The And Its Effect On Society

Laws are enforced to provide our society with safety, boundaries, protection of rights, and overall justice. The United States Constitution and Bill of Rights were established years ago to reduce the tensions and conflicts of our newly founded nation. It sought out to accomplish this by providing justice through an equal voice for all citizens. However, this equal voice for justice more often times than not is squandered and diminished. Things such as race, religion, and culture often times blur the lines of the law and fair outcomes in a court. Individuals feel that their beliefs are more important than the protection of rights and the deliverance of law or the law itself cannot go outside of its limitations to provide justice. This is apparent in the court cases of Marbury v Madison, Plessy v Ferguson, and the book To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee. These cases clearly exemplify that the law does not always provide justice, although it endeavors to do so.

Civil disobedience is defined as the “refusal to obey civil laws in an effort to induce change in government policy or legislation, characterized by nonviolent means”; theories on this topic have been debated for centuries. (American Heritage Dictionary 3rd Edition pg161) Henry David Thoreau was well known for his refusal to participate in the political systems or activities of his era, not only by refusing to pay his poll taxes for six consecutive years, but also by announcing that he did not wish to be regarded as a member of any incorporated society. In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau stresses the need to prioritize one’s conscience over the dictates of laws. A person should not be obligated to devote his or her life to eliminating evils from the world, but is only obligated not to participate in such evils themselves. He argues that the government rarely proves itself useful and this derives from the power from the majority because they are the strongest group, not because they hold the most legitimate views. Justice is the quality of being just, impartial or fair. Thoreau doubted the effectiveness of reform within the government, and argued that voting and petitioning for change served useless. He felt that justice had different standards for each different group. Which raises the question, is justice fair for everyone? When a government is unjust, people should

     Any one can say that a law is unfair and unjust. However, who is really willing to accept the consequences for going against an unjust law? Is breaking this law really worth the punishment? The government is the one to decide whether a law is reasonable, but what if a member of the public believes that a law is not? Should he rebel against this law? Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King Jr. answered yes to this question and believed that one should speak out against an injustice. They both believed that government had many flaws. Even though they shared many beliefs in many of the same subjects concerning Civil Disobedience, they had many different

Our modern day society in the United State of America is considered to be a “land of laws, not men…” This means that in order for everyone to live happily and have freedoms, there must be strict rules and regulations to guide us in our daily actions. Along with these, a government is constituted to form the laws for the people. As mentioned before, the society in Night and our modern one both have a

Thomas Jefferson once said, “If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so.” Citizens of any government are often subject to unjust, unreasonable legislation that they are required to follow - but are they? In fact, in order to uphold a government that reflects the will of the people, citizens must protest unfair laws by deliberately disobeying them. This method often results in immediate change, would help to ban immoral laws that can be dangerous to some groups of people, and upholds the entire idea of a fair government: to let the people rule.

When we are very young, we are encouraged to follow our hearts and stand up for our beliefs. In our childhood, movies and books enforced this message by telling us that having courage and standing up for what we believe in is the right thing to do. But when we grow up, that all changes. The law takes precedence over our morals, even if the law doesn’t follow them.

How can a society tell if a state or higher power is reasonable in their laws? This is an idea that the main characters in a dystopian society often struggle with. The novel “Fahrenheit 451,” by Ray Bradbury, tells of a government which controls the intake of knowledge of the people. When one fireman, Montag, opposes his own occupation by reading illegal literature, his life drastically changes. Similarly, The LEGO Movie revolves around Emmett, an ordinary construction worker who strays from his city life, heavily controlled by President Business, after accidentally involving himself with master builders, a group of people focused on rebelling the state’s law. The state in the television special “The Twilight Zone: Eye of the Beholder” terrorizes

Whether it’s administering pain medication or allowing the parent to hold them in between procedures, it is the nurse’s job to determine the actual stressor.

As society changes, laws change as well to keep up with changes in some cases, the law are for the better of the majority, however, there have been several laws that have been enacted to impose inequality.

In modern American society, there is little thought in how and why the laws came to be. There is a natural assumption that the laws were made to protect the people and society. The law is made under the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States which give the right to the people to seek its government for redress of any grievances. Utilizing this right, it gives rise to new laws to be enacted and old laws to be amended or repealed, in the ever developing society.

In this day and age, I believe that society has been prompted to push the boundaries of the law and people are becoming more and more apt to lean toward civil disobedience. Different interpretations of the Constitution and its limits also cause tension between law enforcement and those who break the laws out in place.

The World in which we live in are run by systems. Systems of governance, systems of living, and importantly, systems of law. Law is the groundwork in which all other things in the human existence are built. This process causes people to wonder, what happens if Law ceases to be just? An Idea that might be absurd to some, though might have an eerie kernel of truth to it.. The Dystopian novels of Fahrenheit 451, Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange, and the Film of 1984 All have terrifying perversions of Law, giving us an insight into how overbearing our government can become.

To what extent must our laws that which govern the people, change or adapt with the people? In an ever-progressing world is it feasible to rely on the same government that once lead our founding fathers? Is it even possible or reasonable for a nation to remain governed by the same laws that allowed slavery, unequal protection, and severely limited our rights of privacy? History has answered these questions for us: no. But before these changes even occurred, Thomas Jefferson asked the same question in regards to the laws of our land. After all, it was the inability of the long- standing British parliament to govern the people that lead to its colonial downfall, the Declaration of Independence, and creation of the United States. From these

First, we as a society still have to add by by common laws; common laws are still in effect but are outdated for certain situations and cases. Common laws need to be reformed. Judges should not have so much power and authorization when it comes to common laws. Judges are capable of coming up with any ruling that they believe is fair; I think common law gives judges too much authority. More importantly, the judiciary is supposed to interpret not, create law. Secondly, the legal system sometimes can be unfair, unsympathetic, harsh, unhelpful, and unreasonable. The system have falsely accused people of serious crimes in result with them having to be hold in confinement, be convicted and go to jail, having to pay fines, or maybe even death. For

It is generally agreed that laws are necessary for the safety and functioning of a community. A good citizen is often defined as one who shows obedience to the laws cast on him by a governing body that is constructed to benefit those residing in that inhabitance. For most people, laws are followed because they perceive them as legitimate and just, and, even if they don’t agree with them morally, they accept the laws as necessary for the good of the community as a whole. Additionally, they consider themselves active participants in democracy and the lawmaking process. Therefore, laws are legitimized by the approval of the people that the laws were implemented to protect them, through their direct and indirect participation in the lawmaking process.