Sovereignty is no more an absolute right of a State in the contemporary world. Sovereign
States possess rights, as well as obligations. Due to this transformation and increased State
practice, the international community ...
During the early years of British rule, by the proclamation of 23rd September 1799, the
continued operation of the Thesawalamai was guaranteed. In the present context, the
Constitution of 19781 has guaranteed the continued ...
The global population has exceeded the 7 billion mark, and this places severe constraints
on the finite resources of the planet. One of the key factors in feeding this ever-increasing
population is the development of new ...
Compensating road accident victims adequately and satisfactorily in Sri Lanka is a critical
problem due to several factors.1 Primarily, ‘accidents’ do not involve the mental element
of the doer as it is a sudden an ...
In the modern world, only a democratically elected government will gain the recognition
as a legitimate government. A state can enhance representative democracy only by
adopting an accurate and appropriate electoral ...
Positive prescription1 is not an unfamiliar concept to Sri Lankan land law. The history of
this concept dates back to Roman days when it had originated as a mode of acquiring land
ownership under Roman Land law. Positive ...
This paper looks at the Sri Lankan legal responses to fractured relationships in the spheres
of husband and wife and employer and employee. In examining the husband wife
relationship we will confine ourselves to the ...
A legal system is based on basic norms and values which guarantee smooth functioning of
the society it serves. These norms and values reflect communal morals rooted in the
natural law tradition and they direct the “Black ...
The well-known saying that the ‘Private Sector is the Engine of Growth’ implies that a
company is a creature of the law for the purpose of economic gain (other than the
negligible percentage of non-profit entities) and ...