La presente investigación comprende un análisis jurídico sobre la Ley de Reconciliación Nacional, la razón primordial que motivo a realizar esta investigación fue el
estudiar y establecer el surgimiento y vigencia de la presente Ley que conlleva al análisis del ordenamiento jurídico que debe velar por el interés general de [...]
Da a conocer la Ley de atención a personas con discapacidad. El trabajo se realizó en la Escuela de Ciencias Psicológicas de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala, Centro
Universitario Metropolitano –CUM-, ubicado en la 9ª. Av. 9-45 zona 11 de la ciudad de Guatemala. [...]
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods play a significant role in the settlement of commercial and investment disputes. Arbitration, in particular, has been the most
effective and efficient method for resolving disputes in international commercial and investment transactions. [...]
This study explores the influence of certain offence and offender-related factors or variables, here identified as legal and non-legal variables, on sentencing in the context
of the dual legal system in Botswana. Differences in procedures and practices of customary and general courts have fostered the notion that Botswana operates parallel [...]
Individual rights and protection and prohibition of discrimination against specific groups are reinforced by international legal instruments on human rights. Despite all these
legal instruments that promote and encourage respect for human rights, some societies still adhere to traditional and cultural practices which violate the declaration [...]
Justice and fair process are the basic values underpinning constitutional democracy. This article defines them in the context of criminal proceedings in Customary Court in
Botswana. The Customary Courts Act excludes legal representation. For purposes of this article, the right to legal representation shall only be discussed in the context [...]
This article refl ects on the lunacy defence in Botswana from a mental healthpractitioner’s vantage point with the hope of adding to the discourse on thenation’s jurisprudence.
In particular, the paper asserts that the defence asarticulated in the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act of 1939, Cap. [...]
Adequate protection of minors from sexual exploitation by way of defilement should be the priority of every government. To this end, laws must be promulgated with the object
of affording the required protection. The crafting of such laws is by no means an easy task. [...]
From a historical perspective, the right to collective bargaining has often been rendered impotent by an interplay of factors. Before the major reforms introduced by the Labour
Amendment Act, the right to collective bargaining was nominally proclaimed but denied in substance. [...]
The role of law as an instrument of colonial rule in sub-Saharan Africa seems to have received inadequate attention in the historiography while on the other hand, the extraction
of African labour has received signifi cant coverage. This has meant that the relationship between punishment and labour has rarely been thoroughly investigated. [...]
