scholarly journals Piano-bar: Short story by a Haitian

1984 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-23
Author(s):  
Liliane Dévieux
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Western World ◽  
Security Forces ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Set Up

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western world. The average yearly wage is 300 US dollars. Its resources, human and material, have been squandered by the brutal Duvalier dynasty that has ruled since 1957. Francois ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier ignored the rule of law and set up his own security forces (among them the infamous Ton-Ton Macoutes) to silence all opposition. Torture, arbitrary arrests and expulsions, and long periods of detention without charge became commonplace. Vicious abuse of human rights continued when his son, ‘Baby Doc’, took over in 1971 and proclaimed himself president-for-life. Since then there have been successive waves of attacks not only on political opponents, but also lawyers, intellectuals, and journalists. In addition, writers in Haiti have to contend with 85–90% illiteracy, a complete lack of publishing possibilities, and virtually no public libraries. The majority of them have joined the exodus of Haitians seeking a living abroad, which has taken 300,000 to New York (and made it the second largest ‘Haitian’ city) and some 30,000 to Montreal, where Liliane Dévieux, the author of this short story, has lived since the mid-1970s.

The Psychosis of Permanent War

2014 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
Chris Hedges
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The United States ◽  
Pulitzer Prize ◽  
Jewish State ◽  
The Rule Of Law

In this no-holds-barred essay, former New York Times Middle East correspondent and Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Chris Hedges examines how the United States’ staunch support provides Israel with impunity to visit mayhem on a population which it subjugates and holds captive. Notwithstanding occasional and momentary criticism, the official U.S. cheerleading stance is not only an embarrassing spectacle, Hedges argues, it is also a violation of international law, and an illustration of the disfiguring and poisonous effect of the psychosis of permanent war characteristic of both countries. The author goes on to conclude that the reality of its actions against the Palestinians, both current and historical, exposes the fiction that Israel stands for the rule of law and human rights, and gives the lie to the myth of the Jewish state and that of its sponsor, the United States.

scholarly journals Theory of Freedom’s Zhuang Zhi: The Perspective of Limitation of Executive Power

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Quang Huy
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
The United States ◽  
Executive Power ◽  
Western World ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Department Of State ◽  
Information Program ◽  
The World

On the basis of the presentation, analyzing the free doctrine of Zhuang Zhi, the author explains the origin and the rationale for this doctrine as well as the nature of Zhuang Zhi's free philosophy. At the same time, the author also refers to the philosophy of freedom with the doctrine of the rule of law, especially the content of executive limitation to freedom. Keywords: Theory of freedom, Zhuang Zhi, the rule of law. References: [1] Thu Giang, Nguyễn Duy Cần, Cái cười của thánh nhân của, NXB Thanh Niên, Hà Nội, 1999 trang 12.[2] Tư Mã Thiên, Phan Ngọc dịch, Sử Ký Tư¬ Mã Thiên, NXB Văn học, Hà Nội, 2001, trang 301.[3] Trang Tử, “Mộng hồ điệp”, dẫn theo Thu Giang Nguyễn Duy Cần, Sđd, trang 71.[4] Sử Ký Tư Mã Thiên, Sđd, trang 301.[5] Sử Ký Tư Mã Thiên, Sđd, trang 299.[6] Hồ Thích, Nguyễn Văn Dương dịch, Đại cương triết học sử Trung Quốc, NXB Thanh Niên, 1999, trang 105.[7] Thu Giang Nguyễn Duy Cần dịch Lão Tử Đạo Đức Kinh, Thanh Niên, 1999, trang 283.[8] Đại cương triết học sử Trung Quốc, sđd, tr 117.[9] Trang Tử Nam Hoa Kinh, sđd, tr 98 - 100.[10] Cao Xuân Huy, Triết học Phương Đông gợi những điểm nhìn tham chiếu, NXB Văn học, 1995 tr 494. [11] Nguyễn Đăng Dung, Sự hạn chế quyền lực nhà nước, NXB Đại học Quốc gia. 2005,[12] Lê Đình Chân, Luật Hiến pháp và các định chế chính trị, Đại học Luật khoa Sài Gòn, Sài Gòn, 1974, tr265.[13] J. Herbert Muller, Freedom in Western World: From the Dark Ages to the Rise of Democracy, Harper Colophon Books, New York, London, 1963, p275.[14] The Constitution of the United States of America with Explanatory Notes, adapted from The World Book Encyclopedia, International Information Program, Department of State of the U.S, 2004, pg73[15] Trang Tử Nam Hoa Kinh, sđd, tr 59., truy cập ngày 18/12/2018.

Rule of Law in India

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harish Narasappa
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Application Of Law ◽  
Primary Element ◽  
The Status ◽  
Dispute Resolution Mechanism

Rule of law is the foundation of modern democracies. It envisages, inter alia, participatory lawmaking, just and certain laws, a bouquet of human rights, certainty and equality in the application of law, accountability to law, an impartial and non-arbitrary government, and an accessible and fair dispute resolution mechanism. This work’s primary goal is to understand and explain the obvious dichotomy that exists between theory and practice in India’s rule of law structure. The book discusses the contours of the rule of law in India, the values and aspirations in its evolution, and its meaning as understood by the various institutions, identifying reason as the primary element in the rule of law mechanism. It later examines the institutional, political, and social challenges to the concepts of equality and certainty, through which it evaluates the status of the rule of law in India.

In Search of a Standard: References to the Rule of Law in the Case-law of the European Court of Human Rights

ICL Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-69
Author(s):  
Eszter Polgári
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Working Definition ◽  
European Court ◽  
Structured Analysis ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Grand Chamber

AbstractThe present article maps the explicit references to the rule of law in the jurisprudence of the ECtHR by examining the judgments of the Grand Chamber and the Plenary Court. On the basis of the structured analysis it seeks to identify the constitutive elements of the Court’s rule of law concept and contrast it with the author’s working definition and the position of other Council of Europe organs. The review of the case-law indicates that the Court primarily associates the rule of law with access to court, judicial safeguards, legality and democracy, and it follows a moderately thick definition of the concept including formal, procedural and some substantive elements. The rule of law references are predominantly ancillary arguments giving weight to other Convention-based considerations and it is not applied as a self-standing standard.

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