scholarly journals Urban Indigenous Courts: Possibilities for Increasing Community Control Over Justice

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabe Boothroyd
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Community Control ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Justice Systems

The settler colonial justice system of the Canadian state continues to inflict immense harm on Indigenous people. One response to these harms could be the creation of urban Indigenous courts in line with the Truth and Reconciliation’s call for Indigenous justice systems that are expressions of self-determination. While any initiative that operates within the confines of the mainstream justice system has significant limitations, the practices of existing courts that avoid convictions, apply Indigenous legal principles, and cede genuine control to Indigenous people and communities demonstrate the potential for a meaningful break from the status quo. The creation of an urban court could facilitate a resurgence of Indigenous justice while mitigating the harm caused by the settler colonial justice system.

Pandora's Box: Reviewing the Composition of the UN Security Council in the Light of British and French Experience 1945–1963

1997 ◽  
Vol 66 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 273-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Security Council ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Short Term ◽  
French Experience ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Foreign Ministries

AbstractThis article aims to throw a light on the problems relating to the proposed enlargement of the composition of the UN Security Council at present by studying the creation of four non-permanent seats in the Security Council in 1963 from the British and the French perspectives. The examination is based on the author's research of original documents in the archives of the British and French foreign ministries and upon information provided to the author by British, French and Finnish diplomats. The author concludes that, as between 1946 and 1963, British and French short term interests are still best served by maintaining the status quo in the Security Council. However, in a long term perspective it is not clear where the interests of these two States lie.

Murder and Maugham: A Neglected Subversive?

2002 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 330-339
Author(s):  
Keith Soothill
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Short Stories ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Labour Government ◽  
Serious Crime ◽  
The Status

Somerset Maugham's writings had huge audiences in the first half of the twentieth century. In much of his work the focus is on people behaving badly. What effect did his work have on his readers? This article examines his short stories, of which approximately one-fifth of the major ones have murder as their theme. Focusing on the murders that Maugham ‘creates’, the claim is that Maugham is subversive, challenging some readily made assumptions. In Maugham's scheme of things, the criminal justice system is usually inappropriate, irrelevant or produces injustice, with ‘rough justice’ usually the best that is on offer. The resourceful can get away with murder. Murder is not the most serious crime for many. Instinct rather than rationality is the best judge. Maugham also emphasises the importance of fate, thus implying we are not in control of our destinies. The article argues that popular authors, such as Maugham, may have contributed much more than is generally recognised to the developing unease about the ‘status quo’ that ultimately led to the landslide victory of the Labour government in 1945.

Influences Preceding “Nunatsiavut” Self-Determination: Historical, Political and Educational Influences on the People of Northern Labrador (Canada)

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirk David Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous People ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The People ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Labrador Inuit ◽  
Cultural Strength

AbstractWhat were the influences on the Inuit of Northern Labrador preceding the creation of the self-governing territory of Nunatsiavut? What are the preterritorial influences of the Inuit on the territory’s five schools? To answer these questions and to share the success of one Indigenous people, the Nunatsiavut Inuit (the Inuit of Northern Labrador, Canada), this paper traces their survival, recovery, and development as they reclaim their right to self-determination (Smith, 1999). As part of this process, the paper reports such influences as: the bicultural and assimilationist forces (Moravian missionaries and the governments of Newfoundland), the rise and successful influence of the Labrador Inuit Association as a precursor to the Nunatsiavut Assembly, and the Inuit influence on schools in the region. This paper concludes with a discussion of the nature of northern isolation as a source of economic and cultural strength, which may have enabled the Nunatsiavut Inuit to resist complete assimilation, a factor in Nunatsiavut Inuit survival and increased potential for successful self-determination.

Investigating Postmodern Politics in the Philippines Using Reflexivity Theory

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-102
Author(s):  
Antonio P. Contreras
Keyword(s):  
Collective Action ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Nation State ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Political Communities

A usual reading of postmodern critiques of science, progress, and the nation-state, has casted postmodernism as pessimistic, if not apolitical. In fact, it is even read as conservative, as it unintentionally enables a continuation of the status quo by its privileging of local forms of resistance, even as it is critical of grand narratives of resistance. While the privileging of micro-politics in everyday forms of resistance may enable freedom of and subversive acts by individuals, the need for more collective forms of action remains a challenge. This article offers the theory of reflexivity as a template to imagine the possibility of collective action being enabled by postmodern politics. In contrast to the relatively random, unorganized, and individualized form of micro-politics which post-modern theorists argue for, reflexivity theory allows for more organized, coordinated collective action, albeit in domains that are outside of the traditional confines of statist politics, taking advantage of postmodern venues, such as cyberspace. This essay will inquire into the applicability and implications of the theory of reflexivity in the Philippines, particularly on the transformation of random, individualized interventions in social networking sites into becoming a foundation for “cyber-collective action”, thereby enabling the creation of new political communities and citizenship in cyberspace.

scholarly journals Russian Discourse on Borders and Territorial Questions – Crimea as a Watershed?

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuomas Forsberg ◽  
Sirke Mäkinen
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
Territorial Integrity ◽  
The Status ◽  
Basic Norm ◽  
The Cold War

This article addresses the question of how the Crimean case relates to Russia’s general understanding of territorial questions and border regimes. We examine the historical evolution of Russian discourse on borders and territorial questions and investigate to what extent they can explain Russia’s decision to annex Crimea. We will look into the principles of inviolability of borders and territorial integrity that sustain the status quo, and how this has been challenged by three partly interlinked doctrines: national self-determination, geopolitics, and historical rights. We argue that the discourse on territorial integrity and the status quo has predominated in Russia since the Cold War, and that this has not changed fundamentally, either before or after the annexation of Crimea. Russia does not seem to want to abolish the existing norms altogether or to advocate any clearly articulated reformist agenda. Rather, it picks and chooses arguments on an ad hoc basis, imitating Western positions in some other cases when departing from the basic norm of the status quo. Hence, we claim that Russia’s territorial revisionism is reactive, self-serving, and constrained by the desire to avoid changing the status quo doctrine to any great extent.

scholarly journals The Rise of Indigenous (Pluri-)Nationalism: The Case of the Sámi People

Sociology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 1141-1158
Author(s):  
Aslak-Antti Oksanen
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
State Level ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
International Norms ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
The Status ◽  
State Relations ◽  
Freedom Of Action

Indigenous peoples have found the nationalist language of peoples’ inherent right to self-determination helpful in articulating their political demands. Gerald Taiaiake Alfred’s model of indigenous nationalism explains the emergence of this form of indigenous self-assertion as a reaction to settler-colonial incursions. However, it cannot account for the timing of its recent successes in unsettling the status quo of indigenous–settler-state relations. This article addresses this limitation by incorporating Michael Keating’s concept of post-sovereignty, which highlights the supranational plane constraining states’ freedom of action, while providing indigenous peoples with laws and norms above state level to appeal to. Additionally, Keating’s concept of plurinationalism is drawn upon to capture the emerging reconfiguration of indigenous–settler-state relations. This combined conceptual framework is used to illuminate the Sámi people’s relations to the Nordic states as expressive of emergent indigenous nationalism, formed in reaction to settler-colonialism and enabled by international norms, laws and global indigenous peoples’ networks.

scholarly journals Content Creation, Dissemination and Preservation: Disrupting the Status Quo through Technological Interventions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subhajit Panda ◽  
Rupak Chakravarty
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
Tangible Assets ◽  
Technological Interventions ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Basic Version

Disasters, either natural and man-made, adversely affect humanity including human lives and tangible assets. Knowledge as the indisputable gold standard for growth and progress of civilization also destroyed during such disasters. This should not impediment the creation of knowledge. Instead, efforts should be made to find measures which can ensure the longevity of resources for posterity. In this paper, the authors have discussed tools after evaluation and comparison which can use by learners and educators for creation, dissemination and preservation of e-content, especially multimedia. The tools acknowledged for this motive are either cost-free or the basic version is free, or it offers educators & learners some extended free versions. This paper also highlights the resistance of Indian educators to this changing essence of learning from conventional to online.

scholarly journals Research on innovative application of silver material in modern jewelry design

2018 ◽  
Vol 176 ◽  
pp. 02013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qinqin Yu ◽  
Kaining Meng ◽  
Juanling Guo
Keyword(s):  
Design Principle ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Modern Material ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Development Trend ◽  
Related Design ◽  
Jewelry Design

Based on the understanding of are used, the jewelry material, the method of modeling semantics is applied to know more about the application of traditional materials and modern materials in the jewelry design. The related design principle of the innovative combination of the silver material, traditional material and modern material in the jewelry design was analyzed, and the status quo of the modern silver jewelry design was solved, which is monotonous in the combination materials, old-fashioned in pattern and conservative in the creation style. Hence, the innovative application of materials, innovative expression of patterns, and the creation style that integrates culture and art was realized. The development trend of silver jewelry design was explored, which can provide more direction for the development of silver jewelry in the future.

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