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  2. Rights of Englishmen - Wikipedia

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    The "rights of Englishmen" are the traditional rights of English subjects and later English-speaking subjects of the British Crown.In the 18th century, some of the colonists who objected to British rule in the thirteen British North American colonies that would become the first United States argued that their traditional [1] rights as Englishmen were being violated.

  3. Virginia Slave Codes of 1705 - Wikipedia

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    There were forty one parts of this code each defining a different part and law surrounding the slavery in Virginia. These codes overruled the other codes in the past and any other subject covered by this act are canceled. The laws were devised to establish a greater level of control over the rising African slave population of Virginia.

  4. Article Four of the United States Constitution - Wikipedia

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    As free states sought to undermine the federal law, the even more severe Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was enacted. In 1864, during the Civil War, an effort to repeal this clause of the Constitution failed. The vote in the House was 69 for repeal and 38 against, which was short of the two-to-one vote required to amend the Constitution. [5]

  5. Treatise on Law - Wikipedia

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    Aquinas defines a law as "an ordinance of reason for the common good, made by him who has care of the community, and promulgated." [3] Law is an ordinance of reason because it must be reasonable [4] or based in reason and not merely in the will of the legislator.

  6. Constitution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Fifth Amendment (1791) establishes the requirement that a trial for a major crime may commence only after an indictment has been handed down by a grand jury; protects individuals from double jeopardy, being tried and put in danger of being punished more than once for the same criminal act; prohibits punishment without due process of law ...

  7. Necessary in a democratic society - Wikipedia

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    The test was developed in the Handyside v.United Kingdom, Silver v. United Kingdom, and Lingens v. Austria cases, related to freedom of expression. It has also been invoked in cases involving state surveillance, which the court acknowledges can constitute an Article 8 violation but may be "strictly necessary for safeguarding the democratic institutions" (Klass and Others v.

  8. Social control - Wikipedia

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    Social control is considered one of the foundations of social order. [4] Sociologists identify two basic forms of social control. Informal means of control refer to the internalization of norms and values through socialization. [5] Formal means comprise external sanctions enforced by government to prevent the establishment of chaos or anomie in

  9. Social movement - Wikipedia

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    A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one. [1] [2] This may be to carry out a social change, or to resist or undo one.