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'''Abolition''' is the act of making an existing legal practice, by making it illegal |
'''Abolition''' is the act of making an existing legal practice, by making it illegal. that is all that it was able to be used for |
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Notable things which have been abolished include: |
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Revision as of 17:43, 19 January 2009
Look up abolition in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Abolition is the act of making an existing legal practice, by making it illegal. that is all that it was able to be used for
Notable things which have been abolished include:
- Slavery - see Abolitionism
- The Soviet Union
- Alcohol - see Prohibition
- Numerous monarchies
- Gay marriage in California
Issues which are topics of debate over their possible abolition include:
- Suffering - see also: Abolitionism (bioethics)
- Capital punishment
- Deportations
- Ageing
- Imprisonment
- Speciesism
- Abortion
- Firearms ownership and the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution
- Religion
- Age of consent
- Nationalism
- Government
Prostitution
- The legal status of animals as property - see Abolitionism (animal rights)
A common and usually uncontroversial abolition is that of electoral districts during redistricting.
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