Law: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Sri Lankan Legal Version of Migrant Workers’ Rights: How It is and How It shall be
(2017)‘Migrant workers’ are generally defined as people who leave their home country in search of employment. It is known that the largest source of income in Sri Lanka is foreign employment. Protection of the migrant becomes ... -
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 ... -
Causation and the liability for non- disclosure of risk in Sri Lanka; vindicating rights of patients by lightening principle of causation
(2017)Informed consent is considered as one of the corner stones in medical practice and it is a socio legal obligation of medical professionals. Failure to disclose risk is considered as one aspect of medical negligence. ... -
Tax Amnesties: The Case of Sticks and Carrots
(2017)Abstract- Tax amnesties are an invitation to tax evaders to join the ranks of people who pay the due taxes. The popularity of amnesty programs over time and across countries is understandable as it produces both shortand ... -
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 ... -
Beware if You are being a Cheap Charlie: Used Goods and Merchantable Quality
(2017)Abstract—As specified by S.15 (2) of the Sale of Goods Ordinance No 11 of 1896 (SGO of 1896), where goods are bought by description from a seller who deals in goods of that description, there is an implied condition that ... -
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 ... -
Throwback on the Process of Registration of Condominium Properties
(2017)Most Condominium Property Developers, taking advantage of weaknesses in the procedural law on the registration of Condominiums, have dragged the Condominium Dwellers into a well woven cob web. Where, hopelessly Dwellers ... -
Triumvirate of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Developing Countries
(2017)For decades, poorer countries have been used as dumping sites for unwanted wastes, particularly those classified as 'hazardous,’ by the developed industrialist countries. As a result, developing world has to tackle a myriad ... -
State Responsibility and Legal Framework of Sri Lanka in Food Safety
(2017)Using different kinds of chemicals for agriculturally produced foods is a common phenomenon in Sri Lanka. The use of chemicals can be seen mostly in each and every step in the cultivation process, from nursery level till ... -
Turn to your Duties to retain your Rights: Critical analysis on Right to Water
(2017)The outstanding importance of water has pronounced many of scholars in various occasions. Water is necessary for the survival of entire life, yet over one billion people do not have available sources of clean water for ... -
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 ... -
Challenges relating to cross border flows of data
(2017)Developments in technology are gradually changing the manner in which trade conducted throughout centuries. Trade of goods and services are gradually been replaced by trade of data across borders. Taking into consideration ... -
Evolution of the Digital Copyright Industry: Are We Ready to Face Dynamic Changes?
(2017)New digital technology enables people to access multiple forms of creative work regardless of the geographical location of origin. It expands the areas of human creativity from mere literary, scientific and artistic works; ... -
Does Sri Lanka Need a System for Registering Geographical Indications?
(2017)Recent reports published in Sri Lankan newspapers suggest that local industries (particularly Cinnamon producers) have raised concerns about the lack of a registration system for Geographical Indications (GIs) in Sri Lanka. ... -
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 ...