How to Be a Responsible Citizen (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1938 edition. Excerpt: ...the statute books clear of obsolete and unimportant and useless acts. TO THINK ABOUT AND DISCUSS What examples of careless law breaking have you seen in your neighborhood? What loss did it cost in life, or limb, or in money values? Can the destruction of other people's property by over-enthusiastic students, in celebrating a football victory, for instance, be justified or condoned? On what basis? Are many automobile accidents due to the non-observance of traffic laws and regulations? What has been your observation? The community spends considerable money in the installation and maintenance of automobile traffic signals at street crossings. Why are there so many accidents at these particular crossings, in spite of the special precautions which have been taken? FOR FURTHER READING Building Citizenship, R. O. Hughes Sections on "Law Making and Its Importance," p. 199; "Law Enforcement and Its Importance," p. 201 The Citizen and His Government, John A. Lapp and Robert B. Weaver Unit V, How Laws Are Made Modern Democracies, James Bryce Chapter XLI, Section under subhead "The Quality of Legisla-tion" Cheese It--The Cops Emanuel H. Lavine How to Fight Crime--A primer on crime control by Paul W. Kearney, with foreword by J. Edgar Hoover Persons in Hiding, J. Edgar Hoover Chapter XV, Looking Forward CHAPTER XV Assume Your Financial Obligation "The most patent observation is that campaign funds are of primary concern to those most dependent upon the benefits which the funds are designed to secure.... The methods used in raising campaign funds in this country and the purposes to which the funds have been put, have so frequently been open to public censure, however, that party finance has become a problem as well for the general public, or at least that...