tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29097650277065700382024-03-05T10:53:48.736-08:00Loco LawLaw is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-36646698362317776022013-02-18T08:07:00.000-08:002013-02-18T08:07:02.980-08:00Custody and Access Rights of Grandparent and Non-Biologically Related Persons in Arizona
A. OverviewRecent decisions in both federal and state courts affect custody and access rights of persons who are not the biological parents of children but with whom they have developed relationships. Affected persons include grandparents, stepparents and others who may have acted in the place of parents (in loco parentis).In Arizona, grandparents' rights are codified in Arizona Revised Statute royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-10072515384922337602013-02-18T08:06:00.001-08:002013-02-18T08:06:09.310-08:00Banning All Corporal Punishment of Children
Sweden was the first country in the world to ban all corporal punishment of children. In 1979, the Swedish Parliament voted to prohibit corporal punishment, or the "right" of parents/ caretakers to chastise their children. Swedish Member of Parliament Sixten Pettersson stated "In a free democracy like our own, we use words as arguments, not blows. We talk to people and do not beat them. If we royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-70603621896867372222013-02-18T08:05:00.002-08:002013-02-18T08:05:18.428-08:00Understanding the Family and Medical Leave Act FMLA - Part 1
When you or a loved one experiences a serious health condition that requires you to take time off from work, the stress from worrying about keeping your job may add to an already difficult situation. With the Family and Medical Leave Act, FMLA there is no need to worry; the FMLA provides unpaid, job-protected leave. Leave may be taken all at once, or may be taken intermittently as the medical royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-85413139019569544812012-07-25T12:52:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:54:37.853-07:00Atheists, lies and suppressed knowledge of God<!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-92038267068372877212012-07-25T03:35:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:54:37.878-07:00William Lane Craig's latest attack on me<!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; mso-font-pitch:fixed; mso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} @font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; panose-1:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:128; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-15615127904535843042012-07-23T08:19:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:53:13.200-07:00The Indian Constitution: A Short IntroductionA short book of mine, The Indian Constitution (Oxford India Short Introductions), will be published by Oxford University Press towards the end of this month, and is now available for pre-order on flipkart. The books aim to introduce the Indian Constitution and ask questions about some of the most important debates that surround Indian constitutionalism. The following are details from the royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-48988798712806717962012-07-22T01:18:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:53:13.223-07:00Legal Education: Protesting the BCI's Consultative DeficitMainstream media has been abuzz with news of a paralytic strike by the Bar Council of India (BCI), protesting against the divestiture of their control over legal education via the proposed Higher Education and Research (HER) bill. The strike has had its fair share of critics, including a contempt petition as also a letter to the Supreme Court of India. Without going into the merits or royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-86230838671960904342012-07-18T02:18:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:54:37.897-07:00CFI UK's Conspiracy Theory Day - the videosIan R Crane (an actual conspiracy theorist) - "Conspiracy Theory vs Deep Geopolitics"Chris French and Robert Brotherton "Conspiracy Minded"Jamie Bartlett and Carl Miller (from DEMOS think tank) "Truth and The Net"Karen Douglas on Conspiracy Theoriesroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-27878621442931248392012-07-17T11:20:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:53:13.248-07:00Information Technology Act, Mandatory Disclosure, and Self IncriminationAbhinav’s post on the scope of protection under Article 20(3) provides an extremely interesting insight into the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence. Here, I adopt those legal standards (which some clarifications) to test the validity of Section 69(2)-(3) of the IT Act – which mandates the disclosure of encrypted information by a ‘subscriber’ on the direction of the Controller. Under the IT Act, a royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-55948029167011502062012-07-15T19:58:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:53:13.266-07:00NLSIR: Call for Papers(The following announcement is being posted on behalf of the National Law School of India Review)The National Law School of India Review is now accepting submissions for its upcoming issue - Volume 25(1). The National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) is the flagship law journal of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India. The NLSIR is a bi-annual, student edited, royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-11474116259456907972012-07-15T09:01:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:54:37.922-07:00Playing at Truck Festival next FridayThe Heavy Dexters (I play drumkit) are playing at Truck Festival next Friday 6 or 7pm. Some tiny stage behind the loos, I imagine. But still, it is Truck. Say hi of you're there and in the mood...Truck festival. Just told (wed evening) by Truck we're not now playing. Thanks guys @truckfestival.PPS just offered 40 mins at 6pm royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-1873807106058824942012-07-14T13:51:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:54:37.939-07:00G4S dealI notice that the £284 million new deal private security firm G4S struck with the (Tory) Government was, in effect, that they would get £20,000 per security employee, for each of the 13,700 security staff they promised to supply (but will fail to supply) for the Olympics. We all now know how little training and vetting those staff are getting.But my question is - why was the deal ever made royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-64759648654138029912012-07-12T16:48:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:53:13.282-07:00India's Higher Judiciary: A Male BastionIn many ways it is not important to discuss who was appointed as the new President of the UK Supreme Court today. It is certainly more important to discuss who wasn't. The fact that Baroness Hale was one of the three shortlisted candidates but yet was not chosen as President will bring back into sharp focus the massive gender gap in judicial appointments in the UK. Baroness Hale was the only royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-48370431674623381632012-07-12T11:56:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:53:13.298-07:00Encryption and Self-IncriminationEncryption of data is a means to secure and sensitive private data and prevent third parties from obtaining that information. It is a part of our everyday life, and we come across encryption each time we conduct an online transaction through our credit/debit cards, or install a new software on our computer by inserting the product key. The easy availability of such software however makes it easy royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-88065936266666697732012-07-08T12:23:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:53:13.315-07:00A Dangerous Precedent for the ‘Right to Information’ in India <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-69490573099582215662012-07-06T08:30:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:53:13.335-07:00Campaign for commutationThe stage is set for a major campaign in favour of commutation of death sentences awarded to 12 convicts, with Justice Prabha Sridevan's excellent piece in The Hindu today highlighting the case of the 13 convicts, who suffered capital punishment because of erroneous Supreme Court judgments.Of the 13, President Pratibha Patil has already commuted the sentence of one convict, Bantu in June this royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-4019803995126077902012-07-06T08:02:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:57:40.470-07:00The International Law 'scene'by Christopher GeversFor the next month I will be a Visiting Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict. Many thanks to Prof. Dapo Akande - who is co-Director of ELAC - and the Institute's staff for facilitating my visit. I would like to make the most of my time in Oxford/the UK, so if readers would please email me (gevers[at]ukzn.ac.za) if you know of any interesting royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-7122722668373085902012-07-04T08:54:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:57:40.500-07:00Kiobel Amicus Curiae BriefMax and I - along with AntonKatz - recently submitted an Amicus Curiae brief (available here) tothe US Supreme Court in respect of Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co.As most of you will know, Kiobel is a landmark case concerning theapplication of the U.S. Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (ATS) to humanrights violations committed outside the US. Beyond its immediate significance,the decision royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-45544482065842635012012-07-01T03:51:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:57:40.535-07:00Report: Implications of the AU Decision to Give the African Court Jurisdiction Over International CrimesMax du Plessis has written a recent paper (ISS Paper 235) on 'Implications of the AU Decision to Give the African Court Jurisdiction Over International Crimes'. It is available here. The paper considers the decision by the African Union (AU) to expand the jurisdiction of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights to act as an international criminal court with royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-16409862902601876112012-06-29T05:40:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:53:13.351-07:00Remembering Justice KhannaThis month will mark the birth centenary of Justice Hans Raj Khanna, one of the most important judges to have served on the Supreme Court of India. In a short piece in the current issue of Caravan, I reflect upon Khanna's legacy and judicial philosophy.royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-87449492605299091582012-06-01T03:21:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:57:40.558-07:00Africa and Universal Jurisdiction<!-- /* Font Definitions */@font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;}@font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-86971156954204422492012-05-23T12:19:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:57:40.632-07:00The Zimbabwe Torture Docket and the ghosts of crimes past<!-- /* Font Definitions */@font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;}@font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;}@font-face {font-family:Cambria; panose-1:royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-20250327657177690752012-05-09T05:30:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:57:40.656-07:00The 'landmark' Zimbabwe Torture Docket decision<!-- /* Font Definitions */@font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;}@font-face {font-family:"MS 明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1791491579 18 0 131231 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-60194317616890922312012-05-04T04:09:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:57:40.682-07:00Guest Post: The Real Value in Pursuing Justice is Closureby Nicole FritzLast month, the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of crimes against humanity, war crimes and other violations of humanitarian law. It is the most high-profile conviction by the court and the ruling for which it is likely to be known.It found him liable not, as the prosecution had charged, on the basis of command responsibility for theroyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2909765027706570038.post-61781597242478935342012-04-25T06:39:00.000-07:002012-07-28T21:57:40.786-07:00EJILTalk! Symposium on ExtraTerritorial JurisdictionEJILTalk! is 'hosting' a Symposium on ExtraTerritorial Jurisdiction put together by Dapo Akande that is worth checking out: Here's the blurb from Dapo: One of the topics that will be taught in any basic course on public international law is “Jurisdiction”. By this is meant the jurisdiction of States and as Rosalyn Higgins explains in her book Problems and Process: International Law and How royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01183806290225275028noreply@blogger.com0