The migration of Up-country Tamils to Sri Lanka occurred during the colonial period and was characterized by the movement of millions of Indian Tamils brought to work on the plantation estates in the hill stations of ...

There are two dimensions of this study. The first one is to identify the factors regarding prostitution with different perspectives and the second one is to understand how the different jurisdictions have legalized the sex ...

Today's armed conflicts are not the same as the conventional and systematic wars described in the history books. In the 21st century, the political concept of “War” has been replaced by the factual concept of “Armed ...

The Roman-Dutch Law principle of justa causa is based on the values of generosity, kindness and affection helping to create legally binding obligations upon parties in instances of gifts and donations under the Sri Lanka ...

According to the definition given by the United Nations’ Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances which has appointed under the provisions of the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons ...

Ravindra Gunawardena Kariyawasam Vs. Central Environment Authority and Others (Chunnakam Power Station Case) is a landmark judgment in Sri Lankan judicial history, that defined the ‘Right to be Free from Degradation of the ...

Right to healthcare has become a stimulating topic during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of the international human right treaties recognize the right to health including the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) ...

Marxist Philosophy can be interpreted as a theory that defines the historical evolution of human society. Marxist jurisprudence identifies the class struggle as the motivating force in history, in which the law and ...

“The old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum, there arises a great diversity of morbid symptoms.” – Antonio Gramsci, Prison Notebooks. Sri Lanka is now at the edge of a Socio-Economic and Political ...

This paper provides a legal perspective of the implementation of article 76 of the UNCLOS and its criteria for the determination and delimitation of the outer limits of the extended continental shelf beyond 200 nautical ...