Jerry Lopez ENG 68 Mushik 2/27/13 The Minimum Legal Drinking Age Underage drinking has been become a large issue in the recent decades‚ becoming a rising issues mainly among young college students. This debate of either lowering the drinking age or keeping it as it is has caught great attention‚ especially with academic superiors. In 2008‚ 100 college presidents called for a debate about bringing down the drinking age. In Shari Roan’s essay‚ “Tempest in a Bottle‚” agreed that “[their] experience
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Limited research paper College writing 4/15/11 Lowering the legal drinking age Take a moment and imagine your 18th birthday. You’re considered an adult now; you can get married‚ join the army‚ own a house‚ and vote. If we are considered adults at the age of 18 and can die for our country and make all of our own decisions then why cant people drink at the age of 18? Given modern day society‚ the idea of lowering the national minimum drinking age to 18 in the united states is feasible because
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In my opinion‚ there is not a lot of value and credibility to this article. John McArdell‚ the President of Middlebury College is the head of a group called Amethyst Initiative. It is a group of 129 college presidents that would like to see the legal drinking lowered to 18 years old. This article lacks credibility as there is no statistical data to support that alcohol abuse and binge drinking would decrease by lowering the drinking age. (The problem isn’t underage drinking per se‚ according
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75% of Americans oppose the thought of lowering the age to 18‚ however‚ it still leaves 25% of those who would favor it (Jones‚ 2014‚ para. 12). Even though some young adults believe lowering the minimum legal drinking age will cause no harm‚ they have not fully considered the consequences alcohol has on the body‚ economy‚ and society‚ therefore‚ maintaining the age of 21 is a priority because of its proven positive contribution to America’s youth. To support
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the same kind‚ class or nature and is known as the class rule. Under this rule‚ the broad‚ general word is limited to the same class as the more specific words preceding it. Under subsidiary legislation (pg. 23): Ultra vires: Beyond one’s legal power or authority. Under Unwritten Law (English Law) (pg. 24): Inter alia: Among other things. Lex non cogit impossibilia: The law does not compel a man to do that which is impossible. /The law requires nothing impossible. Case law or precedent
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jurist‚ because English Law is the legal system of England and Wales and is the basis of common law legal systems used in most Commonwealth countries and the United States except Louisiana. And also the essence of English common law is that it is made by judges sitting in courts‚ applying their common sense and knowledge of legal precedent (stare decisis) to the facts before them. The legal system and method is designed to provide a clear explanation of the english legal system and how it works in practice
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Justin Lebron Eng 102 Legal Age Drinking The minimum legal drinking age varies dramatically around the world. Most such laws apply only to drinking alcoholic beverages in public locations. The only country with a minimum legal age for consuming alcohol at home is the United Kingdom‚ which prohibits drinking below the age of six. The average (mean) minimum legal drinking age around the globe is 15.9. The majority of countries have set the drinking
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What Should the Legal Drinking Age Really Be? Throughout the years in American history‚ alcohol has always been debated. It has been debated on whether or not to even allow its consumption in the United States‚ and what age is appropriate for Americans to start drinking alcohol. Many people believe that one is not mature enough to handle alcohol at any age below twenty-one‚ because they will abuse it. This leads them to believe that the current legal drinking age should stay at twenty-one. However
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that the legal drinking age among Americans should be lowered to the legal age of adulthood‚ 18 years. At this age‚ any American can marry without their Parent ’s approval and can move out of their guardian ’s house and live on their own. Why are these adults deprived of their right to consume alcohol? A police officer unexpectedly arrived at a party where many young adults were drinking alcoholic beverages. He asked to see two young gentlemen ’s identification to prove that they were of legal age to
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to show serious drinking problems later in life during middle age and adulthood. People are debating that the minimum legal drinking age of 21 years is not working to stop youths from drinking alcohol. Lowering the drinking age to 18 will make alcohol more available to those that are younger to purchase and consume. Even though 18 is the legal age of adulthood‚ the minimum legal drinking age should remain at 21 because the 18-year-old adult body is not done maturing‚ it reduces alcohol-related fatalities
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