Essays and Research Papers on Government

This 7 page paper discusses voting rights and recent Supreme Court decisions, and also touches on gerrymandering and reactions to it. It argues that politics, not law, is the driving force in the most recent decisions. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 6 page discussion of the political environment of gun control. Maintains that our existing gun control laws are sufficient and that the current move towards additional regulation is an attack on our Second Amendment rights to bear arms. Provides a brief overview of the gun control approaches of Presidential Candidates Al Gore ...

A 7 page paper discussing the ethical questions surrounded by Presidential campaign contribution abuses and the current bills before both the House and Senate for major reform of campaign contribution laws. If the bipartisan legislation passes Congress, Political Action Committees will not be allowed to make any campaign contributions and loopholes will be tightened, ...

This 11 page paper examines this bill that was passed into law in 2001. How this bill that had bipartisan support affected party lines. Did it serve to divide parties? Did it bring the Republicans and Democrats together? This is an introductory section for a future paper on this topic. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

An 8 page examination of member state liability in the European Community. This paper examines case law and how it regards liability. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

An 11 page overview of managed care citing the pros and cons of HMOs and PPOs. The writer focuses on past abuses and how these have been mitigated by the combined efforts of public, business, medical professionals and the government. Also discussed are changes in Medicare/Medicaid laws and its effects on the ...

This 5 page report discusses the fact that the president appoints the justices of the Supreme Court, thereby influencing interpretation of Constitutional law for many years to come. The argument has been raised that it is an important enough issue that the American voters have a right to know what qualities either Vice President Al Gore or Governor George ...

This 3 page paper discusses the liability issues that arise in both public and private law when an American couple is robbed, and the husband suffers a fatal heart attack during the course of the robbery, on a DWI cruise ship with Liberian registry. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7 page paper explores David Held's idea that the U.S. is going back to "Westphalian sovereignty" and that in doing so, it ignores human rights and international law. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper explores a scenario where a taxpayers interpretation of tax law is in contention with the Internal Revenue Service. Scenario is included. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 6 page paper notes the degradation of our civil rights that have gone hand in hand with our progressively tightening laws that have occurred since 9-11. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This is an 8 page paper that provides an overview of how bills become laws. The Affordable Care Act provides an example. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper provides an overview of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Many laws are discussed and a case study regarding a Victoria's Secret store is presented. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page paper that explores the motorcyclist organization from the perspective of a special interest group. This paper describes one very visible protest of helmet laws that was sponsored by ABATE. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at the repeal of the British Corn Laws and the passage of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff. Various ideologies are discussed: Liberal IR theory, Realism and Marxism. Taxation is evaluated in respect to the economy and free trade. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of the principles of the Constitution. Also examined is the process through which a bill becomes law. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 7 page paper discusses policy-making at the national level. It covers formulating the policy, legislation and implementation of the law. The paper covers how a bill travels through Congress. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

A 3 page paper that discusses the National Security Council: what it is, the law that established it, how it is used by presidents, with some examples. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

An annotated bibliography of sources for a thesis on the Colombia drugs cartels, with reference to US foreign policy and international law. Bibliography lists 7 sources

A 7 page discussion of the difficulties faced by single mothers, particularly those in Florida, both on welfare and when they seek to leave welfare and seek employment. Discusses the apparent insensitivity of the government and the more affluent in policy making and in establishing laws which apply to single mothers in the workplace. ...

5 pages. Explains the steps a bill must go through in order to be passed into law; focus is specifically on the "two strikes" bill against sex offenders and child molesters. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

In three pages this paper discusses the controversial covert action taken by the U.S. military and evaluates its response to terrorism based on international law in order to determine whether the ends justify the means in the capture and killing of international terrorist Osama bin Laden. Four sources are listed in the bibliography.

This 12 page paper provides a discussion of the Doctrine of Humanitarian Intervention, its principles and whether or not nations should be allowed to breach international law. Many examples are given. Issues such as human rights violations by China, the Kosovo crisis and the role of the U.N. in general are each discussed in the ...

This 8 page paper analyzes Alexander Hamilton's Federalist Paper number 22. Each theme is discussed in full and then applied to the creation of various laws which are still in effect today. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

5 pages in length. Within this paper will be identitified two programs instituted through the Department of Labor as well as their general intended purposes, which employers or employees are covered by this status, the status' basic provisions and the requirements, how to obtain information and assistance from the Department of Labor, any possibilities for non-compliance and relation to state, ...