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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Legal response"”.
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Disqualification by design: Strategic inefficiencies in Canada’s legal response to sexual assault
… assault (SA) continue to benefit from near legal immunity, with the overwhelming majority of criminal complaints being funneled out of the justice system without legal accountability. This project explores the mechanisms within the legal system that work to slow and stop complaints of SA, …
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An analysis of the legal response to children who commit serious crimes in South Africa
South Africa’s first democratic elections in April 1994 led to the birth of a new political era which also brought constitutional guarantees for children in conflict with the law; one of the most important being section 28(1)(g) of the Constitution which provides that a child can only be detained …
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The socio-legal response(s) to women who kill : a proposed model for acknowledging their agency
This thesis will explore the socio-legal response(s) to women who kill. Interrogating the constructions of “woman” and “femininity” within criminal legal discourse it will argue that the agency (that is, the ability of an individual to choose to act in a particular way) of women who kill is denied, …
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The UK’s Legal Response to Terrorist Communication in the 21st Century: Striking the right balance between individual privacy and collective security in the digital age.
… and protecting the citizens’ right to life. In response, the UK and the European Union (EU) have attempted to close the capabilities gap and thereby ensure collective security, by enacting new laws allowing the law enforcement agencies’ to monitor electronic communications. The UK Government has …
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The legal response to men's violence against women (ex-)partners : narrative representation of women's experiences and discourse analysis of lawyer's talk : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University, Turitea Campus, Palmerston North, New Zealand
… present research was interested in New Zealand's legal response to domestic violence. More specifically, it explored how well the legal system serves the needs of women who experience abuse from their male partners and ex-partners, and how lawyers make sense of partner violence and the legal …
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Cybercrime And Analysis Of Laws: A Case Study Of Zanzibar Legal Issues”
… and analysis of laws: a case study of Zanzibar legal issues. The data collected through interviews, internet and library research with focus on the issue of cybercrime in Zanzibar ; the data was collected from different institutions called Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), High court of …
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To what extent does South Africa s legal framework effectively combat child trafficking and comply with international law obligations?
… into identifying and exploring South Africa's legal obligations, especially concerning children, as outlined in international and regional treaties. These obligations encompass a multifaceted commitment, including the duty to prevent trafficking, prosecute offenders, and ensure the protection …
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Anti-terrorism control orders : a human rights analysis
… terrorism-related activity but who, for either legal or practical reasons, could not be prosecuted or deported. The study examines the central features of the PTA’s statutory scheme and provides a detailed analysis of the control order regime’s conformity, in principle and in practice, with the …
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The legal and technical landscape of distracted driving
… both through technological safe-guards and legal interventions. The activities of focus in this thesis include talking or texting on a mobile phone (both hand-held and hands-free), using a GPS device (in-vehicle and nomadic), and performing like tasks - including emailing and watching videos …
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The Common European Sales Law (CESL): A Private International Law and Comparative Law Analysis
… and important aspects of the CESL’s novel legal response to the problem of creating a uniform legal instrument. These reflect the four operations at the heart of the CESL’s “activation” and application: i. the selection of the CESL regime by the parties as the legal framework of their sales …
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The inefficies of the dispute settlement systems in Zambia: Alternative dispute resolution, as a supplement to litigation
… between people or entities. The traditional legal response to settle these disputes has been for a lawyer of one of the parties to initiate or lodge a complaint in court. The litigation process has therefore been the major forum for settling disputes. This is so, notwithstanding, the fact …
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The international collision regulations in the context of international law and the municipal law of the United Kingdom and of South Africa: a critical analysis
… fashion, the Regulations are of interest to the legal historian, as they represent the legal response to a set of circumstances as they changed over the centuries.
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Regulation of Novel Biomedical Technologies
… Each of these three research works examines a legal response to a technological development in the areas of biotechnology and/or medicine and addresses one or more challenges - ethical, constitutional, legal or one that is related to public policy - created by that response. The first work of …
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Drafting sex workers' human rights: using decriminalisation to combat gender-based violence faced by sex workers
… the law and stigmatised role in society. The legal responses to sex work, namely legalisation, criminalisation, or decriminalisation, have become an increasingly discussed topic across the world due to a heightened understanding of the complex challenges sex workers face. While it is currently …
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Three Essays in Applied Microeconomics
… will deter crime only if they give rise to a legal response. Moreover, results highlight that increasing the reporting of events of that do not lead to criminal charges may create escalation and be more detrimental to the victim in the long run. Chapter 3 investigates how migrants in the …
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Legal protection of the girl child against child marriage (Aure Yarinya) in Nigeria
… of multiple conflicting and contradictory legal provisions, particularly with respect to the age of a girl child, and the admission in some of the Nigeria’s legislation that child marriage exists, raise questions about the condonation of the practice. In addition, there is customary law and …
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DESAFIOS DE LA PROTECCION JURIDICA A LAS PERSONAS TELETRABAJADORAS: UNA MIRADA CRITICA AL CONCEPTO DE SUBORDINACIN.
… are addressed in this study from a socio-legal and multi-level approach, finding in the Italian legal system a reference to contribute to the analysis of the main issue: the concept of subordination in accordance with the current work reality. In this way, under the title “Challenges of …