Day: August 10, 2010
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The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society
The Human Cost of an Illiterate Society by Jonathan Kozol points out the hardships that people go through on a daily basis because they are functionally illiterate. He describes the fact that many of these people vote blindly or do not vote at all, and if they could have voted based on what they read…
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Can Crime Be Measured in a Valid and Reliable Way?
In this essay it will be shown how crime in this day and age is measured and to what extent the different methods are valid and drawing from this, how reliable such methods are. For the most part, there are 3 major or respected methods used by most countries in determining the nature and extent…
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Separation of Powers in New Zealand
The three branches; the executive, the legislature and the judiciary of government, should be separate, unique and equal. There should be a clear separation between the people and functions of the legislature, executive and judiciary. As Montesquieu said “that each function should be exercised individually by three institutions; When the legislative and executive powers are…