Politics Of The United States The united states is a democratic constitutional federal republic, in which the president is the head of state and head of government, congress and judiciary share powers reserved to the national government, and the federal government shares sovereignty with the state government. The executive branch is headed by the president…
The Case of Proclamations [1610] is an English constitutional law case during the reign of King James I (1603–1625) that established some of the Royal Prerogative’s limits at the time. It essentially said that the Monarch could only enact laws via Parliament. The judgement established the principle in English law (later developed by future parliaments…
According to J.G. Starke, International law maybe defined as “that body of law which is composed for its greater part of the principles and rules of conduct which states feel themselves bound to observe, and therefore, do commonly observe in their relations with each other, and which includes also: The rules of law relating to…
The Corfu Channel Case (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland-Albania) originated from events that happened in the Corfu Strait on October 22, 1946, when two British warships collided with mines in Albanian waters, causing severe damage and loss of life. The United Kingdom initially approached the United Nations Security Council, which suggested that…
Foreign inmates were being held indefinitely at the Belmarsh jail in the United Kingdom, and the case was brought by Human Rights Watch. Following Section 23 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, the detainees were detained without charge or trial. This judgement, as well as the following detentions, were challenged in court because…
Whenever someone hear about the courts all that come to mind is either Supreme Court or a High court. Supreme Court being the most powerful court and at central level and High Court being powerful at state level. And lower or subordinate courts. In India one can find supreme court in Delhi and in Maharashtra…
The public outcry of the Mumbai terrorist bombing in 2008, was strong enough for the Indian government to consider using the military option vis-a-vis Pakistan. It was soon realised that India no longer had the capability of imposing retribution and that it no longer enjoyed the kind of conventional superiority in the region as it…
DICTATORSHIP OF THE PROLETARIAT Marxists, as opposed to popular belief argue that Democracy, so long as it serves for the purpose of Bourgeoisie class is nothing but a mere sham and there is no such difference between dictatorship and democracy. And relying on this analogy they argue that if liberal democracy is the dictatorship of…
Only new forms of human compassion and solidarity can help overcome the lethal and formidably grim challenge posed since the covid 19 pandemic. Even amidst the disease and death caused by the pandemic, theoretical discourse rages, on the one hand on the intensification of the state of exception in combating COVID-19 and, on the other,…
[Continued from Part I.] DISCRIMINATION: In the 1980s, a gang known as the Dotbusters specifically targeted Indian Americans in Jersey City, New Jersey with violence and harassment. Studies of racial discrimination, as well as stereotyping and scapegoating of Indian Americans have been conducted in recent years. In particular, racial discrimination against Indian Americans in the…
