TO WHAT EXTENT CAN A JURY IGNORE THE LAW

Democracy is one of the keywords around the United Kingdom. It can be termed as an institution and has many arms, one of which is the jury. The jury system has been used for over 1000 years but it was ...

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POLICE MISCONDUCT

Police misconduct includes a comprehensive range, reflecting the high standards we expect of police officers. Police misconduct can apply to off-duty behavior as well as conduct on the job. Any conduct that is disgraceful, improper or unbecoming a police officer, ...

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ENVIORONMENTAL LAW ISSUES

It is free and invisible, yet it is everywhere. Air is essential for survival of life. However, we often take this necessity for granted, particularly here in Canada. Air pollution is not something that started only recently. It has been a part ...

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PROMOTE AND FRONTIER LICENCES DIFFER

By the year of 2004, with more than 20,000 workers offshore, supported over 260,000 jobs and generated £190.000 Billion revenue for the Treasury, the United Kingdom oil and gas industry has proved to be the fourth largest gas producer and ...

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OIL POLLUTION

Oil pollution presents a great danger to the maritime world. Australian Maritime Safety Authority has researched the burning issue of the oil pollutants for the year of 2006/2007 and the result was that the 57% come as a direct result ...

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ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM

The Shriram Gas leak case was a very significant case in the field of environmental activism, as it pitted the Supreme Court, the representative of the people, against one of the biggest and most wealthy industrial establishments of India, Shri ...

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WTO LAW AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENT

1. Introduction During the last decades the level of awareness about environmental issues and the vital role of this field has raised between nations in all around the world. As a result of this expansion , environmental issues lead us ...

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CLEAN AIR ACT

Nothing is more important than the air we breathe, the health of millions of Americans, and the nation’s environment. The passage of the Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendment in 1990 demonstrates the salience of these issues, as Congress was able ...

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EFFECT OF CLIMATIC CHANGE ON MIGRANT HUMAN RIGHTS

There remains uncertainty on how severe global warming will be and its precise impacts on society but there is a 97 per cent consensus among experts that a rapid build-up of greenhouse gas is due to human activities. The Earth’s climate ...

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POSITIVE DISCRIMINATION

Pursuant to Article 141 (4) every member state is entitled to adopt such policy to provide specific advantage to under-represented sex to bring about and maintain equality between men and women in their working life. However there comes a certain ...

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