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Abstract Local and Indigenous Peoples steward and protect a significant proportion of biologically diverse ecosystems globally. This fact is increasingly acknowledged by researchers and international organizations, offering both opportunities and challenges at the intersection of Indigenous and western knowledge production in the context of ...
Chelsey Geralda Armstrong+5 more
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English law and wider common law jurisprudence have endorsed the condition that an appellate court should reject a trial judge's finding of fact which it believes is ‘plainly wrong’. Courts have not explained what makes a finding plainly wrong, however. Scholars have largely ignored the issue.
Adam Perry
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Re-formulation zakat system as tax reduction in Indonesia
Zakat is one of the Islamic financial instruments which is obligatory for every Muslim whose earnings reach the prescribed amount (nishab). On the other hand taxes must still be paid as an obligation of every citizen.
Hary Djatmiko
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Institutional hybridity and policy-motivated reasoning structure public evaluations of the Supreme Court. [PDF]
Gadarian SK, Strother L.
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Knowing receipt: continuing trusts and conscionability Byers v Saudi National Bank
In Byers v Saudi National Bank [2022] EWCA Civ 43 the Court of Appeal examined a seemingly straightforward question: where rights are dissipated in breach of trust, is it a necessary condition of the recipient being liable for ‘knowing receipt’ that the dissipation did not extinguish the beneficiary's rights?
Alexander Georgiou
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Role of Victim in the Criminal Justice System
The victims of crime are those who have formerly endured injury or are possibly suffering as an outcome of crimes having been committed. The direct family or dependants of the direct victims, who are harmfully affected, are also included within the ...
MEERA MATHEW
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Supreme Court of India judgement on abortion as a fundamental right: breaking new ground. [PDF]
Jain D.
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What the Supreme Court Did Not Do in the 1949 Term. An Appraisal of Certiorari [PDF]
Fowler V. Harper, Alan S. Rosenthal
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Partisans in Robes: Party Cues and Public Acceptance of Supreme Court Decisions
The public perceives the Supreme Court to be a legal institution. This perception enables the Court's legitimacy-conferring function, which serves to increase public acceptance of its decisions.
Stephen P. Nicholson, Thomas G. Hansford
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