scholarly journals Eroded Rule of Law, Endemic Violence and Social Injustice in Brazil

Lexonomica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-242
Author(s):  
Mitja Kovač ◽  
Marcela Neves Bezerra
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Crime Rate ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Prison System ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Weak Rule

Modern Brazil is plagued by social and economic inequalities, endemic violence, crime, and a weak rule of law. Once these narratives become dependent on each other, all aspects must be worked on to change the scenario the country is facing: insecurity, fear and a lack of opportunities. This paper argues that the unprecedented rise of social injustice in Brazil is not the result of short-term measures but is part of its history marked by economic and social inequalities extending from its colonial past until today and the deficient policies on crime that emerged in the mid-1990s. Moreover, the current massive incarceration, overcrowding of prisons combined with the absence of human living conditions is turning the prison system in Brazil into a gigantic, perpetual school of crime. Investment in education that directly helps to lower the crime rate must be aligned with a new, less repressive and more inclusive punitive policy so as to induce criminals not to return to their unlawful ways. It is suggested that Brazil can only properly develop if efficient legal institutions, the rule of law, and criminal sanctioning based on the principles of social justice are available to all citizens.

VLADAVINA PRAVA I SOCIJALNA DRŽAVA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srećko Jelinić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Telecommunication Services ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Consumer Contracts ◽  
The Welfare State

In this paper the author is searching for the connection between the concepts of the rule of law, so called social justice and the concept of the welfare state. The notion of the rule of law needs to be interpretated and defined precisely. The arguments in the paper are supported with selected court findings and decisions. The special emphasis is given to the issue of social justice which is, as it seems, particularly questionable in the field of consumer contracts where the issue of inequality of the parties to the contract comes to existence. Different types of contracts such as the contracts for telecommunication services together with some other issues such as the later change in contractual conditions and difficulties in obtaining payment for provided goods and services are being discussed and discoursed

International Intervention and the Rule of Law after Civil War: Evidence from Liberia

2019 ◽  
Vol 73 (02) ◽  
pp. 365-398 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Blair
Keyword(s):  
Civil War ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Short Term ◽  
State Laws ◽  
International Intervention ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Legal Limits ◽  
List Experiment ◽  
Original Survey

AbstractWhat are the effects of international intervention on the rule of law after civil war? Rule of law requires not only that state authorities abide by legal limits on their power, but also that citizens rely on state laws and institutions to adjudicate disputes. Using an original survey and list experiment in Liberia, I show that exposure to the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) increased citizens’ reliance on state over nonstate authorities to resolve the most serious incidents of crime and violence, and increased nonstate authorities’ reliance on legal over illegal mechanisms of dispute resolution. I use multiple identification strategies to support a causal interpretation of these results, including an instrumental variables strategy that leverages plausibly exogenous variation in the distribution of UNMIL personnel induced by the killing of seven peacekeepers in neighboring Côte d'Ivoire. My results are still detectable two years later, even in communities that report no further exposure to peacekeepers. I also find that exposure to UNMIL did not mitigate and may in fact have exacerbated citizens’ perceptions of state corruption and bias in the short term, but that these apparently adverse effects dissipated over time. I conclude by discussing implications of these complex but overall beneficial effects.

scholarly journals ADMINISTRATIVE OFFENSE: ONTOLOGY OF GUILT AND PUNISHMENT

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Александр Анатольевич Беженцев
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Subsequent Development ◽  
Administrative Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Administrative Legislation ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Current Code

Автором исследуется гносеология форм вины в зависимости от степени общественной опасности, делается вывод о том, что признание административным законодательством виновности свойством всех административных правонарушений имеет исключительно важный смысл, так как способствует точному соблюдению принципов социальной справедливости, дальнейшему укреплению законности в стане и отвечает не только требованиям последующего развития административного права, но и нуждам правоприменительной практики административно-юрисдикционной деятельности. Одним из обязательных юридических признаков понятия административного правонарушения является и наказуемость деяния, так как в действующем КоАП РФ применяется как термин «наказание», так и «взыскание». Автор разграничивает данные понятия, делает вывод о том, что наказуемость является одним из необходимых признаков понятия административного проступка, поскольку без административного правонарушения не возможно наказание, точно так же как без причины нет следствия. The author examines the ontology of forms of guilt depending on the degree of public danger, concludes that the recognition by administrative legislation of guilt as a property of all administrative offenses has an extremely important meaning, as it contributes to the exact observance of the principles of social justice, further strengthening the rule of law in the camp and meets not only the requirements the subsequent development of administrative law, but also the needs of law enforcement practice of administrative jurisdictional activity awns. One of the mandatory legal features of the concept of an administrative offense is the punishability of the act, since the term «punishment» and «foreclosure» are used in the current Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, the author delimits these concepts, concludes that punishability is one of the necessary features of the concept of administrative misconduct, since without an administrative offense punishment is not possible, just as without a reason there is no investigation.

PENAFSIRAN HAKIM TERHADAP KETENTUAN PIDANA MINIMUM KHUSUS DALAM UNDANG-UNDANG TINDAK PIDANA KORUPSI

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 379
Author(s):  
Ismail Rumadan
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Corruption Case ◽  
Community Justice ◽  
State Economy ◽  
The Law

The spirit of the rule of law against corruption which is considered as an extraordinary crime that resulted in the occurrence of social inequality , the economy , the loss of faith in government and a variety of other problems that led to the birth of Law No. 31 of 1999 in conjunction with the Law No. 20 Year 2001 About Follow Corruption. The interesting thing about the formation of the Anti- Corruption Act is a criminal provision in the formulation of minimum deliknya against perpetrators of corruption . It is certainly different from the general criminal provisions in the draft Criminal Law (Penal Code) which is more familiar maximum penal provision . The results showed that the minimum pinadana special provisions in the law of corruption can be breached so long as the judge has the legal resening or residenti proper ratio to a corruption case by looking at the size scale of the corruption case with consideration and interpretation of the patterns perspective, social - justice, moral justice and community justice decision was taken to drop the minimum punishment. Criminal punishment under the criminal provisions of the special minimum in some court decisions can be made by several criteria into consideration the provisions of the criminal judges deviate minimum, the criteria of the element of state assets or state economy as a result of the acts of corruption tiundak and criteria of the role and position of the defendant in acts of corruption. Keywords: Interpretation of judges , a special minimum criminal , corruption

scholarly journals PENYELESAIAN SENGKETA PENGADAAN TANAH GUNA PEMBANGUNAN BANDAR UDARA INTERNASIONAL BERBASIS NILAI KEADILAN SOSIAL

NOTARIUS ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 83
Author(s):  
Mia Permata Sari ◽  
Suteki Suteki
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Alternative Dispute Resolution ◽  
Dispute Settlement ◽  
Land Acquisition ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Public ◽  
Land Dispute

In resolving land acquisition disputes for the public interest, it is fitting for the state to pay attention to values outside of the rule of law itself, including the value of social justice and the value of benefits to guarantee the basic rights of affected communities. This study aims to find out what factors cause the settlement of land acquisition disputes in terms of juridical aspects not reflecting the value of justice and benefit for the parties and formulating land acquisition dispute resolution models in a legal socio perspective that can realize the value of social justice and benefits for party. an appropriate method is needed that can accommodate the value of social justice and the benefits in resolving the dispute, among others, promoting the Consensus Meeting and the Need for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) as an alternative solution. In addition, the need to calculate non-physical losses in the assessment of compensation for people who have lost their livelihoods due to land acquisition projects Keywords: Land Acquisition, Land Dispute Settlement, Public Interest AbstrakDalam penyelesaian sengketa pengadaan tanah untuk kepentingan umum sudah sepatutnya negara memperhatikan nilai-nilai diluar daripada aturan hukum itu sendiri, diantaranya nilai keadilan sosial dan nilai kemanfaatan untuk menjamin hak-hak dasar masyarakat terdampak. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk  untuk mengetahui faktor apa saja yang menyebabkan penyelesaian sengketa pengadaan tanah tersebut ditinjau dari aspek yuridis belum mencerminkan nilai keadilan dan kemanfaatan bagi para pihak sertaa merumuskan model penyelesaian sengketa pengadaan tanah dalam perspektif socio legal yang dapat mewujudkan nilai keadilan sosial dan kemanfaatan bagi para pihak. dibutuhkan suatu metode yang tepat yang dapat mengakomodasi nilai keadilan sosial dan kemanfaatan dalam penyelesaian sengketa tersebut diantaranya mengedepankan Musyawarah Mufakat dan Perlunya Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) sebagai solusi alternatif.. Selain itu, perlunya memperhitungkan kerugian non fisik dalam penilaian ganti rugi sehingga, terdapat solusi bagi masyarakat yang kehilangan mata pencaharianya akibat proyek pengadaan tanah Kata Kunci : Pengadaan Tanah, Penyelesaian Sengketa Tanah , Kepentingan Umum 

scholarly journals A counter-hegemonic rule of law?

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 128-135
Author(s):  
Johanna del Pilar Cortés-Nieto ◽  
Giedre Jokubauskaite
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Research Focus ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Development Interventions ◽  
Political Ideal ◽  
Private Actors ◽  
Harmful Effects

We are sympathetic to the research aims of the two books examined by this symposium and their desire to understand law's role in generating and contesting social injustice. We are also intrigued by the proposal in the Introduction to this symposium, notably to expand the normative reach of the rule-of-law ideal to private actors, in order to transform it into an ally of counter-hegemonic action. In our research, we share a similar research focus (development projects), methodology (case-studies) and concerns (harmful effects of development interventions) with the authors of the two books. Accordingly, in this contribution, we want to think together with the editors of the symposium – by examining the case-study of the Hidroituango project in Colombia (hereinafter, ‘Hidroituango’) – whether the rule of law can indeed be reimagined to limit the arbitrary exercise of power by private actors, and what benefits this might create for dealing with social injustice. However, since neither Bhatt nor Lander advances an explicit account of rule of law in their books, our critique in this piece is addressed not at them, but rather at the theorists and advocates of rule of law as a political ideal.

scholarly journals Doing it right: A rule of law critique of privatization methodology in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
Sam Amadi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Economic Reform ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
State Policy ◽  
Reform Policy ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Strategic Goals ◽  
Substantive Justice

This article undertakes a rule of law critique of privatization as economic reform policy in Nigeria. The rule of law approach interrogates not just the policy rationales of the programme but also its methodology. The article distinguishes between a formal and substantive justice conception of rule of law and argues that the substantive justice conception of rule of law and its policy imperatives, sourced from the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy in Chapter 2 of the 1999 Constitution, provides a veritable framework to realize the strategic goals of privatization in Nigeria.Keywords: Privatization, rule of law, justice, efficiency, economic growth, equality, fundamental human rights, social justice.

scholarly journals Korupcja naruszeniem konstytucyjnych wartości i praw obywateli

2020 ◽  
pp. 109-150
Author(s):  
Waldemar Walczak
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Constitutional Principle ◽  
Important Argument ◽  
The Government

The article presents multifaceted considerations and results of analyses concerning the necessity to perceive the phenomenon of corruption through the prism of a gross violation of constitutional values, the principles of the rule of law and social justice. The main focus is on discussing civic rights that are effectively eradicated by corruption, at the same time emphasizing a holistic and systemic approach to understanding and interpreting specific processes and decisions confirmed in practice. At the beginning, it is explained why a broad research perspective should be adopted to understand the essence of corruption. An important argument supporting the correctness of the adopted approach are statements contained in the Government Program for Counteracting Corruption 2018–2020. Next, the most important constitutional values and civil rights are indicated, which are not respected and remain only in the declarative sphere as a result of corrupt practices. In order to prove the illusory nature and facade of certain provisions of the Polish Constitution, important statements contained in the judgments of the Constitutional Tribunal are quoted, and then these interpretations are analyzed in relation to real situations occurring in everyday reality. These problem issues are presented from the perspective of the constitutional principle of equality before the law, social justice and non discrimination. It is also noted in this regard that corruption activities are precisely the main factor leading to the division of citizens into two separate categories according to the way they are treated. Finally, it is mentioned that in the European Union ever greater emphasis is currently being placed on compliance with the rule of law. This problem is closely related to the need to understand the negative consequences of corruption as an element that undermines trust in the state, constitutional order and the rule of law.

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