What the law requires (or allows) is not always fair or just or honorable. Politics is often polarizing. Stories in this collection help us to examine the highs and lows of "the law" over the centuries.
Many Huguenots come to America so they can worship as they see fit.
Both Catholics and Protestants use death and torture to convince people that their religion is the only one.
The causes of the Great Depression are still debated.
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Piedmont-Sardinia, and his Prime Minister, Count Camillo Benso di Cavour, build relationships to help them rid Italy of fo...
Book burning ends as the Middle Ages draw to a close, but censorship continues.
Church leaders and Elizabeth's husband, Theophilus, request that she leave the Bible class in which the teacher encourages Elizabeth's outspoken views...
Chapter 5
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 were peaceful but because of the laws in China during this time, the protestors were still breaking the law.
The protestors decided to go on a hunger strike to provoke the government to change their silence for dialogue.
Soliders were sent into the Square- protestors defended themselves and then the government took more drastic measures.
Student protestors in China's Tiananmen Square were attacked by the Chinese govenrment although the students were unarmed.
The end of the students protests were later referred to as the Beijing Massacre- the world was watching and reacting.
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