Essays Tagged: "United States Code"

The threat of islamic terrorism after Sept 11

blems, population growth, drug trafficking, and terrorism. Terrorism, as defined by Title 22 of the United States code, section 2656f(d), is the "pre-meditated, politically motivated violence perpetra ... agents, usually intended to influence and audience." Islamic terrorism is a serious problem for the United States because of the threat to national security, the safety of innocent civilians, and the ...

(10 pages) 980 3 3.8 Feb/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security

Software licenseing and piracy act for a business lay class

ernational software cost $12.5 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $2.2 billion in the United States alone. Estimates show that over 40 percent of U.S. software company revenues are gener ... ed overseas, yet nearly 85 percent of the software industry's piracy losses occurred outside of the United States borders. The Software Publishers Association indicated that approximately 35 percent o ...

(15 pages) 506 0 4.4 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Islam & Terrorism

blems, population growth, drug trafficking, and terrorism. Terrorism, as defined by Title 22 of the United States code, section 2656f(d), is the "pre-meditated, politically motivated violence perpetra ... agents, usually intended to influence and audience." Islamic terrorism is a serious problem for the United States because of the threat to national security, the safety of innocent civilians, and the ...

(10 pages) 161 0 4.6 Jul/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Islam

Should marriage exist as an institution?

According to Chapter 1 of title 1 of the United States' Code, "the word 'marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one woman as ... society stating that it is necessary, or even important. With the Defense of Marriage Act bill, the United States government is not defending the "tradition of family" but instead, enforcing prejudice ...

(8 pages) 87 1 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Family and Medical Leave Act

ee loosing their job as a result of the leave. Specifically, sections 6381 through 6387 of title 5, United States Code, as added by Title II of the Family and Medical Leave Act 1993, provides covered ...

(5 pages) 273 0 3.8 Aug/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights

Congress

te's population. House members receive a flat yearly allowance of $336,384 for salaries. Currently, United States Senators receive $145,100 per year. Since the early 1980s, majority leaders and minori ... ators themselves have control over how much money they award themselves. Title 2, Section 36 of the United States Code give Senators this right. This, along with the many benefits (mentioned below) th ...

(2 pages) 15 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Family and Medical Leave Act

bers without the risk of the employee losing his or her job. Sections 6381 through 6387 of title 5, United States Code, as added by Title II of the Family and Medical Leave Act 1993, provides that emp ...

(4 pages) 18 0 0.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Ohio's sustainable prison act

Ohio's Sustainable Prison ActRandee Jay TomasuloUniversity of CincinnatiIntroductionThe United States of America has an incarceration rate of 743 per 100,000 people, making our country the ... mp; Johnson, 2012). The over priced cost of housing all of our prisoners is a major problem for the United States. The government isn't going to just release prisoners; after all they have broken the ... (DiNitto & Johnson, 2012).ConclusionIf we continue to see a rise in incarceration rates in the United States, then it is imperative that we consider how we are appropriating the funds for the DRC ...

(9 pages) 1 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community