Legal awareness is the empowerment of individuals with respect to the issues of the law of the land. It helps promote consciousness of the legal culture and overall participation in the formulation and establishment of the laws as a whole. The term public legal education encompass an array of activities with an aim to develop public awareness and skills pertaining to the law and justice system as a whole. The term also refers to the fields of study and practice in association with those activities and a greater professional and social movement advocating the greater societal commitment to educating people about law. It is primarily aimed at people not generally involved in the course of law i.e. people who are not lawyers or students of law. …show more content…
It is the lack of awareness among the end beneficiaries that tend to make most of the legislations ineffective at the execution stage. Legal awareness can make people empowered to demand accountability, justice and effective remedies at all levels. It helps people realize their problems and the fact that they can procure justice through legal means is the primary objective. Also a sense of hesitation and apprehension regarding getting involved in legal matters, lawyers and legal system in general lead to more than 50% of the people opting out the process. The knowledge that legislations exist is not enough. The next step to use those legislations is what matters. Without legal literacy people can get intimidated and alienated from law. Low literacy levels may block people’s access to justice as also their rights and …show more content…
Legislations, court orders, international covenants make no sense and in fact are colossal failures unless and until the people for whom these laws are made are made aware of them. It is the duty of local administration and civil society groups such as non-government organizations, voluntary agencies and community based organizations to ensure that the people are made aware. This is more pertinent to rural areas as people from urban areas have various other sources to keep abreast of the changing laws or guidelines for the
For our government to function it must be able to resolve the conflicts that arise as a result of this ‘struggle’. The rule of law is the principle that enables reconciliation and its primacy to the successful implementation of our government cannot be understated. Simply stated t...
This paper will examine the pros and cons of the death penalty. Is it a deterrent or is that a myth. Does it give the family of the victim peace or does it cause them to suffer waiting for appeal after appeal. What are the forms of execution and any evidence of them being cruel and usual punishment. Is the death penalty fair if there are glaring, disparities in sentencing depending on geographic location and the color of the offender and victim’s skin?
Laws are structured and implemented to benefit the masses. Unfortunately this objective is not always achieved. The constitution of the states is considered the best work of law yet it is unable to save the life of a child. Clearly the problem of violence is turning more into a socio-cultural and psychological problem than a legal one. However laws still need to be implemented justly in order to preserve the freedom and rights of me...
Over the years, the practice of law has been left to the regime of a group of people commonly referred to as lawyers. Though the term may vary from place to place or jurisdiction, the same has a general meaning to refer to those who have studied law. Further it is left to the jurisdiction’s discretion to determine how they are to grant one the status of being a lawyer either through education, certification amongst other means that different jurisdictions apply to afford such a status.
In every society around the world, the law is affecting everyone since it shapes the behavior and sense of right and wrong for every citizen in society. Laws are meant to control a society’s behavior by outlining the accepted forms of conduct. The law is designed as a neutral aspect existent to solve society’s problems, a system specially designed to provide people with peace and order. The legal system runs more efficiently when people understand the laws they are intended to follow along with their legal rights and responsibilities.
His main finding is the transformative identity of the legal environment from knowledge limited to a group of narrow elite to a more wide-ranged and accessible field of study (Epp, 1093). The recent explosion in the lawyer population has resulted in a demystified and accessible state of legal resources and knowledge.
Under which theory or theories of product liability can Kolchek sue to recover for Litisha’s injuries? Could Kolchek sue Porter or Great Lakes?
“The death penalty is popular among politicians and the public in response to the escalating fear of violence. However, capital punishment actually makes the fight against crime more difficult. Executions waste valuable resources that could be applied to more promising efforts to protect the public. Additionally, innocent people are sometimes executed and the brutalizing effect executions have on society may result in more murders. For these reasons, the death penalty should be opposed.” (Morgenthau 14)
Legal aid is responsible for providing legal services in the United Kingdom. Legal aid as the name implies can simply be defined as a non-profitable legal body for the provision of legal services to those that cannot afford legal representation in court. Legal aid was introduced to the United Kingdom after the Second World War to provide services of lawyers to people who could not afford it in the state. The legal aid is controlled by the (LSC) LEGAL SERVICE COMMISSION and it helps over two million people a year.Tim Dutton the chairman of the bar council in 2008 stated “in much the same way that the national health service has been held in high regard, we should be proud that our legal aid system was been considered one of the best at providing justice for the most vulnerable and needy in our society”. . The legal aid helps in civil and most criminal cases. Personal injury cases are often dealth with under conditional fee agreement. And the mc libel case broght about legal aid in defamation cases.
There is a collective existence of different forms legal systems, because of the country’s diversity in culture, language and religion. This diversity is able to flourish in India only because of representation of different communities. Diversity and pluralism are acknowledged in India which safeguards the interests of different social groups and communities. This led to law being seen as necessarily pluralistic. However, after colonisation there was an effort made by the British to make law uniform, an essential condition in what was seen as ‘modern law’. Nonetheless, after independence an effort was made to have a pluralistic legal system as this would lead to better representation of different communities. This is how the Panchayati Raj system, a form of local self-government came about. Panchayats were reintroduced in 1992 after the British rule, and there a panchayat in every town of village. The people of the village elect the members of the ‘panch’, whose responsibility is the local administration of the village. In many places, gram panchayats are also known as gram sabhas. In this manner, different forms of legal pluralism shape everyday ordering and disputing in rural and urban India. They relate to formal law as well as customary legal orders equally. The two governance systems interact, which can be termed as formal law and traditional law. Customary law is also termed as unnamed law as it does not refer to a specific basis of
But in a broad scenario, the sociological perspective describes law instrumentally. Law makes available, the tools, resources, symbols and languages useful in the construction of social order. The study of law and other specialization in the social sciences are closely interwoven and needs to be studied together. Citing both Aristotle and Kant, that law is an embodiment of collective social life.
The rule of law requires compliance by the state with its obligations in International law.
The Death Penalty, Human Rights and British Law Lords: Judicial Opinion on Delay of Execution in the Commonwealth Caribbean.Full Text Available By: Ghany, Hamid A.. International Journal of Human Rights, Summer2000, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p30, 14p
Law is a tool in society as it helps to maintain social control, promoting social justice. The way law functions in society and its social institution provide a mechanism for solutions. There are many different theories of the function of law in relation to society in considering the insight they bring to different socio-legal and criminological problems. In the discussion of law’s role in social theory, Leon Petrażycki and Eugen Ehrlich share similar beliefs in the jurisprudence of society. They focused their work on the experience of individuals in establishing meaning in their legal relations with others based on the question of what it means to be a participant in law. Jürgen Habermas presents a relationship between law and morality. From a certain standpoint, law is a key steering mechanism in society as it plays an educational role in promoting conducts, a mean of communication and it
The ineffectiveness of capital punishment does not support the deterrent claims made for it. The disproportionate levels of bias and fatal error shown when enforcing the death penalty, the ethical problems fraught from it’s implementation lead to the increased brutalisation of society. This brutalisation is highlighted by the skewing of the system towards blacks and other minorities. The reduction of crime is not validated and therefore the evidence does not support capital punishment. It is for this reason that capital punishment should not be reintroduced.