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…we ask the question: What should be done with the affirmative action program? Reform is the answer. This program has always been a very controversial issue, in the area that people are hearing several more complaints of reverse discrimination. Certain…

…The 1968 Invasion of Czechoslovakia It has been 30 years since Soviet troops marched and tanks rolled down Wenceslas Square in Czechoslovakia's capital to crush a reform movement known as Prague Spring. Alexander Dubcek's attempts to create "socialism…

…Calvin and De Las Casas In the 16th century there was a general movement for reform in Europe. The reform obviously varied from culture to culture, religion playing a bigger part of the reform at the time. However cultures with widely differing…

…. It could mean one of three things: Implosion (collapse of the state), explosion (war with South Korea) or absorption (reform and reunification). In May 1997, acting Director of Central Intelligence, George Tenet, stated, “One of the things that worries us most…

…of the Reformation. Basically, this document exposed all the wrongs of the Catholic Church from indulgences to immoral behavior of priests. The Wittenberg students retaliated by burning Tetzel's, and in 1518 Luther was joined in his views by Melanchthon. Luther's ideas…

…can be turned around or limited. The economic reform efforts of the early 1990s were insufficient to stem that process. Launching a new wave of economic reforms will be crucial to reduce poverty, promote growth and thus prevent further political and social…

…. This is why, even if our law were reformed to permit some kinds of mercy killing, the mercy killer would still have to prove his mercy. Law is always interested in precedents, and the legal systems of other nations offer us a few striking ones…

…of liability and related policies (e.g. tort reform and indeminification for directors and officers, i.e. "acting minds") which define how much the corporation and its shareholders should be protected from financial liability beyond the extent of their investment…

…is directed away from the penal system and towards welfare experts. There is also some legislation which can be regarded as a reaction to a certain event, as has happened recently with regard to the treatment of young people who have committed very serious crimes…

…factors.         'No society can be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.' (Adam Smith) This is the theory behind the creation of social services such as unemployment insurance and welfare payments…