In the article "Questioning Constitutionality of Vernacular Schools Is Not Seditious"‚ the author‚ Faidhur Rahman Abdul Hadi‚ deals with the issue whether UMNO Petaling Jaya Division Deputy Head‚ Mohamad Azli’s act of questioning the constitutionality of vernacular schools is seditious as claimed by the MCA Religious Harmony Bureau Chairman‚ Datuk Ti Lian Ker. The thesis statement of this article is that questioning the constitutionality of vernacular schools is not seditious. The author argued that
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Influencing the Influential and Everything in Between By Ditta Mae C. Siena August 1‚ 2013 Many Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in the Philippines worked their ways to influence various sectors whether to support or opposed the Reproductive Health Law. Learning about Pollard and Court’s framework on how CSOs/NGOs influence policy-making made me realize that CSOs in our country adhere to the policy processes that would make their position in an agenda remarkable. Pollard and Court identified
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CONSTITUTION LAW II PROJECT (REPEAT) Fundamental Duties – Relevance and Applicability Submitted By: Ajay Singh Rathore ID - 210039 The constitution of India‚ in its Part IV-A provides Fundamental Duties. The Fundamental Duties were inserted in Article 51A of our Constitution in 1976 by 42nd Amendment Act. In the original Constitution in 1950‚ there was no reference of these duties. Fundamental Duties are the modernization of the constitution. Fundamental duties have
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Cruelty against women has been age-old phenomenon‚ where women have been subjected to brutality and inexplicable exploitation for one reason or the other. In the male-dominated world‚ she has been treated not better than a commodity‚ a mere puppet in the hands of her so-called protector‚ be in the form of father‚ brother or subsequently her husband for the rest of her life. Her position has been reduced next to nothing to the extent that she cannot take a decision of her own. By virtue of this
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What is euthanasia? The simplest definition of euthanasia is just a painless death (Euthanasia). The word is most commonly used with when speaking about an animal that is suffering‚ “Oh what happened to your dog?” “He was unbearably ill so we had him euthanized.” However‚ euthanasia does not always apply to animals; it can be used in regard to any organism‚ including human beings. When humans put down animals there is never the question of why we should do it. The animal is most likely suffering
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Lex Speciali Derogat Legi Generali is a law principle meaning that the special regulations will override the general rule. This principle was made so that the special case will be regulated by the certain or specialized law too. The principle of Lex Speciali Derogat Legi Generali used because some cases need to have their own law because sometimes the general law can’t always regulate the specific cases.The other reason in using this principle is to avoiding the clash between the laws‚ for example
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Answering a CLRI/ELS Question - Supreme Court As promised today‚ let’s consider a question from Common Law Reasoning and Institutions (as it is named on the University of London International Programmes Syllabus) or English Legal System as named by some other Universities’ syllabus. This is a question previously posed on the University of London Internationl LLB Programme’s 2010 CLRI (ELS) Examination paper. It reads: "The role and functions of a court of appeal and a supreme court are different
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Judicial Activism Vs. Judicial Restraint The debate between Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint really grabbed my attention. Judicial Activism and Judicial Restraint are two different ways to interpret the constitution and its laws. Both interpretations have their own strengths and weaknesses‚ which is why it is so hard to come to a final decision of which is acceptable and which is not (in most cases). While at the debate I didn’t realize how many cases have boiled down to these two concepts
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The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court and the one that decides and interprets whether laws or acts are constitutional. Simply put‚ they interpret whether a law is constitutional or not based on what they think the constitution means. Because the constitution doesn’t explicitly or definitively state anything‚ this interpretation can lead to many differing point of view. Some supreme court members opt for a strict approach to this document‚ whereby the words of the founders are
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The death penalty‚ also known as capital punishment‚ is punishment by death for a convicted crime. American’s often consider it a controversial topic‚ especially in terms of its constitutionality. This paper aims to outline the constitutionality of the death penalty and argues that it is unconstitutional because it contradicts the Eighth and Sixth Amendments of the Constitution. The Constitution outlines the framework of the United States Federal government with the intent to unite states with different
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