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Blurring boundaries on ‘taking part’ in an unlawful assembly: HKSAR v Choy Kin Yue (2022) 25 HKCFAR 360 模糊“参与”非法集会的界限:香港特别行政区诉蔡健月案(2022)25 HKCFAR 360
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-08-13 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2023.2244774
A. Wong
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‘Delicate plants’, ‘loose cannons’, or ‘a marriage of true minds’? The role of academic literature in judicial decision-making “娇嫩的植物”,“松散的大炮”,还是“心灵的结合”?学术文献在司法决策中的作用
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2023.2222977
Lady Justice Carr
ABSTRACT This is the text of the Harris Society Annual Lecture 2023, delivered at Keble College, Oxford, on 16 May 2023. The Lecture is reproduced here with minor editorial changes. The Lecture discusses the role of academic literature in judicial decision-making, and argues that academics help judges to reach decisions that are more conceptually sound, morally satisfactory, and legally coherent. To make this argument, it asks whether academics are ‘delicate plants’ (that is, overly analytical and abstract) or alternatively ‘loose cannons’ (proposing unduly radical suggestions for law reform). After reviewing the historical relationship between academics and the judiciary, a series of cases in which academics have made major contributions to legal development are discussed, including in the field of unjust enrichment and criminal attempts. Following that, cases are discussed in which academic literature might be seen as overly analytical, either because the academics took a more abstract approach than the judiciary, or focussed on socio-economic concerns rather than ‘black letter’ law. It is argued that the concern about academics being ‘delicate plants’ has been overstated and, in particular, the value of socio-economic scholarship should not be underestimated. The next section moves to discuss cases in which judges have disregarded academic literature because it was overly forward-thinking; although, again, the label of academics as ‘loose cannons’, it is argued, is going too far. The Lecture concludes by discussing how academic literature can continue to be applied usefully by judges in the future.
这是哈里斯协会2023年年度演讲的全文,于2023年5月16日在牛津大学基布尔学院发表。这篇演讲在这里作了一些编辑上的小改动。讲座讨论了学术文献在司法决策中的作用,并认为学术文献有助于法官做出概念上更合理、道德上更令人满意、法律上更连贯的决定。为了提出这个论点,它问学者是“娇弱的植物”(也就是说,过度分析和抽象)还是“松散的大炮”(为法律改革提出过度激进的建议)。在回顾了学者与司法机构之间的历史关系之后,本文讨论了一系列学者对法律发展作出重大贡献的案例,包括在不当得利和犯罪企图领域。在此之后,讨论的案例中,学术文献可能被视为过度分析,要么是因为学术界采取了比司法机构更抽象的方法,要么是关注社会经济问题,而不是“黑字”法律。有人认为,对学术是“脆弱的植物”的担忧被夸大了,特别是社会经济学术的价值不应该被低估。下一节将讨论法官无视学术文献的案例,因为学术文献过于超前;不过,有人认为,再一次给学者贴上“宽松大炮”的标签有点过头了。讲座最后讨论了学术文献如何在未来继续被法官有效地应用。
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Corruption and the constitutional position of the Overseas Territories 贪污与海外领土的宪制地位
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2023.2210920
P. Scott
ABSTRACT The report of the recent Commission of Inquiry into possible corruption in the British Virgin Islands exemplifies a number of themes present in previous reports relating to other Overseas Territories. This article considers the question of corruption in the Overseas Territories in the context of the constitutional relationship between the Territories and the United Kingdom, considering the extent to which the UK is responsible for addressing the question and whether it might bear some responsibility for the existence of such corruption in the first place.
摘要英属维尔京群岛可能存在的腐败问题调查委员会最近的报告列举了以往报告中与其他海外领土有关的一些主题。本条结合海外领土与联合王国之间的宪法关系审议海外领土的腐败问题,考虑到联合王国在多大程度上有责任解决这一问题,以及联合王国是否可能首先对这种腐败的存在承担一定责任。
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Legal transplantation of minors’ contracts in India and Malaysia: ‘Weak’ Watson and a ‘misfitted’ transplant 印度和马来西亚未成年人合同的合法移植:“软弱”的Watson和“不合时宜”的移植
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2023.2189359
M. Cheong, Divyangana Dhankar, Shaun Star
ABSTRACT While contracts by minors are generally voidable in most common law jurisdictions, the apex court in India and in Malaysia has each held that such contracts are void ab initio, following a century-old Privy Council decision in Mohori Bibee (1903) 30 ILR Cal 539. This article explores minors’ contracts through the lens of legal transplant—viewing transplanted laws on a continuum, from a ‘Strong Watson’ perspective where English common law was adopted by the Indian courts, to a ‘Weak Watson’ position following the Privy Council’s interpretation of the law in the Indian Contract Act 1872. The authors conclude that the current Weak Watson transplant of laws on minors’ contracts is a ‘misfitted’ transplant which is neither consistent with the original intent of the transplanted law nor fit for purpose in a modern context. Given minors’ inability to enter into contracts or seek remedies, urgent legislative reform or judicial reinterpretation is required in India and Malaysia.
摘要尽管在大多数普通法管辖区,未成年人的合同通常是可撤销的,但印度和马来西亚的最高法院都认为,根据百年前枢密院在Mohori Bibee(1903)30 ILR Cal 539中的裁决,此类合同从一开始就无效。本文通过法律移植的视角探讨了未成年人的合同——从印度法院采用英国普通法的“强Watson”视角,到1872年枢密院对《印度合同法》中法律的解释后的“弱Watson”立场,在一个连续体上看待移植的法律。作者得出结论,目前对未成年人合同法律的弱Watson移植是一种“不合适”的移植,既不符合移植法律的初衷,也不符合现代背景下的目的。鉴于未成年人无法签订合同或寻求补救,印度和马来西亚迫切需要进行立法改革或司法重新解释。
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Constitutionalism and the sacred cow: the secular mythology of the Indian Supreme Court 宪政与神牛:印度最高法院的世俗神话
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2023.2238454
A. Bindal
ABSTRACT This article examines the judicial discourse around cow protection laws in India, tracing the trajectory of the Indian Supreme Court’s reasoning in cases where the constitutional validity of anti-cow-slaughter laws was challenged in post-independence India. The mainstream scholarship on Article 48 of the Indian Constitution has emphasised the existence of a religious motive behind this constitutional provision and its apparent justification through utility-based economic reasoning. However, most critical writings utilise a simplistic, binary formulation: religious versus secular. Through a close analysis of the judicial decisions in which anti-cow-slaughter laws were constitutionally challenged, the article proposes a move beyond the religious/secular divide and attends to the implications of the uneasy coexistence of the secular and the mythical. It further demonstrates that the invocation of the common law doctrine of presumption of constitutionality has acquired the status of what I term ‘secular mythology’ in the context of anti-slaughter laws.
摘要本文考察了印度围绕奶牛保护法的司法话语,追踪了印度最高法院在独立后的印度对反奶牛屠宰法的宪法有效性提出质疑的案件中的推理轨迹。关于《印度宪法》第48条的主流学术强调,这一宪法条款背后存在宗教动机,并通过基于效用的经济推理证明其合理性。然而,大多数批判性著作都采用了一种简单的二元表述:宗教与世俗。通过对反奶牛屠宰法在宪法上受到质疑的司法裁决的仔细分析,文章提出了超越宗教/世俗鸿沟的举措,并关注世俗与神话不安共存的影响。它进一步表明,在反屠杀法的背景下,援引普通法推定合宪原则已经获得了我所说的“世俗神话”的地位。
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‘The law has taken all my rights away’: on India’s conundrum of able-normative death with dignity “法律剥夺了我所有的权利”:关于印度的有尊严的正常死亡难题
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2023.2234749
K. Kalra
ABSTRACT This article argues that the exceptionless prohibition on active euthanasia contained in Indian penal law constitutes indirect discrimination against terminally ill persons disabled from committing suicide, and that reasonable accommodation by way of permitting assisted suicide for persons falling within this class is necessary to address such discrimination. While terminally ill persons physically capable of committing suicide may do so without the threat of penal sanction due to the general decriminalisation of the attempt to commit suicide under the Mental Healthcare Act 2017, those who are physically disabled and require assistance are forbidden therefrom due to the exceptionless prohibition under the Indian Penal Code. I argue, therefore, that the current law constitutes both indirect discrimination and a denial of reasonable accommodation, and is incompatible with the constitutional pursuit of substantive equality. I also argue that this incompatibility cannot be saved by a proportionality-backed justification.
摘要本文认为,印度刑法中对主动安乐死的无例外禁令构成了对绝症残疾人自杀的间接歧视,有必要通过允许这一类人协助自杀的方式提供合理的便利,以解决这种歧视。虽然根据2017年《精神卫生保健法》,身体上有能力自杀的绝症患者可以在没有刑事制裁威胁的情况下自杀,但由于《印度刑法典》的无例外禁令,那些身体残疾并需要帮助的人被禁止自杀。因此,我认为,现行法律既构成间接歧视,也构成拒绝合理通融,不符合宪法对实质平等的追求。我还认为,这种不相容性不能通过比例支持的理由来挽救。
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Neither here nor there: reconciling nominee directors’ dual loyalties under the Indian Companies Act 2013 既不在这里也不在那里:根据《2013年印度公司法》,调和被提名董事的双重忠诚
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2022.2151793
Aparajita Kaul, Rishika Agarwal
ABSTRACT The objective of this article is to determine how Indian law can resolve the conflict of dual loyalties faced by nominee directors. We first study nominee directors’ duties towards their nominator in commercial practice, and directors’ duties under the stakeholder-oriented provision of section 166(2) in Indian Companies Act 2013. We then take stock of the judicial approaches towards nominee directors in the United Kingdom and in India. The Companies Act 2013 is presently inadequate to resolve the identified conflict. We suggest codifying a pragmatic approach by allowing nominee directors to pursue their nominator’s interests, subject to the company’s interests. To determine the company’s interests, we refer to the Entity Maximisation and Sustainability Approach proposed by Andrew Keay that allows for a plurality of interests to be considered by a director, while providing a clear objective. In concluding, we call for further deliberation on the enforcement of the nominee directors’ duties.
本文的目的是确定印度法律如何解决提名董事面临的双重忠诚冲突。我们首先研究了商业实践中被提名董事对其提名人的责任,以及2013年印度公司法第166(2)条中以利益相关者为导向的规定下董事的责任。然后,我们对英国和印度针对提名董事的司法途径进行了评估。《2013年公司法》目前不足以解决所确定的冲突。我们建议制定一种务实的做法,允许被提名董事在公司利益的前提下,追求被提名董事的利益。为了确定公司的利益,我们参考了Andrew Keay提出的实体最大化和可持续性方法,该方法允许董事在提供明确目标的同时考虑多种利益。最后,我们呼吁进一步审议被提名董事履行职责的问题。
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A comparative analysis of legislative protection from harassment: a view from Singapore 骚扰法律保护之比较分析:以新加坡为例
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2022.2109272
Joel Soon
ABSTRACT Harassment continues to plague modern society. Yet, countries have not found the panacea. Some have opted for a common law tort approach, while others have sought to legislate for protection against harassment. Singapore initially tackled this issue with the former, but turned to the latter after the common law tort created by the Singapore High Court in Malcomson Nicholas Hugh Betram v Naresh Kumar Mehta was thrown into disarray by AXA Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd v Chandran s/o Natesan. This article undertakes a comparative analysis of similar harassment legislation in the United Kingdom and New Zealand and English and Hong Kong case law. It argues that while statutory protection from harassment is preferred over a common law tort, several recommendations can be considered to calibrate the scope of harassment and provide greater clarity as to what constitutes impermissible social interaction.
骚扰继续困扰着现代社会。然而,各国尚未找到灵丹妙药。一些人选择了普通法侵权法,而另一些人则寻求立法保护免受骚扰。新加坡最初以前者解决了这一问题,但在新加坡高等法院在Malcomson Nicholas Hugh Betram诉Naresh Kumar Mehta一案中创立的普通法侵权行为被安盛保险新加坡有限公司(AXA Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd)诉Chandran s/o Natesan案弄得混乱之后,新加坡转向了后者。本文对英国和新西兰以及英国和香港判例法中类似的骚扰立法进行了比较分析。它认为,虽然对骚扰的法定保护比普通法侵权行为更可取,但可以考虑几项建议,以校准骚扰的范围,并更清楚地说明什么是不允许的社会交往。
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Comparing maintenance and property rights in marriage under customary law and statutory law in Africa 非洲习惯法和成文法下婚姻中的赡养权和财产权比较
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2022.2153508
S. E. Ojogbo, O. K. Edu
ABSTRACT Two dominant legal systems operate in a typical post-colonial African state: the indigenous customary law of the African people and the Received Colonial Laws. Despite the elevation of statutory laws above customary law under the modern state structure in Africa, customary law is still pervasive and regulates most aspects of the personal lives of Africans. Most commentators argue that the practice of customary law discriminates against women. This paper discusses the practice of customary law, its impact on statutory marriages, and how human rights have engendered a new trajectory in the development of customary law in Africa. The paper identifies the positive influence of the Received Colonial Laws and human rights law on maintenance and property rights and suggests the adaptation of the positive aspects of statutory law, the amendment of marriage laws, and the enactment of gender-sensitive legislation on marriage rights for women.
摘要在一个典型的后殖民时代的非洲国家,有两种占主导地位的法律体系:非洲人民的土著习惯法和公认的殖民地法律。尽管在非洲现代国家结构下,成文法高于习惯法,但习惯法仍然普遍存在,并规范着非洲人个人生活的大部分方面。大多数评论家认为习惯法的做法歧视妇女。本文讨论了习惯法的实践及其对法定婚姻的影响,以及人权如何在非洲习惯法的发展中产生新的轨迹。该文件确认了殖民地法律和人权法对维护和财产权的积极影响,并建议调整成文法的积极方面,修订婚姻法,以及制定对性别问题有敏感认识的妇女婚姻权立法。
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Republic of Fiji v Prasad: revolutionary legality and the taxonomy of legal change 斐济共和国诉普拉萨德案:革命合法性和法律变革的分类
Q3 Social Sciences Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/14729342.2022.2106734
Ashutosh Kumar Singh
ABSTRACT Hans Kelsen's theory of the nature of legal systems—and how legal systems are changed—has been endorsed in a series of cases in which courts have adjudicated the legality of a revolution. In all of these cases except one, courts have validated the revolutionary regime. This article focuses on the sole case that stands against this jurisprudential tide: Republic of Fiji v Prasad. In Prasad, the Court explicitly criticised Kelsen's influence on the jurisprudence of revolution and, remarkably, declared the coup in question unlawful. Commentators have received the case positively, arguing that the court's eschewal of Kelsen was instrumental to the result in the case. I seek to rebut this received view. I show that the Kelsenian view is alive and well in the Court's method and result. I conclude with broader reflections on the very coherence of a jurisprudence of revolution itself.
汉斯·凯尔森(Hans Kelsen)关于法律制度本质的理论——以及法律制度是如何变化的——在一系列法院裁定革命合法性的案例中得到了认可。在所有这些案例中,除了一个,法院都认可了革命政权。本文的重点是反对这一法理潮流的唯一案例:斐济共和国诉普拉萨德案。在普拉萨德一案中,最高法院明确批评了凯尔森对革命法理学的影响,并引人注目地宣布政变是非法的。评论人士对此案持积极态度,认为法院对凯尔森的回避对此案的结果起了重要作用。我试图反驳这种公认的观点。我表明,在法院的方法和结果中,凯尔森主义的观点仍然存在。最后,我对革命法理学本身的一致性进行了更广泛的反思。
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