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    southwest Europe with a population of fifty million. The main language spoken in Spain is Castilian spanish at 74%. Other languages are spoken but are not as common as this type of spanish. Spain's form of government is called parliamentary constitutional monarchy and their Prime MInister's name is Mariano Rajoy. The first out the the three natural rights is called the protection of life. Based on Locke's Philosophy Protection of life mean the people have the right to survive and to not be harmed

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    A topic of much debate in many political systems is how much power the head of state, or in some cases such as in constitutional monarchies, the head of government holds. If the leader holds too much power, the political process becomes undemocratic. Conversely if the leader has too little power, government becomes inefficient, sometimes crippling the government completely for their terms in office. In Canada, this can be seen in the effectiveness of a majority or minority government, and the abilities

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    As a result of the 17th century English Revolution, a radically changing government led English writers, philosophers, and politicians to expand upon the notion of human nature, based on their own beliefs and experiences. Two of these renowned English thinkers, Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, embodied the rising movement of using reason to make judgments on government, society, and the role of the king. Despite approaching the question of human nature with similar foundations, The State of Equality

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    For this research paper, I am going to explain my theories as to what the efforts of the economic development in both the United Kingdom and in Japan were and how both theories compare and contrast. Economic development is defined as efforts that seek to improve the economic well-being and quality of life for a community by creating and/or retaining jobs and supporting our growing income and the tax base. This comparative analysis for my research comes from chapter four in the textbook which deals

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    Britain is one of only a few countries in the world without a codified constitution and has long been a topic of conversation within parliament itself and the media. There are many published articles which argue the need for Britain to adopt a written constitution, whilst others argue that Britain is best left with what many believe as a successful, partially codified constitution. This essay seeks to investigate as to whether Britain would benefit from a fully codified singular document, similar

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    While this may be true, these are both precautions to enable the government to not be overthrown. Lastly, a divine power was believed to appoint a ruler for an absolute monarchy according to Machiavelli, unlike Locke’s ideas. European ideas greatly influenced how governments were controlled. The Enlightenment thinkers believed that they had the power to change society, and they succeeded. Society was transformed from

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    both educated in Oxford University. However, they hold distinctive views on human nature, laws, societies, and government. Locke believes in democracy, which the power and the government are in the hands of people, but Hobbes believes in absolute monarchy, where the power and government are belong to the monarch. In this essay, I will mainly use comparison and contrast, first discuss their different opinions about human nature and laws because they are the building blocks to form the government, and

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    flee the country. During the time of the Revolution and the implementation of the Constitution by the National Assembly, Louis XVI and the royal family are convinced to flee the country to Austria and from there work on bringing power back to the Monarchy of France. It took years of planning to successfully determine how the royal family was going to complete the impossible task of leaving Paris, France without being detected. When the royal family did make the attempt to flee they were halted by

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    The Arguments For and Against a Codified Constitution A constitution is a set of rules that seek to establish the duties, powers and functions of the various institutions of government, regulate the relationships between them, and define the relationship between the state and the individual. The most common way of classifying constitutions is to distinguish between codified and uncodified. The UK has an uncodified constitution. A written constitution is precisely a

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    written constitution was introduced it would affect the power of government, relationship between judges and politician and individual freedoms and rights. One argument is that a written constitution would make the rules of the country clearer, as constitutional rules would be collected together and put into a single document and

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