| The Australia Flag Debate: | Should Australian Change Their Flag Now? | | Jinxing ZHOU (Chow) | 2014/5/22 | | The Australian Flag Debate: Should Australian Change Their Flag Now? Australia, which official name is the Commonwealth of Australia, is one of the British Commonwealth Nations. And it is a young country which is like the USA. In the 18th century, when the first British settled down here, Australia became a colony of Britain.
Overtime the Constitution has been amended and thus the amendments have been established to further protect citizens from unlawful or repressive acts of government (Bill of Rights are included in the first ten amendments and were established in 1791). Inasmuch, the limited powers have been granted to the three branches of government (Executive, Legislative and Judicial) known as enumerated powers. Primary powers of government have been given to Congress; Congress has enumerated powers in 18 different clauses. The powers that generally impact business owners and managers include (1) the power to regulate commerce ( Commerce Clause ); (2) taxing the citizenry and commercial entities and spending government funds
The Napoleonic Code unified French law and became the model for legal systems in most other nations in the world. While probably being Napoleon’s most lasting accomplishment, the Napoleonic Code gave Europe a uniform set of laws. The Bill of Rights was in use well before the development of the Napoleonic Code, however some elements of each are similar to the other. The Bill of Rights was introduced by James Madison to the 1st United States Congress as a series of lawmaking articles. They were accepted by the House of Representatives on August 21, 1789; formally suggested by combined resolve of Congress on September 25, 1789; and came into effect as Constitutional Amendments on December 15, 1791, through the process of approval by three-fourths of the states.
Australia has been one for over a hundred years now. Australia’s adopted a Federal Constitution on 1 January, 1901 which distributed legislative power over public policies between the Commonwealth and the State governments (Grewal and Sheehan, 2003). Eccleston et al. (2009, pp.34-35) finds that prior to becoming a federation, the six colonies in Australia had considerable political and economic independence which they did not want to relinquish. This essay will explain the federal structure of government and discuss why countries choose to adopt federalism in the first place.
I- The importance of having laws. A. The history of law. In America, our law system came from Great Britain. The settlers of the original thirteen colonies came from Europe, and they brought with them their own set of rules and principles to be used in their new society.
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Magna Carta (Summary) The Magna Carta was written over 800 years ago in England. It was written due to defeats with the French. It was the first document that stated that men are free individuals. It states that it is up to us as to what we do with our lives unless the law states otherwise, such a murder. The Magna Carta explains the role of the government and what you can expect from them.
“By the 1760’s the colonist had come to believe that in America they were creating a place that adopted the best of the English system but adapted it to new circumstances; a place where a person rise by a merit, not birth; a place where men could voice their opinions and actively share in self-government”(McCarthy). The transformation from English common law to a new American common law was officially started with the Declaration of Independence. The foundation of America law consists of three very important documents; the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights. Even though the Bill of Rights is technically part of the Constitution since it consists of the first ten amendments, most people consider it to be its own document. This new American law that was developed was based on the ideals of the settlers but was also greatly influenced by English law.
The term Jacobean is used to describe the earliest American furniture, although the term 17th century is used to denote the period because this early type of colonial furniture is derived from a combination of several earlier designs sources. At the end of the 16th century, the Italian Renaissance was in full swing, so to speak, and this new style of furniture began to appear in English furniture designs. These elements of design and construction were then transplanted to America. “Heavy, turned baluster supports, flattened bun feet, and arcaded panels replaced the traditional medieval linen fold patterns, although paneled construction described below remained in use.” (Butler, p.20) Some of the general features of 17th century furniture were the use of mainly Oak and Pine woods, because they were widely available in large quantities in both England and America. Woods such as Ash and Maple were also used because they were easily turned on a lathe and whittled (wood carving).
Britain’s identity is made up of many different characteristics, but what comes to mind when you say Britishness? A number of things spring to mind for example the queen, fish and chips, bulldogs, parliament or football etc. These are just a few, but has the creation of the British Empire affected this and our current multicultural state? Britain has always remained a popular choice for immigrants to choose to live, as this country is known for having a multicultural population. The creation of the British Empire in the late 15th century has led to a major increase in immigration into Britain; as immigrants were migrating from Britain’s former colonies and other territories of the British Empire such as India, Pakistan, and Kenya etc.