What is Mediation? Mediation is an amicable mode of conflict resolving process and this blog post discusses further about it and the importance of putting it into practice. Mediation allows the disputants to arrive at a common decision by voluntary agreement with the support of a neutral third-party facilitator. The third-party facilitator, known as a …
Does Sri Lanka need a Dog Registration Act?
Dog is man’s best friend is a world-famous quote. But we can see numerous street dogs roaming around in both in rural and urban areas of the country without any proper care, either abandoned by their owners, lost and never found by the owners or born as stray dogs. The soaring population of stray …
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Fundamentals of Criminal Law
The English criminal law has observed that it is not possible to identify a legal definition of crime. However, many different scholars around the world have defined the term ‘crime’ according to their viewpoints. Professor Glanville Williams defines a crime as ‘a legal wrong that can be followed by criminal proceedings and which may result …
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තිඹිරි ගෙයි මොර දෙද්දී-"එපා අකපැයි"තද කළු කතුවැකියේ" අනේ ඒ ගවුමක්". නෑ..ඒ "වෙස් වලාගත් අහසක්." මල් පිපෙන වසත් සමයෙහි -හෝරාවක එක්අදුරුවළාවකඇයට ඇහැකිය - අනෝරා වැසි වස්සන්ට. කඩිමුඩියෙ යන-එන්නවුන්දහවල වළා ගිලඇහැකි ඇයට- සරතැසින් තෙත් කරන්නට. නානාවර්ණ සාරීයක්-රැලි තියා සැරෙන්නඇහැකිය ඇයට -දුටුවන් මත් කරන්නට. ක්ෂිතිජ ඉම හිරු සමග- ගනුදෙනු කරන යාමෙටඇහැකිය ඇයට- තරහවෙන් පුපුරන්න රෑකල නිසල බවතරුවලින් දිදුලන්න,පුර …
Fundamental Rights in Sri Lanka
The fundamental rights declared and recognized by the Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, "shall be respected, secured and advanced by all the organs of government, and shall not be abridged, restricted or denied save in the manner and to the extent provided by the Constitution". (Article 4(d)) These rights are set …
What is Law ?
The Law is important for a society as it serves as a norm of conduct for citizens. It provides proper guidelines and order upon the behavior for all citizens and sustains the equity of the three branches of the government. It keeps society running. Without law, there would be chaos. Law plays as an agent …
Why does your Vote matter?
“Why does my vote matter” is a question frequently asked by a lot of people whenever an election is approaching. People prevent from casting their votes, having the misconception of one vote would not make a change. But here’s what you must know about it. Voting is the essence of a Democracy. As Merriam-Webster Dictionary …