ENRICA LEXIE INCIDENT: INTERNATIONAL CASE BETWEEN ITALY AND INDIA Author: Manuele Scardaccio The Enrica Lexie incident of 15 February 2012, off the coast of Kerala had attracted unprecedented attention in all the world. The legal issues involved in bringing the Italian marines to justice for the killing of two Indian fishermen on board an Indian fishing boat in a shoot-out from Enrica Lexie, an Italian flagged commercial boat, in the contiguous zone of India had been the subject matter of
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| Essay, Custom Research Paper: Argumentative Essay on Child Labor Laws and Regulations | | | | Child labor occurs along a continuum, with harmful and exploitative work that endangers the welfare and potential of the child at one end of the spectrum and light work and often beneficial training and apprenticeship at the other. National and international labor standard regulations with respect to what constitutes a legally permissible minimum age of employment accordingly depend typically on
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Beyond the courtroom and differing conceptions of justice, the inflexibility of international criminal law to embrace local or indigenous culture and legal tradition cements the fact that victims needs will not be met. Centuries old customs concerning conflict resolution that may be integral to affected communities, make no appearance in international criminal justice. For example, the majority Nigeriens, the failure to consult a sarkin (tribal chief), and marabout (religious leader), in a gon (oracle)
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General background European Union introduced regulation no. 793/2013 to enforce the measurement with respect to Faroe Island on 20 August 2013. EU states that this regulation is made in response to the non-sustainable actions conducted by Faroe Island. Article 5 para 1 and 2 of the regulation set that Atlanto-Scandian Herring or mackerel caught or produced by Faroe Island are prohibited in EU regions; and shippings with the Faroe Island flag or shippings from other country contain any goods specified
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DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY FIELD MANUAL FM 27-10 THE LAW OF LAND WARFARE This copy is a reprint which includes current pages from Change 1. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY - JULY 1956 *FM 27-10 FIELD MANUAL No. 27-10 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY WASHINGTON 25, D. C., 18 July 1956 THE LAW OF LAND WARFARE DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTION: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. P This manual supersedes FM 27-10, 1 October 1940, including C 1, 15 November 1944. 1 2 FM 27-10 C1
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I. INTRODUCTION The main instruments of International Humanitarian Law (hereafter referred to as IHL) are the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 19491 for the protection of war victims. These treaties which are universally accepted, protect the wounded, the sick, prisoners of war and civilians in enemy hands. They also protect medical services personnel such as medical personnel, medical units and establishments, and medical means of transport. As a matter of fact this kind of concern
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NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAW, PUNJAB Mohindra Kothi, Mall Road, Patiala - 147 001 (PUNJAB) | ABSTRACT In this essay I wish to discuss the various types of crimes that are emerging with special reference to developing countries like India By developing we mean where growth of Information Technology is rampant but still it has not reached its peak. Cyber crimes can take place across various jurisdictions and hence the legal issue of jurisdiction of International Courts and country specific
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Role and Functions of law When thinking of laws and what they are, one can essentially say that they are rules or regulations that make sense, they are laws that are enforce “common sense”. William O. Douglas, the longest tenured Supreme Court justice once said, “Common sense often makes good laws.” Laws serve certain rolls and functions in every aspect of life, but this paper will discuss these enforced ethics in business and society. According to Google (2014), law is defined as: “the system
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Public laws are any laws conducted by the state and federal laws. These laws are conducted by a branch called legislative. Private laws are a set of rules agreed upon by two parties. Public law and private laws are two totally different things. Private laws can become public laws if a contract or agreement is breached. Public laws have to be followed by everyone within in the state. There are severe consequences if the laws aren’t followed. An example of public laws includes criminal laws such as
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