The justifiable use of force by law enforcement personnel in the United States has its roots in English Common Law. In its original stages, force was permitted by all citizens, at the minimum, to detain a recognized criminal violator, and physical punishment, exile and death were common and acceptable penalties for alleged criminal conduct. When taken to the extreme, any convicted felon could (and would likely) be put to death. A person who opted to flee the scene of a serious crime became a “fleeing
forgiveness. These kinds of difficulties exist to the most of the countries in the world. Administrative corruption is a problem with which all world countries have been grappling to a larger or lesser extent. Act on Disclosure of Information by Public Agencies, 1996 Act enacted in 1996 by the South Korean government with the intent of ensuring people's right to know and to secure participation of the people in State affairs. The Act is enforced to promote transparency in the operation of state affairs
U.P.E.S College of Legal Studies Academic Year: 2014-15 Session: July-December Concept of Fair Trial: A Comparative Study with USA and UK Law of Crimes 2 Project Contents Introduction 3 Introduction The right to a fair trial is a norm of international human rights law and also adopted by many countries in their procedural law. It is designed to protect individuals from the unlawful and arbitrary curtailment or deprivation of their basic rights and freedoms, the most prominent of
A study by NHRC presents convincing evidence to show that several women and children ‘reported missing’ were eventually rescued from brothels and other places of exploitation. However, a person may go missing for different reasons. It could be lack of care and attention of children by the parents or guardians or care takers, or may be due to frustrations at home etc. Therefore, if it is a genuine case of missing, there is an act of helplessness on the
to deal effectively with cases of abuse and neglect that have taken place. The concerted and coordinated efforts of a whole range of sectors are required here, and public health researchers and practitioners can play a key role by leading and facilitating the
of the Sky: Male Gender Privilege as Problem and Resource for Liberation Ethics.” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion, vol. 9, no. 1/2, 1993, pp. 95–113. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25002203. Author Marvin M. Ellison studies the damage of male privilege towards society as a whole – within male and female. Ellison argues that: “gender privilege affects men’s moral knowledge and agency”
7,000 were hospitalized with respiratory problems. The cause was a weather anomaly that trapped toxic waste emissions from the town's zinc smelting plant close to the ground. The Donora disaster brought air pollution into focus in the United States, and paved the way for the Clean Air Act, enacted in 1963 and strengthened in 1970 . Between December 5 and 9, 1952, 4,000 people died in London as a result of smog trapped in a thermal inversion (a condition where the air close to the ground is colder
undoubtedly a major part of the rights pertaining to all human beings. Moreover, Moral rights as an element of human rights, can be applied under different categories of law while producing the same outcome of dignity protection amongst people. In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, some Moral rights are set forth within the guidelines of Shari’a law to be enforced in the situation of breach as criminal offenses. However, other Moral rights are derived from the teachings of Islam as a social precept. Consequently
They argue that the opposite should be true, as privately held firms have fewer governance mechanisms to reduce communication friction between agents. The dividend policy observed is therefore a result of a set of pressures that afflict the managers: agency problems, information asymmetry, and the scrutiny of public capital
Furthermore, this study would also awaken government and its agencies that sexual exploitation is not only form of human trafficking but there is still organ harvesting, forced labour,domestic servitude, begging and hawking(child abuse). 1.4 Scope of the study The study will cover the whole Saki west local government of Oyo state that has the population of 278,002 and area of 2,014km as at the 2006 population census. The study will engage mixed method (triangulation)