International Journal of Law and Society

Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022

  • The Concept of Foreign Arbitration Award in the Light of New York Convention, 1958

    Homayoun Mafi, Mahshid Eshaghi

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 1-10
    Received: 29 November 2021
    Accepted: 25 December 2021
    Published: 8 January 2022
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    Abstract: The Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, New York 1958, is a comprehensive instrument which facilitates the enforcement of arbitral decisions. The New York Convention Compared to its predecessor, the Geneva Convention 1927, on the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards has gained more flexibility and acceptance ... Show More
  • Sentencing Guidelines and Their Applications in Ethiopian Federal Courts

    Sefiew Ayenew Demle

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 11-18
    Received: 2 December 2021
    Accepted: 30 December 2021
    Published: 12 January 2022
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    Abstract: Disparities of sentencing in similar crimes cause a typical problem; Law scholars devoted their time to reconcile the debate “should the crime fit with the individual or should the individual behavior fit with the type of crime that she or he committed?” This has remained an issue in criminal sentencing. It is the most crucial stage in criminal jus... Show More
  • Application of Typing and Analysis of Reconnaissance Information for the Purpose of Its Transformation into the Financial Information Administered by FIUs

    Matthias Alexander Kedzierski

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 19-27
    Received: 14 December 2021
    Accepted: 4 January 2022
    Published: 14 January 2022
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    Abstract: The system of counteracting money laundering and financing of terrorism (ML/FT) is built mainly on analysis of data of obliged entities, risk assessment and application of financial security measures. The growing amounts of data connected with their processing for the purpose of execution of subject instruments requirements improvement of methods i... Show More
  • Research on the Duty of Care of Live Broadcasting Platforms from the Perspective of Intellectual Property

    Zhou Hua

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 28-34
    Received: 24 December 2021
    Accepted: 10 January 2022
    Published: 17 January 2022
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    Abstract: With the rise of live streaming, there are certain difficulties in regulating the intellectual property care obligations of live streaming platforms. First, the connotation and boundaries of e-commerce platforms are not clear enough; second, the application of core intellectual property care obligations in the live delivery ecosystem is not clear; ... Show More
  • The Evolution of Criminal Law in Continental Western Europe

    Erik-Jan Broers

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 35-44
    Received: 12 October 2021
    Accepted: 27 November 2021
    Published: 24 January 2022
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    Abstract: Through the ages societies have been confronted with criminal behavior. Whenever an act was committed that that harmed an individual or threatened the whole community, the legal system had to be restored one way or another. In the course of history all sorts of methods and measures have been introduced to deal with persons who had infringed private... Show More
  • Reimagining Doctrinal Orientations of English Health Care Law Scholarship Since 1980

    Ernest Owusu-Dapaa

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 45-52
    Received: 20 June 2021
    Accepted: 10 December 2021
    Published: 26 January 2022
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    Abstract: Defining a legal field has functional importance and a legitimising usefulness for the field. There is no doubt that health care law (HCL) has emerged as a field of law and a discrete academic discipline in England and Wales with indicators that gradually became identifiable post-1980. Increasingly, patients aggrieved by their clinical experiences ... Show More
  • The Impacts of Artificial Intelligence on Research in the Legal Profession

    Samuel Maireg Biresaw, Abhijit Umesh Saste

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 53-65
    Received: 18 December 2021
    Accepted: 18 January 2022
    Published: 26 January 2022
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    Abstract: Legal research is an indispensable skill for lawyers. Therefore, it is always necessary for lawyers to engage in legal research in due course of solving various legal problems. Although the purpose and methodology of the research may vary from lawyer to lawyer, doing research is a common activity. On the other hand, the quest to assess the impacts ... Show More
  • Reconsideration of the Bill of Lading as a Document of Title

    Zeng Luling, Jiang Zhengxiong, Ren Lvzhen, Yang Chaoyang

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 66-72
    Received: 29 December 2021
    Accepted: 25 January 2022
    Published: 9 February 2022
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    Abstract: The bill of lading is a primary transport document generally signed by or on behalf of the carrier by sea. Because of its comprehensive characteristics, it also plays an important role in the field of international trade. It is widely treated as a document of title in maritime law research and legal practice, but as to the specific meaning of the d... Show More
  • Research on the Legal Nature of Bill of Lading (BOL) in International Cargo Transportation

    Chen Jiandong, Jiang Zhengxiong, Wang Deling, Yang Chaoyang

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 73-81
    Received: 29 December 2021
    Accepted: 25 January 2022
    Published: 9 February 2022
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    Abstract: The Hague Rules, Hamburg Rules, Maritime Laws of the People’s Republic of China, Uniform Transportation Laws and The United States Freight Act of 1999 have similar but different provisions on the nature of bill of lading. The Hague Rules use covered to stipulate that the bill of lading is the proof of carriage contract, while covered also means inc... Show More
  • Terrorism and Armed Conflict in Nigeria: A Case Study of Boko Haram

    Cajetan Osisioma

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 82-92
    Received: 2 January 2022
    Accepted: 21 January 2022
    Published: 16 February 2022
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    Abstract: The North-East region of Nigeria has been the epicenter of Boko Haram attacks and killings since 2002. Recently, the group has extended its menace to the North-West and North-Central regions. Compounding the menace of Boko Haram in these regions, are the activities of the Islamic State’s West African Province (ISWAP), a breakaway terrorist group fr... Show More
  • Legal Pluralism: Opportunities for Development from a Constitutional Perspective in Latin America

    Juan Jose Cantillo Pushaina

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 93-100
    Received: 3 January 2022
    Accepted: 8 February 2022
    Published: 16 February 2022
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    Abstract: The recognition of legal pluralism by International Law on Human Rights, especially by Convention 169 of the ILO, as well as its positivization in the Constitutions of some Latin American states, allows us to affirm that this principle must move from its foundational phase to the phase of its consolidation. Through a qualitative and theoretical met... Show More
  • Earnings Management and Its Implications on Management of Quoted Manufacturing Firms in Nigeria

    Ikenna Elias Asogwa, Etim Osim Etim, Yomi Besidone

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 101-108
    Received: 19 January 2022
    Accepted: 8 February 2022
    Published: 16 February 2022
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    Abstract: This study is motivated by concerns investors and other financial reports users have shown after observing many business failures shortly after declaring impressive financial performance. The relationship that may subsist between diverse performance measurements and earnings management in selected manufacturing companies in Nigeria is explored. Twe... Show More
  • Access to Justice for Persons with Hearing Impairment During Criminal Proceeding in Ethiopia: Legal Analysis and Challenges in East Hararge Zone Courts in Oromia Region

    Anwar Ahmed Seida

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 109-122
    Received: 6 January 2022
    Accepted: 28 January 2022
    Published: 25 February 2022
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    Abstract: Ethiopia ratified Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability in 2010. The Convention under article 13 provides rights of effective access to justice for persons with disabilities in an equal basis with others. The Ethiopian laws, policies and strategies to ensure the participation of persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others ... Show More
  • Too Much, Too Little: the Dilemma of Ghana’s Legal Regime for Investment in the Mining Sector

    Chris Adomako-Kwakye, Richard Obeng Mensah

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 123-133
    Received: 25 October 2021
    Accepted: 29 December 2021
    Published: 28 February 2022
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    Abstract: Ghana, through its constitutional arrangement, practices the public ownership of natural resources. The state grants mining rights to prospective investors in the mining sector. However, the exploitation of natural resources in Ghana has had devastating effects on its mining communities including deprivation and destruction of farmlands, delayed co... Show More
  • From Problems to a Model of Action: Romanian University Ethics Commissions - Case Study

    Cristina Mihaela Salca Rotaru, Laura Manea

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 134-142
    Received: 29 January 2022
    Accepted: 22 February 2022
    Published: 3 March 2022
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    Abstract: Research on issues of academic ethics from the perspective of ethics committees has been the subject of specialized literature, especially for Research Ethics Commissions and to a lesser degree for committees that investigate and sanction the unethical behavior - Ethical Sanctioning Commissions. The sanctioning commissions play a very important rol... Show More
  • Tax Deductions Related to an Environmental Accident According to the Peruvian Legislation

    Gonzalo Alonso Escalante Alpaca

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2022
    Pages: 143-148
    Received: 11 February 2022
    Accepted: 1 March 2022
    Published: 9 March 2022
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    Abstract: In January of 2022 the coast of Peru was affected by the leak of over eleven thousand barrels of oil into the sea. The company responsible for the leak (Repsol) has taken measures in order to compensate the environmental damage caused but there are also fines to be applied against such entity. The aforementioned measures include the cleaning of the... Show More