International Journal of Law and Society

Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2021

  • Traumatic Developments and Psychopathic Personality: Example Through an Individual Case

    Alessandra Stringi, Vincenzo Caretti

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 229-243
    Received: 11 August 2021
    Accepted: 22 September 2021
    Published: 12 October 2021
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    Abstract: In this work the authors want to offer a reading perspective that clarifies the dimensions underlying the development of a disturbed psychopathic personality. A relationship of dismissing/avoiding representation of attachment, together with emotional and physical abuse experiences and neglect, predispose to a dysfunctional answer to trauma and nega... Show More
  • Analysis on the Civil Liability of Third-Party Ship Management

    Zeng Luling, Ni Zhangfeng, Jiang Zhengxiong, Wang Deling

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 244-253
    Received: 19 September 2021
    Accepted: 20 October 2021
    Published: 29 October 2021
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    Abstract: Third-party ship management is the management of ships by professional companies independent of shipowners and charterers. It is the result of the mature development of the international shipping industry and the refinement of the division of labor in the industry. Since its emergence in the 1950s, it has played an increasingly important role in im... Show More
  • The Devastating Impact of Gender Discrimination on Shared Parental Leave in the UK

    Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 254-261
    Received: 9 October 2021
    Accepted: 29 October 2021
    Published: 5 November 2021
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    Abstract: This research explores the impact of gender discrimination in the workplace on the uptake of shared parental leave (SPL). It highlights how continuous gender discrimination in the workplace is negatively impacting the take-up of SPL. While SPL aimed to drive gender equality, very little success has been recorded. Twenty semi-structured interviews w... Show More
  • The Suing Parties of Pure Civil Public Interest Litigation in China Should Not Claim Punitive Damages

    Du Wen

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 262-274
    Received: 8 October 2021
    Accepted: 1 November 2021
    Published: 17 November 2021
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    Abstract: With the transformation of Chinese society and the development of its economy, many infringements against public interests have occurred. The legal resolution of those disputes is vital to the country’s further growth. In order to fully protect the public welfare, the National legislature of China revised the Civil Procedure Law, and created the sy... Show More
  • The Principle of Distinction in an International Armed Conflict: Organized Armed Groups Not Belonging to a State Party to the Conflict

    Talitha Ramphal

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 275-279
    Received: 10 October 2021
    Accepted: 11 November 2021
    Published: 23 November 2021
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    Abstract: The classification of Non-State Organized Armed Groups participating in a mere International Armed Conflict (IAC) could be troublesome, especially in the absence of a co-existing Non-International Armed Conflict (NIAC). Since this situation is not simply covered by the Geneva Conventions. Under the current legal framework of IHL, an Organized Armed... Show More
  • Brazil and the International Court of Justice: A Necessary Reconciliation

    Juliette Robichez

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 280-292
    Received: 29 September 2021
    Accepted: 21 October 2021
    Published: 25 November 2021
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    Abstract: In 1948, by not renovating its signature to the mandatory jurisdiction clause set out in Article 36 §2 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Brazil placed itself at the margin of the most important international tribunal nowadays. This normative is recognized as an advance in international relations in its civilizing historica... Show More
  • Inter-Regional State Boundary Friction Resolution Mechanism Under Federal Constitution of Ethiopia: Principles and Institutions

    Habib Jemal

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 293-305
    Received: 7 October 2021
    Accepted: 22 November 2021
    Published: 24 December 2021
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    Abstract: Federalism presupposes the existence a stable territorial boundary of units/ states that exercise their constitutional power and territorial autonomy. Inter-state boundary friction is a kind of contests over territory between two or more states assert sovereign power over one or the same territory; that is an apparent problem in Ethiopia. Boundary ... Show More
  • Liability for Insolvency (Bankruptcy) of the Debtor in Russia from the 18th to the 21st Centuries

    Pavel Kurkin

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 306-309
    Received: 17 September 2021
    Accepted: 27 December 2021
    Published: 31 December 2021
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    Abstract: The article is devoted to the study of legal responsibility in the field of insolvency (bankruptcy) in Russia during the period from the 18th century to the present day. Within the framework of the study, the author has analyzed peculiarities of the legal norms of Tsarist Russia regulating the liability in the sphere of insolvency (bankruptcy) and ... Show More
  • Challenges and Gaps on Pastoral Land System: Ethiopian Focus

    Natinael Lea Kurka, Tamirat Dela Wotango

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2021
    Pages: 310-326
    Received: 20 November 2021
    Accepted: 29 December 2021
    Published: 31 December 2021
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    Abstract: Pastoral and agro-pastoral areas in eastern Africa and elsewhere on the continent have long been regarded as peripheries, especially in economic terms, but also in terms of social and cultural accomplishment governments do little to formally recognize or integrate pastoral lands as critical parts of rural livelihood systems and economic development... Show More