initials on convention C182. The ...

Theories of crime

Crime has always been a part of the human society; unfortunately individuals were often involved in crime and it was widely discussed. Why does crime attract so much attention? Moreover, what can be called a crime? At different times, various behaviors were considered a crime. For instance, it was illegal to sell or drink alcohol during Prohibition in the USA so Prohibition gave rise to all types of illegal behaviors which in other countries were not seen as crimes. Another example would be the Soviet Union, where it was illegal to be involved in any kind of business; therefore, ...

Abstract

This dissertation formulates a research dissertation and strategy for a study into the impact of Islamic banking on the economic development of societies within which such banks operates. To this end, the research examines the major tools and impacts of Islamic banks on society by conducting a literature review. This is followed by the deduction of research questions and a hypothesis that will be used to form the parameters of the entire research. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship between the growth of Islamic banking worldwide and economic development of countries wherein this growth is ...

Extent of drug use and abuse

Drug abuse in the United States has increased since 1920 when a legislation declaring the prohibition of drug use was effected. A study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) reveals a rising use of illicit drugs among people above 12 years. The study indicated that 24.6 million people in the US, which represents about 10% of the population, have use illicit drugs in the month preceding the survey in 2013 (Des Jarlais, 2015). The number reflects an increase of 8% since 2002. 19.8 million People used marijuana in the period before the study.

Comparison

A survey ...

Introduction

Border and Transportation Security Systems assume a critical part in the more extensive capacity of giving country security. The general country security exertion can be seen as a progression of concentric circles or screens, with the external screen being that of preventive endeavors propelled outside the nation — before terrorists or their weapons can achieve the nation. The next screen is prohibition endeavors at the fringe and in the transportation framework. The continuum of exercises then travels through dynamically littler circles finishing with crisis readiness and reaction. Congressional worry over country security started with wide gaged endeavors to take in ...

Introduction

Medical marijuana legalization has taken shape of a movement in the United States of America as people continue to debate the pros and cons of legalization in the news media. Since the year 1973, 12 American states have made changes to their laws to reduce penalties for possession of marijuana (Austin, 2016). This is because there are certain pros associated with the legalization of marijuana, but the cons should not be completely avoided that come along with it. Legalization of marijuana would certainly be a success for the on-going Decriminalization Movement and will provide several economic and health pros ...

Section 18 of the Australian Commercial Law: Marcus Hesada Case

Section 18 of the Australian Commercial Law Section 18 of the Australian Commercial Law (ACL) states an express prohibition on misleading or deceptive conduct, in that a “person must not, in trade or commerce, engage in conduct that is misleading or deceptive or is likely to mislead or deceive.” Originally, this provision was in Section 52 of the Trade and Practices Law, the predecessor of the ACL. Essentially, the two provisions are very much the same, except that the ACL amended the TPL to include persons, instead of solely involving corporations. Further, the ACL prescribes a norm of conduct ...

Education Establishment - Course

Introduction The prohibition of alcohol use coupled with its availability in the U.S and forced people to use the drug in a more dangerous way than they would mostly access it through criminals and criminal groups, who stepped into mastermind of the sale and use of alcohol. Gangsters and mobsters like Al Capone did not like the prohibition of alcohol in the U.S and, therefore, they stepped into the selling of it oversee and use of alcohol in the U.S. The outcome of the repealing of alcohol ban is very similar to the circumstances around the legalization of Marijuana. ...

Introduction

The Constitution states that due process shall be and should be observed at all times, either in criminal or civil cases. Due process can either be substantive or procedural. Substantive due process is contained in several branches of law and refers to the government’s interference with an individual’s exercise of rights. Usually, it involves acts, matters or issues which society deems controversial. Examples of issues that have to be settled with substantive due process is the allowance or prohibition of abortion, same sex marriage and any form of state regulation which involves potentially or in any way ...

1920s, the Great Depression and Progressivism

The 1920s commonly referred to as the ‘'Roaring Twenties" was a time of great changes in America not just economically but also socially. Barely after WWI, America emerged as the de facto superpower coupled with a rapidly expanding economy. It was a period characterized by advancements in technology and the growth of the consumerism culture. Historians see this period as the beginning of modern times as there was a shift towards what we regard as modern values such as equality for women. Urbanization contributed to the growth of consumerism. During this period, about half of America's population lived in ...

1. Introduction Never ending debate about the banning or making it illegal to smoke in public areas has been seen around the globe in recent past. There are various arguments why the regulation is needed and also contra arguments that will be further presented. The enormous negative health and economic impacts of smoking cannot be overlooked. Does the right to smoke prevail over the right of not being exposed to the secondhand smoke in public places? The consequences of smoking will be presented with the global statistics and statistics for the United States, which will try to prove that ...

The attempt to control drugs in the United States has its roots in the 1960s. There have been numerous attempts and approaches that have been used to deal with drugs and try to control its usage and movement in the country. This has come with some failures that suggests a new system must be implemented to improve and enhance the status quo. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze and review two chapters of a book which describes the relationship between race, drugs and incarceration. This will evaluate the main narratives of the chapters and evaluate the ...

Abstract

In the case of United States v. Knight, the Supreme Court had to resolve the constitutional question of whether a warrantless search, executed on the basis of a reasonable suspicion and stipulated as a condition of probation violated the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. In order to answer this question, the Court had to determine whether, for purposes of the Fourth Amendment, the constitutionality of searches authorized as a condition of probation must have a “probationary purpose.” Ultimately, the Court held that a warrantless search, sustained on the basis of reasonable suspicion and authorized as ...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was comprehensive legislation prohibiting discrimination in both the private and public sectors. Title VII prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of “race, color, religion, sex, or national origin” and applies to employers with fifteen or more employees (Civil Rights Act 1964). Race, color, religion, sex, and national origin are protected classes that are specifically covered under the statute. Since the time that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed, the social landscape in the United States has changed a great deal. Generally speaking, the nation has become much more tolerant, and this ...