Essays About Government

The “Wichita Confronts Contamination” case study discusses the problems when a city discovers that it is located on a contaminated underground lake and the ensuing chaos that surrounds a city when its investors, creditors and residents all began moving away in the face of such adversity. These types of case studies are important to public […]

This is an in depth look at four events in history that shaped our educational system in America. There are many key educators and events that helped evolve the concepts of learning today. As I looked back through the timeline of significant people that took a stand and events that occurred it made me realize […]

Maersk Line, who is in the sea freight transportation industry, operates in the Philippines through their general agent Compania de Tabacos de Filipinas. On the other hand, Ethegal Laboratories is a pharmaceutical product manufacturing company owned by Efren Castillo, the private respondent. In November, these two parties were engaged in a legal dispute. In 1976, […]

 Liabilities of Principals and Agents If a person knowingly and without objection permits another to act as his agent, the law will find in this conduct an expression of authorization to the agent, and the principal will not be permitted to deny that the agent was in fact authorized. In other words, the principal Is […]

Counter-Terrorism Asean realized how devastating terrorism can be to the region after the Bali Bombings in 2002. Several hundred people were killed in that incident and made Asean realize how real the threat of terrorism is. Such events pose a direct threat to the peace and security of the South East Asian region, and could […]

The significance of the government’s use of propaganda to end the strike early was crucial as Britain was quickly depleting its coal supplies. This led to other countries such as India manufacturing their own supplies which could have resulted in Britain losing its import market and consequently experiencing economic hardship. Fortunately, by April 1925, Baldwin […]

Modern times are challenging the European Union with one of its greatest tasks to date. The issue of enlargement has become the key EU project for completion in 2002. The enlargement of the European Union to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEEC’s) raises many issues of concern. In order to understand the problems […]

It was a bitter winter’s night and George was sitting in his big white house. George’s lapdog, Tony, was lying at his owner’s feet. His big pointy ears were jiggling and his huge forehead was creasing up as he breathed in and out. George was watching television. Although he was not really mentally capable of […]

There were a variety of reasons why the Liberal governments of 1905 – 15 introduced so many welfare reforms, but perhaps the most important reason was the need for national efficiency.Many Liberals saw the growing need for national efficiency and this being emphasised by growing economic threat from the USA and Germany. The way in […]

The United States population has seen a rapid increase, with Asian Pacific Americans becoming the fastest growing group. This group of individuals includes Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Southeast Asians, Indochinese, Indonesians, Filipinos and Pacific Islanders. The establishment of the United States as a nation of immigrants dates back to the 17th century; however, only white persons […]

The government in China today is communist. It refuses to give the population democratic rights for a variety of reasons based around the history of China over the last several thousand years, China between 1900 and 1949 and concerning the Communist Party itself. However the Communists encourage private enterprise because of what has happened since […]

There have been a number of attempts to reform the campaign finance that operates within the USA. To a degree, they have brought around a slightly better reformed finance system, yet one can still point to a number of disadvantages of these attempts. In addition, there have been some general reasons that points to the […]

The advent of the Cold War has brought the “superpower squeeze”1 from the sole control of the European nations to the hands of the United States, battling it out with the last European superpower, the Soviet Union. Holding it out for a few more decades, the Soviets did not last and its demise left the […]

Lord Liverpool’s government ruled at a time of huge national discontent, arguably exacerbated by policies introduced by the government. However, there are many reasons why this government could be considered unsuccessful in terms of defeating radicalism from 1815-1827. The government during this period is considered by some to be rather successful: the period of 1815-1821 […]

This paper aims at comparing and contrasting the UK/US financial regulatory bodies in the financial accounting standard issue and application aspect. Recently we found the obvious tendency of global accounting standard convergence and this has the significant influence on both of UK and US financial regulatory environments. This convergence is also called accounting harmonisation which […]

The Mclibel trial was a court case between McDonald’s restaurant limited (plaintiffs) Vs Dave Morris (gardener) and Helen Steel (postman) (defendants) from green peace London. The case ran for two and a half years and became the longest civil case in British history.The fast food giant McDonald’s was suing the campaigners Dave Morris and Helen […]

“I do not hold a negative attitude towards the people or values of America. John G. Diefenbaker, the ex-Prime Minister of Canada, was a fervent and determined leader who aimed to prioritize Canadian identity in his country. His statement “But I am strongly pro-Canadian” illustrates his convictions. Diefenbaker worked towards reducing the growing American impact […]

The monarchy In the UK is a very popular public institution, this can be seen no clearer than during the queen golden jubilee celebrations where thousands had street parties and followed the queen’s route throughout the country and most clearly when millions went to London for the finale. The well respected Queen Mother when she […]

In my opinion if there was a general election tomorrow (8/9/07), the Labour Party would win, albeit only by a tiny percentage of the vote and by maybe 15-30 seats (resulting in a hung parliament). This is reflected in the latest polls which show Labour winning 36-8% of the vote (based on the findings of […]

In 1540 Spain was nothing more then a geographical impression such as ‘Germany’ or ‘Italy’. It was divided into a number of states the largest being Castile. Each state was ruled differently, the kingdom of Aragon for instance was sub divided into three kingdoms each with its own Cortes (parliament) and laws: the kingdom of […]

A revolution is a change of government associated with violence. The revolution that broke out in Russia in 1905 was a result of both long and short term causes. The long term causes being the Czarist Autocracy and the discontent that had grown among the people of Russia. The short-term causes were the Russo – […]

There were many reasons why the Liberals managed a landslide election in 1906. The success of the Liberals and the failure of the Conservatives all of which contributed to the election were one which was a landslide. The Liberals in the 1906 election got 399 seats whereas the closest opposition which was the conservatives gained […]