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Financial Transactions Reporting: An Overview of the Sri Lankan Law
(2017)Financial crimes including money laundering and terrorist financing has become a major burden to the economies of almost all the jurisdictions. Further, the institutions engaged in finance business including banking business ... -
A Game of Titles: The effectiveness of the Implementation of the current Land Title Registration programme under the Registration of Titles Act No. 21 of 1998 in Sri Lanka
(2017)A definite title to one’s land is essential before one can reap the full benefits of such land. In order to obtain a definite title to a land, a landowner must register such land legally in order for him to fully enforce ... -
A Grapple for Standing out Rather fitting in: Sri Lankan Claim to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf
(2017)Continental shelf is one of the maritime zones which consist of numerous rich mineral deposits, oil, gas and fisheries. The commercial value attached to this particular zone is gigantic. In consequence every state tries ... -
Greening Patent Law: The Sri Lankan Perspectives
(2017)Environmental issues are one of the key areas addressed by technology. The patent system has the potential of enhancing technological development. However, despite the fact that promoting environmentally – valuable innovation ... -
Health Information Privacy and Right to Information A case study of India and Sri Lanka
(2017)Privacy is a concept which is felt on a personal basis and accordingly it is difficult to define. Health information privacy is concerned with control, access and sharing of personal health information. Inherently personal ... -
Illegal fishing by Indian trawlers violating the maritime boundary of Sri Lanka and its impact on livelihood and the Indo-Sri Lanka relations
(2017)Abstract - Although, Indian and Sri Lankan fishing communities shared Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar as their common fishing grounds for centuries, crossing of maritime boundaries for fishing purposes was prohibited after ... -
Illegal Unreported Unregulated Fishing by Sri Lankan Fishermen: Law Implementation Mechanism and Fishers’ Attitudes on Compliance
(2017)Abstract –This paper discusses the mechanism of the national legal framework for combatting IUU fishing and suggests strategic improvements based on fishers’ attitudes on compliance. A questionnaire was prepared and forwarded ... -
The Implementation of Constitutional Ouster Clauses in Sri Lanka: A Sisyphean Task?
(2017)Abstract –The phrase ‘A Sisyphean task’ originates in Greek mythology, where Sisyphus, king of Ephyra, was condemned to an eternity of repeatedly rolling a large boulder up a hill, only to have it roll back down each time ... -
International Humanitarian Law and regulations to prevent the deaths and injuries of the civilians during an international armed conflict
(2017)Armed forces in any country are expected to use special expertise knowledge and skills to save the dignity of the state and its citizens without being negligent or without having failure and inappropriate commanding orders. ... -
Law and Justice an the Global Environment; Challenges and Responses
(2017)The rapid expansion of the scope of International law in the past few decades has had a significant impact on States. Law and justice stands prominently in this respect. Adoption of international standards within domestic ... -
Legitimate Capability of Executing the Death Penalty under Human Rights Law and Values
(2017)The debate whether the death penalty should be carried out or not has been continuing from time to time in different parts of the world. Death penalty is creating an unnatural way of ending life and it is opposite to the ... -
Liability for Omission in Prospectus under the Companies Act of 2007: Need for Reformation
(2017)Prospectus is a legally mandated document which reflects the status of a company which has offered securities to the public. Based on the information provided in the prospectus, the investors make their decisions as to ... -
The Need for a Regional Mechanism to Combat Piracy at Sea in the South Asian Region.
(2017)This research paper explores whether there is a need for a regional mechanism to combat piracy in South Asia with special reference to Sri Lanka. Thus, the objectives of this paper revolves around identifying whether there ... -
The Office on Missing Persons (Establishment, Administration and Discharge of Functions) Act, No.14 of 2016; A way forward
(2017)Every human has the right to free from disappearances (enforce or involuntary) and the many states across the globe which were specially experienced the situations of conflict had took the initiation of protecting this ... -
Privatization of Armed Conflicts and International Humanitarian Law
(2017)From earlier times Private Military Companies (PMC) have become a popular phenomenon in armed conflicts around the world. However thus far, International law have averted from creating a comprehensive legal framework that ... -
Protection of Women in Non International Armed Conflict- A Feminist Perspective
(2017)The legal regime of international humanitarian law is meant for protection for victims of armed conflict. It distinguishes two types of armed conflicts, namely: IAC, opposing two or more States, and NIAC, between governmental ... -
Reconciling Breeder’s Rights and Farmer’s Rights for Food Security in Sri Lankan Context: A Comparison with India
(2017)Sri Lanka owns a noticeable history of agricultural sector that has been flourishing since ancient times, where food security had been ensured for decades. The advancement of technology unwrapped new capacities in science ... -
Reforms to the International Trade Regime for the Protection of Marine Living Resources
(2017)The World Trade Organization (WTO) was established, as the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), through Marrakesh Agreement giving birth to new arenas of international trade. Though the main ...