Essays and Research Papers on Government

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A 5 page overview of the history of this legislation. The author clarifies the particulars of the Act and illustrates that its provisions have been utilized in a number of quite diverse cases. Sometimes these provisions have been launched with success to end monopolies which were indeed damaging to U.S. economy. Other ...

This 9 page paper provides an overview of this British act and looks how it hurts and benefits unions, workers and employers. The act is looked at from various points of view and compared with similar legislation in the United States. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

This 5 page report discusses the National Voter Registration Act, most commonly known as the “Motor Voter” and was designed to encourage voter registration and remove a number of discriminatory and unfair obstacles to voter registration. Signed into law in 1993, the Act was put into effect on January 1, 1995. Several states ...

A 3 page paper which examines and analyzes the need for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. bibliography lists 2 sources.

This 10-page paper examines how the Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 will have an impact on the workforce. The paper also discusses the supporters and critics of the act. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

This 4 page paper examines the USA Patriot Act and the fourth amendment. After the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, Americans were ready to give up some basic rights, but now people are questioning the act. Fourth amendment rights have been threatened historically. This paper brings all of these concepts into perspective. ...

Domestic Terrorism

  • 17 page paper

A 17 page paper that provides an overview of domestic terrorism. This paper demonstrates that while current numbers of acts of domestic terrorism are decreasing, the magnitude and impacts of the acts that do occur are causing signficant loss of life and injury. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 4 page paper discussing cost-benefit analysis and its usefulness for determining whether the US Patriot Act should be expanded, discontinued or left unchanged. The question to be evaluated here is how to assess the relative value of the Patriot Act? Should it be continued, based on the benefits it provides as weighed ...

15 pages. This paper will give a comparison between former President Clinton's ill-fated Health Security Act of 1994 and the health care available in Denmark. The reader will be able to see the differences easily as well as to understand why the Health Security Act of 1994 was not the overwhelming success it ...

The Patriot Act

  • 3 page paper

A 3 page contention that the provisions of the Patriot Act step well beyond the rights afforded by the U.S. Constitution. The author of this paper questions whether it is fair to sentence a meth producer twelve years to life when under laws written to govern such criminals six months is the typical or to find ...

The Davis-Bacon Act

  • 5 page paper

This 5 page paper provides an overview of this 1931 act pertinent to unionized workers. The possibility of repeal, and the movement to repeal the act in the 1970s, is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This 5 page paper looks at the process that took place when the Patriot Act was passed in October 2001. This includes the looking why who and how it was introduced, the consideration of the act, any amendments, the way agreement was reached and the voting levels. The Bibliography cites 6 sources.

3 pages in length. A brief look at how views on welfare have changed during the late twentieth century. The writer focuses on recent Presidential administrations and is particularly concerned with the revolutionary value of Bill Clinton's views on welfare. Important legislation such as the Family Support Act of 1988 and the Americans With Disabilities ...

An 8 page research paper that looks at the intricate details of the two "Acts." Because of space, the paper discusses in detail only those issues that have to do with work and retraining, or "family issues" such as child support and teen education, although there are a number of other issues related to ...

This 15 page report discusses the United States Uniform Commercial Code, government procurement requirements and regulations, as well as the other laws governing government procurement activities. Special attention is given to Article 2 of the U.C.C. that outlines issues relating to sales transactions. The fact that the states, not the Federal government, are the primary ...

This 3 page paper examines the No Child Left Behind Act, and argues that it will ultimately fail. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

This is a 7 page paper discussing the recent deregulation and privatization of the Ontario hydro electricity market. Canada’s largest energy producer, the province of Ontario, has begun the process of deregulation and privatization of its energy industry in compliance with the Ontario Energy Competition Act passed in 1998 which gave the energy utilities to ...

A 15 page paper. This essay provides a brief historical account of welfare assistance in this country with a greater focus on the 1960s and 1970s. The essay then provides a comprehensive outline and discussion of The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. Some of the key elements in the Act ...

A 15 page paper discussing the 2001 Mental Health Equitable Treatment Act and possible ways of effecting social change in favor of adopting the act's requirements for parity in health insurance payment for both mental and physical healthcare. The most liberal among us would cling to the view that all should be served despite ...

An 8 page discussion of the provisions of the 1998 Welfare Revision Act which emphasizes taking people off the welfare rolls and putting them to work. Approaches the provisions of the act from the perspective of rural women, noting transportation and childcare concerns as well as inequitable pay between men and women. Concludes ...

Ethics Policy Review

  • 5 page paper

A 5 page paper assessing the policy under which a local judge faces a hearing resulting from complaints that he has not acted outside of the courtroom in ways consistent with expectations of judges. The California Commission on Judicial Performance announced in 2002 that it will conduct a hearing on the conduct of San ...

4 pages in length. The Homeland Security Act – whose sole reason for existence is to "prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America's vulnerability to terrorism and minimize the damage and recover from any terrorist attacks" (Clark et al, 2003) – has had significant impact upon both the state and local levels, ...

This is a 5 page paper on Machiavelli and his theory of the ideal leader. Niccolo Machiavelli was born in 1469 in Florence, Italy and was one of the more distinguished thinkers to come out of the Renaissance period and his work is still often used to describe political leaders to this day. Machiavelli was ...

This paper examines citizenship as it pertains to legal residents and aliens. The paper defines citizenship, discusses the requirements of becoming a U.S. citizen, and discusses some of the challenges that interfere with being an active citizen. Also under discussion is the impact that the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the United States has ...

A 4 page review of the article titled “Plan for Illegal Immigrant Workers Draws Fire From Two Sides” published in the January 8, 2004, authors Richard W. Stevenson and Steven Greenhouse detail the controversy surrounding President Bush’s plan to allow illegal immigrants temporary legal status. Judging from the uproar which erupted from Bush’s plan, ...

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