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Canadian Democracy and Judicial Powers, 2002.
Examines the impact of judicial review on Canada's representative democracy.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 11 sources, $ 89.95
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Upon the enactment of the Charter, courts have assumed the role of "guardians of the Constitution", which is of great concern to Canadian politics as judges have neither the necessary training or expertise to decide on political issues that affect the entire nation. The objective of this paper is to evaluate what type of impact judicial review has had on Canada's representative democracy. Although it is tempting to focus closely on the more controversial and obvious relationship between judicial review and the Charter, this paper will endeavor to highlight the implications of binding adjudication on issues dealing with the distribution of legislative power since 1867.
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Judicial Powers and Limitations, 2003.
A discussion regarding Article III and Amendment XI of the United States Constitution.
2,517 words (approx. 10.1 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 76.95
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This paper takes an in-depth look at Article III and Amendment XI of the United States Constitution. The paper reviews the history of this article and the events and issues leading to Amendment XI. According to the paper, Article III of the Constitution of the United States laid the foundation of the American judicial system. Article III is defined by this paper as a simple description of the judicial branch of the United States Government.
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"Nevertheless, much of Article III remains vague, as does the precise meaning of the Eleventh Amendment. While making clear the existence of the Supreme Court, and Congress's control over inferior federal courts, the United States Constitution provides no guidance whatsoever on the arrangement of these lesser courts. By the same token, Amendment XI does not clarify which cases of "law and equity" remain within the jurisdiction of the states and their courts. The modern system of federal district courts and courts of appeals represents Congress' interpretation of Article III's "inferior courts." Still, the scope of these courts is debated even today. One need only look to the recent proposals by certain members of Congress to eliminate the Ninth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals to find a contemporary example of an enduring controversy. The present-day concern over whether federal judges exercise too much power and influence over national law and policy - the ability of federal judges to "legislate from the bench" - is a matter hotly debated by many elements in today's Congress, and a significant part of the nation's overall political landscape. The Supreme Court's decision in Bush v. Gore (2001) - the decision that effectively awarded the presidency to George W. Bush - is but one of many cases that, opens up questions in regard to the decision's wider application. "
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Globalization and Canadian Democracy, 2002.
An overview of the effect that recent globalization trends have on Canadian democracy.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 8 sources, $ 80.95
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This paper examines the impact of globalization on Canadian democracy. The emphasis is on political culture and citizenship, not economics. Initially, arguments about declining democracy are presented. Subsequently, arguments for globalization's positive impacts on democracy are considered.
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Canadian Democracy and Corporate Accountability Commission, 2002.
A review of "The report of the Canadian Democracy and Corporate Accountability Commission" and evaluation of specific recommendations #13 and #14.
2,900 words (approx. 11.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 106.95
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This paper is an evaluation of "The report of the Canadian Democracy and Corporate Accountability Commission" published in 2002. This essay provides an evaluation of specific recommendations #13, and #14, and determines that these two recommendations are potentially contradictory, and weak in relation to the rest of the document. The author of this essay offers suggestions for enhancing the role of corporate responsibility with regards to the these two recommendations.
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Canadian Democracy, 2005.
This paper discusses Canadian democracy in the North American context.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper evaluates the meaning and significance of Canadian citizenship to its residents. The author points out that there are a number of challenges to be considered, including cultural diversity and the ability of individuals to accept their citizenship and to expand their role in local communities. The paper stresses that these issues are important to all Canadians.
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Globalization and Canadian Democracy, 2005.
This paper discusses globalization as a threat to democracy in Canada.
3,150 words (approx. 12.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 124.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that Canada is a wealthy country, and is proud to be independent and democratic. However, the writer notes that Canada has been affected in recent years by globalization. It can be argued that globalization is threatening democracy in Canada, in a variety of ways. The writer discusses that a large part of this comes from the fact that Canada's neighbor is the USA, a nation that can be shown to be the driving and defining force of globalization.
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"Canada is a wealthy country, and is proud to be independent and democratic. However, it has been affected in recent years by globalization. It can be argued that globalization is threatening democracy in Canada, in a variety of ways. A large part of this comes from the fact that Canada's neighbor is the USA - a nation that can be shown to be the driving and defining force of globalization. This makes it close to impossible for Canada to resist the USA's demands that Canada accommodate its internal domestic policies to suit globalization."
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Judicial Review and Democracy, 2005.
A discussion of judicial review and how it fits in with a democratic society.
1,550 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 50.95
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This paper takes a look at how the unrestrained power of judicial review not only fits into a democratic society, but also helps protect democracy and liberty in America. The paper explains exactly what judicial review means, how it works today, and why it is a necessity in a country that wants to preserve the ideals of liberty and personal freedom.
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"The basic premise of democracy is the idea of one man, one vote. However, in large societies, the idea of one man, one vote, necessarily becomes diluted because it is impracticable. In fact, one would not expect a country the size of the United States to be a true democracy, but a representative government. Furthermore, the idea of a republican government strains the concept of democracy further; to balance state's rights and the rights of all of the nation's citizens, the framers of the Constitution came up with the concept of an Executive branch that represents the will of the nation and a Legislative branch that represents the will of the states. However, that does not explain the third branch of the Federal government. The Judicial Branch, with its almost unfettered power to overturn legislation by both the Executive and Legislative Branches. How does a judiciary with almost unrestrained power fit into a democratic society? It does not, and yet judicial review may be almost single-handedly responsible for the preservation of democracy, and more importantly, liberty in America."
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Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restraint, 2002.
The paper examines the way that the judiciary is empowered with the freedom to act in opposition to the wishes of the electorate using judicial activism, unlike the political branches who must follow the wishes of the voters.
1,161 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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The paper discusses how judicial activism is necessary because some issues are too difficult for the political branches of the government to confront. It examines how advocates of the opposing theory of "judicial restraint" hold that the judiciary should follow precedent carefully and defer to legislative decisions. It also analyzes the reasons the system of governmental checks and balances and judicial review was set up.
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"Another important principle implicit in the Framers' writings and actions was that no branch of the government is infallible and this must be seen to apply to the majority of voters, whose will is expressed through their elected representatives, as much as it applies to the un-kingly presidency and the nonpartisan judiciary. Thus the will of the majority in various states was that schools be segregated by race and the rules of these localities codified this expressed wish of the majority which resulted in a status quo in which white and black children were educated separately and, according to advocates of the system, equally. Strict adherence to the will of the majority and to the right of states to decide their own course of action would have meant that the Supreme Court could only decide in Brown v. Board of Education (1954) that the majority's wishes must be respected. The decision to order desegregation, however, was based on no explicit Constitutional basis but on the finding that "government-supported racial discrimination violates the principle of equal justice under the law" (Patterson 425). Although this was widely perceived as a case in which the Constitutional principle could not be denied it should also be understood as a textbook case of the need for judicial review and the invalidating of laws that are unconstitutional."
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Judicial Review vs. Parliamentary Democracy., 2002.
1,400 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 53.95
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Thispaper argues that judicial review per se does not interfere with democratic principles, but the framework in which it operates allows it to circumvent some elements of parliamentary democracy. The author believes that the conflicts between judicial review and parliamentary process occurs first, due to the federalism maintained by majoritarian politics; second, due to contending interests of pressure groups, and finally, due to the fact that judges of the courts are not elected and hence not accountable.
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Democracy, the Constitution and the Balance of Power, 2002.
Discusses the system of 'Checks and Balances' within the American Federal Constitution.
1,825 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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The Constitution of a democratic government provides for the control of powers through a system of Checks and Balances. The paper explains that this system refers to constitutional controls of the separate branches of government, i.e., executive, legislative and judicial, over one another to insure that not one will have more power over the two others. The paper shows that it is commonly believed that the policy provided by the checks and balances of the Federal Constitution of the United States makes it the best-known and most democratic system in the world today.
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Checks and Balances in the Legislative Branch
The System and the People?s Rights
The System and the Judiciary
A Brilliant System in Present Times
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"The system has been tested by actual situations. After the Civil War, President Andrew Johnson vetoed 20 bills (Anonymous), after which Congress overrode more than 20 bills vetoed by the President. In 1918, Congress turned down the Treaty of Versailles, which then President Woodrow Wilson worked hard for. The Treaty was to end World War I. In 1935 to 1936, Supreme Court declared that the NIRA and the AAA, New Deal programs passed by the Roosevelt Administration, were unconstitutional. Likewise, former President Ronald Regan appointed Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court, but his appointment or nomination was rejected by Congress."
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A Comparison of Modern Democracy and Classical Athenian Democracy, 2002.
Compares modern constitutional democracies and the democracy of classical Athens.
914 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 32.95
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Discusses the major differences between Athenian democracy and modern democracy. Differences include voting and citizenship rights, gender and background bias in the Athenian social and economic system, the type of representation that each society offered and the 'participation factor' in Athens.
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"There are several significant differences between modern constitutional democracies and the democracy of classical Athens. Even though the classical Athenian democracy was a major step forward in political thought, at its height there were still many areas in which it was decidedly unlike any democracy existing today. These differences fall into three major categories: differences in who could vote, in the type of representation, and in the overall participation factor.
One major and clearly recognizable difference is that in the Athenian democracy there was only a certain selected element of the population that was allowed to vote. This difference in voting behavior stems from the fact that the Athenian social and economic system was supportive of the suppression of groups of people according to gender and background in ways that are not acceptable in today?s western cultures.
For example, women were not given full rights of citizenship. They were also socially and economically kept in a subservient role to men. Women?s function was seen as primarily that of propagation and managing a household. Women were not allowed access to the marketplace of ideas that was so important to the Athenians.
These conditions set up an interactive cycle between the social and political institutions; since women were regarded as inferior and not deserving of full citizenship, they were not allowed to vote. However, without the ability to vote, it was very unlikely that any of these restrictions would be modified or lifted. The role of women in Greek society was too firmly entrenched to be easily changed."
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A Comparison of Modern Democracy and Classical Athenian Democracy, 2002.
This paper looks at several significant differences between modern constitutional democracies and the democracy of classical Athens.
864 words (approx. 3.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 30.95
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The writer shows that even though the classical Athenian democracy was a major step forward in political thought, at its height there were still many areas in which it was decidedly unlike any democracy existing today. The paper divides these differences into three major categories: differences in who could vote, in the type of representation, and in the overall participation factor.
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"One major and clearly recognizable difference is that in the Athenian democracy there was only a certain selected element of the population that was allowed to vote. This difference in voting behavior stems from the fact that the Athenian social and economic system was supportive of the suppression of groups of people according to gender and background in ways that are not acceptable in today?s western cultures."
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"Democracy?s Discontent" vs. "Democracy in America", 2003.
A comparison of Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" and Michael J. Sandel's "Democracy?s Discontent".
3,845 words (approx. 15.4 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 105.95
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This paper discusses how Alexis de Tocqueville in "Democracy in America" and Michael J. Sandel in "Democracy?s Discontent" both address issues of democracy, freedom, the role of government, and the good citizen. It looks at how their viewpoints differ because they write at different times of history. De Tocqueville writes at a time when democracy is a novel ideal. Aristocracy has been the main form of government, and this, therefore, plays a major role in his writing. Sandel, on the other hand, deals with contemporary issues such as the global community and the implications of new technology and diminishing boundaries among people.
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"De Tocqueville stresses the importance of civil equality in the achievement of true democracy. This equality implies the lack of divisions and barriers between social classes. This is the equality that he sees in American culture as opposed to European culture that still subscribes to the aristocratic means of government. The democratic ideal implies more freedom than would be possible with an aristocratic government: ?Let us suppose that all the people take a part in the government, and that each one of them has an equal right to take a part in it. As no one is different from his fellows, none can exercise a tyrannical power; men will be perfectly free because they are all entirely equal??(De Tocqueville, Book II, Chapter I)."
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Democracy and the U.S. Constitution: A Discussion of the Successes and Failures of the Founding Fathers in making an Obtainable Democracy, 2000.
After discussing the successes and failures of the founding fathers, the author of the paper concludes that they mostly did a good job, but disputes that America now has a pure democracy.
1,360 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 45.95
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" A perfect democracy would be a democracy where everyone- the poor, the rich, the weak, the strong- get to have a say in what the government does. Wherein the supreme power ultimately rests with the people. However, this is not reality. Instead, representative democracy can be defined in two ways: the responsible model and the popular model. In the popular model, ordinary people have a great deal of freedom and ability to participate actively in government. In this type, elections express the popular will and determine policies. Examples of this model include the House of Representatives, the Virginia Plan, and citizen initiatives. In the responsible model, citizens play a more passive role. Government officials have a great deal of freedom to act on the behalf of the country as a whole. Elections here, grant popular consent and determine leaders. Examples of this model are the Senate, the New Jersey Plan, and the Supreme Court. Although the people of the United States live in a democracy that has both popular and responsible elements, democracy here has always been more denoted by the popular model. "
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Democracy Commission, 2002.
A response to the Commissioners Canadian Democracy and Corporate Accountability Commission.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper examines "The report of the Canadian Democracy and Corporate Accountability Commission," which was researched and written in 2001 and issued in January 2002. The essay argues that this is an important document that will contribute to the ongoing debates concerning corporate responsibility and the role of stakeholders in modern business. The essay also considers how the case of Enron in the U.S. has negatively impacted the Commissioner's report, and how this event may influence the interpretations of this commission's work and recommendations.
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