‘Justice delayed is justice denied’ – a much quoted line the world over. As I look at the variety of criminal cases involving high profile people‚ I see that they tend to move quickly and gain positive results‚ mostly in the favour of the defendant. Recently‚ the powerful banker Mr Dominique Struass Kahn was involved in allegations that led to his public demise. Only a few weeks back‚ it looked like an open and shut case‚ but since then a steadily falling house of cards has been unravelling and the
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JUSTICE DELAYED IS JUSTICE DENIED On paper we are all free and equal citizens of the republic but neither the freedom nor the equality are equally distributed. There are so many ways in which “free” India keeps vast numbers of its citizenry in conditions akin to slavery and servitude but here I invite you to think about those who are deprived of freedom in the name of law and justice. Over two thirds of India’s prisoners are under-trials‚ i.e. being held in custody pending trial. About 75% of
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There are countless and innumerable arrears in High courts and Supreme Court‚ and one crore and more in lower courts pending disposal. It is beyond dispute that credibility in courts to administer justice is almost shaken. The impending causes of the backlog of cases are in built arising out of wastage of time at several stages of the legal procedure at different levels of the hierarchal system. This can be overcome to a larger extent "Through a conscionable campaign of the judges by the judges for
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THE DUTY OF CARE OWED BY TEACHERS TO STUDENTS For a student to succeed in an action in negligence against a teacher or school authority it is necessary for the student to establish: that the defendant owed a duty of care to the student; that the standard of care was breached; and that this breach has caused the student to suffer some form of damage. The duty of care owed to a student by a teacher is that of a ’reasonable’ teacher. This means that the duty of care owed is the duty one would
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Title Assessing challenges and prospects of providing affordable housing for low and middle income communities in Addis Ababa‚ the case of kirkos subcity General objectives The General objective of this study is to assess challenges and prospects of the Millennium Development . Goals. (MDGS) in improving the livelihood of the grass root communities in the case of kirkos subcity and forward recommendations. Specific objective ➢ To identify the challenges of providing affordable housing
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An experiment is a study in which the researcher manipulates the level of some independent variable and then measures the outcome. Experiments are powerful techniques for evaluating cause-and-effect relationships. Many researchers consider experiments the "gold standard" against which all other research designs should be judged. Experiments are conducted both in the laboratory and in real life situations. Types of Experimental Design There are two basic types of research design: True experiments
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1. Describe Goffman’s “moral career of the mental patient” through its three phases. How is the patient’s self-identity thus gradually redefined in the context of the hospital as a total institution. The three phases of the mental patient according to Erving Goffman to me was very intriguing. The first phase is the prepatient phase this refers to the period in which the patient is admitted into the hospital this could lead to the next phase which is known as the‚ Inpatient phase which is the period
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Eddie Mabo is one of the most famous and significant Australian Aboriginals. He is famous for campaigning for Indigenous land rights. He was born on the 29th of June‚ 1946‚ on Murray Island‚ in the Torres Strait. Eddie Mabo married Bonita Newhow and together they had ten children. In 1982 Eddie Mabo and four other Torres Strait Islanders initiated action against the Australian Authorities calming ownership of their land on Murray Island. Eddie Mabo was exiled from Murray Island when he was sixteen
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Access to education and equality of opportunity This essay will look at wether access to education and training is instrumental in promoting equality of opportunity in today’s Australia. The discussion will start with a description of the role of education and training in our society‚ it will continue with the identification of various social groups and the factors influencing their access to education in all its forms. Current policies will also be examined and commented on and it will look at
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Is CAPS more likely to promote access and equity and social justice than C2005 and the RNCS did? Submitted to Lynn Slonimsky: Wits School of Education Date: 11 September 2012 By: Antoinette N. Malgas Student Number: 0318127x In this essay the writer will attempt to critically discuss whether CAPS is more likely to promote access‚ equity and social justice than C2005 and RNCS did. First I will give the definition of CAPS as per the Department of Education‚ followed by the discussion
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