Volume 04, Issue 01, 2024
Recent Submissions
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Examining the Adequacy of Laws to Ensure the Protection of Human Rights in Business Corporations: Sri Lankan Perspective
(2024-03)This article explores the State’s responsibility in monitoring businesses that violate human rights, with a focus on Sri Lanka’s legal framework. States are obligated to uphold human rights nationally and internationally, ... -
Rethinking the Compatibility of Sri Lanka’s Trust Law with Modern Needs: Three Essential Recommendations to the Trusts Ordinance
(2024-03)The Trust law evolves over time, adapting to contemporary needs. In the pursuit of equitable development, many countries make use of trust concepts. In contrast, Sri Lanka’s Trusts Ordinance No.9 of 1917 remains entrenched ... -
The Role of Environmental Impact Assessment Report in Ensuring the Sustainable Development in Sri Lanka
(2024-03)National Environment Act evolved in order to ensure and guarantee that the development projects are carried out in compliance with the notion of sustainable development. The Amendments to the National Environment Act, ... -
An Appraisal of the Right to Erasure as a Part of the Right to Privacy with Special Reference to Data Protection in India and Sri Lanka
(2024-03)Privacy is a concept with different dimensions. The traditional approach to privacy has considerably changed due to the advancement in science and technology. In this digital world, a vast amount of data is collected, ... -
A Critical View on the Sri Lankan Juvenile Legislation Rehabilitation and Re-integration Procedures Available towards Juvenile Delinquents
(2024-03)The purpose of this paper is to analyze the available national laws relating to juvenile delinquency, to discuss the contributory factors for the occurrence of juvenile delinquency in Sri Lanka, to discuss the rehabilitation ... -
Minority Opinion of the Court and its Significant Contribution to the Subsequent Legal Developments
(2024-03)It is a well-accepted fact that the majority opinion represents the prevailing opinion of a court. However, judges are free to have an opinion that differs from the rationale presented in the majority opinion, and, as a ... -
Examining the Influence of Stoicism in Carving Cicero’s Notion of Natural Law: A Legal Philosophical Perspective
(2024-03)This article seeks to examine the roots of Cicero’s jurisprudential thinking, which impacted upon the early development of the natural law philosophy. Cicero has been revered among the legal thinkers as a premium jurist ... -
The Hart-Devlin Debate Revisited
(2024-03)The inextricable link between law and morality has long been a subject of intense examination within legal scholarship. These inquiries delve into the ethical foundations that confer legitimacy and effectiveness upon legal ...