3rd April 2020, Colombo, Sri Lanka: The Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA) notes several news reports on the Election Commission’s concerns that it will be unable to hold parliamentary elections within the time-period stipulated by law due to the Covid-19 crisis. The Commission has accordingly requested the President to seek the opinion of the Supreme Court to clarify the law in relation to the next steps in these circumstances.
CPA has...
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Arbitration – Whether the Gujarat Public Works Contract Disputes Arbitration Tribunal constituted under Section 3 of the Gujarat Public Works Contracts Disputes Arbitration Tribunal Act, 1992 has jurisdiction to make interim orders in terms of Section 17 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 ? Deepak Gupta & Aniruddha Bose, JJ. State of Gujarat v. Amber Builders, C.A. No. 8307 of 2019 08-01-2020
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Analysis, Austin, Bentham, Hans Kelsen, Hart, Jurisprudence, Legal Theory, Natural Law, Postivism, Ronald Dworkin
Legal
Positivism
Comparison
Bentham
Austin
Introduction
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Classical positivism: Bentham – Austin
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Positivist theories may briefly be described
as:
ü Concentrate
upon a description of law as it is in a given time n place
ü By
reference to formal, rather than to moral or ethical
ü Do
not...