Formulating the legislative structure of a hate crime

While hate crime legislation is well established in England and Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland, Ireland has failed to address the issue of hate crime on a statutory basis. Law reform processes are currently underway across these jurisdictions, and this article seeks to explore a fundamental question in this context, that is, the relative merits of various approaches to structuring hate crime legislation.

LEGAL REGULATION OF MOST DANGEROUS MICROORGANISMS STRAINS HANDLING

The statutory basis of Ukraine on the treatment of strains of most dangerous microorganisms has been analyzed, and the terminology important for further understanding of the issue has been clarified. The aim of the paper is to study the state of legal regulation in Ukraine of relations in the field of treatment of strains of especially dangerous microorganisms, to pro- vide analysis of the current legislation of Ukraine in this area, as well as the practice of its application. Theoretical bases of legal support of legitimation of activity in this sphere, including that for the purpose of protection of biological safety have been established. The necessity of legal regulation of participants of relations concerning treatment of strains of especially dangerous microorganisms activity has been substantiated. The current state of legal regulation of relations in the field of strain management requires, given the intersectoral nature of the isssue, consideration of the creation of a single intersectoral authority for the supervision of hazardous biological objects. Such a authority may not only be a licensing authority, but also responsible for the introduction of a register of owners of hazardous biological objects that are not economic entities (for example, individuals – owners of collections of such biological objects).

Formulating the legislative structure of a hate crime

Whilst hate crime legislation is well established in the three jurisdictions of the United Kingdom, Ireland has failed to address the issue of hate crime on a statutory basis. This article will seek to explore what legislative structure is most appropriate for such legislation in an Irish context, drawing on a comparative analysis of both the form and operation of such legislation in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and Canada.

Part III UK Derivatives, Money, and Debt Markets, 9 London Stock Exchange: Regulation of the Main Market and Alternative Investment Market (AIM)

This chapter focuses on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), which took its origins from the early days of trading in London's coffee houses. It talks about John Castaing, who began issuing a list of stock and commodity prices called “The Course of the Exchange and other things” in 1698 at Jonathan's Coffee House. It also mentions that trading occurred on an informal and unregulated basis until the aftermath of the South Sea Bubble, in which afterwards a new “Stock Exchange” was established in 1773. This chapter talks about the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA) that includes the bulk of the UK's current regulatory framework, the statutory basis for the regulation of the LSE. It points out the exemption of investment exchanges, such as the LSE, from the “General Prohibition” on the undertaking of financial services activities when they are subject to a recognition order by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Reflections over the Statutory Basis of Road Traffic Related Activities

The article is devoted to the consideration of the legal framework of activities related to road traffic. It includes road activities, traffic management, production and sales of vehicles, state registration and technical inspection of vehicles, vehicle maintenance and repair, training of vehicle drivers and admission to driving vehicles, mandatory civil liability insurance of vehicle owners, road traffic, passenger and cargo transportation activities. Based on the analysis of individual provisions of the relevant legislative and other normative acts, the existing shortcomings of this legal regulation are identified and proposals for its improvement are formulated.

On Optimization of the Statutory Basis of Activities of the State Motor Vehicle Inspectorate

The article deals with the optimization of regulatory legal regulation of the state traffic Inspectorate, taking into account the ongoing reform of control and Supervisory activities in the country. the fact that there is a global crisis in the field of road safety, noted a great theoretical and practical contribution to its resolution of the Honored lawyer of the Russian Federation, LL.D., Professor Alexander Yakimov.

Quarantine as a legal measure to prevent and combat infectious diseases among people

In the presented analysis, the problem of legality of the restriction of freedom of movement introduced by the quarantine in connection with the announcement of an epidemic of infectious diseases among people and the legal solutions accompanying the fight against such states, in particular the COVID-19 pandemic, has been addressed. Particular attention has been paid to the legal basis for the actions of public authorities in the field of quarantine and its types have been indicated in view of the normative basis for its introduction. Emerging doubts related to the lack of a coherent normative vision for activities necessary to effectively counteract the effects of the epidemic have been highlighted. The differences between the epidemic state and a state of exception in the constitutional meaning have been pointed out, putting forward a thesis that the solutions functioning on the grounds of the Act on preventing and combating infections and infectious diseases in humans meet the criteria set out in the Constitution of the Republic of Poland for limitations to rights and freedoms of natural persons. Thus, the obligation to undergo quarantine has a statutory basis, which means that it is a legal way of limiting interpersonal contacts due to the epidemic threat.

Margaret Akiiki Rwaheru v Uganda Revenue Authority

Value Added Tax (VAT) is a tax on the value added at each stage of the production and distribution process and on the importation of goods. VAT registered importers in Uganda are charged the statutory VAT rate of 18 per cent, however, importers that are not VAT registered are charged both the 18 per cent and an additional 15 per cent, which is designated “Domestic VAT”. The statutory basis of the 15 per cent is unclear. Domestic VAT appears to be a tax created by the Uganda Revenue Authority in a bid to raise revenue from a largely non-compliant base. The legality of the tax was challenged in Margaret Akiiki Rwaheru and 13,945 Others v Uganda Revenue Authority. The court ruled that Domestic VAT was irregular when applied to importers who qualified to register for VAT but had not registered, but was illegal when applied to importers who did not qualify to register for VAT. Despite this ruling, the URA has continued to charge all importers Domestic VAT, regardless of whether they qualify to register for VAT. This article seeks to re-examine the legality of Domestic VAT.

PASSPORTS, THE RIGHT TO TRAVEL, AND NATIONAL SECURITY IN THE COMMONWEALTH

This article, on the basis of a consideration of the development of the law relating to the use of passports as a tool of national security in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, challenges the common law conception of passports, arguing that passports effectively confer rights and so, consequentially, that the refusal or withdrawal of a passport represents a denial of rights. From this conclusion a number of points flow. Though these consequences are most acute for the United Kingdom and Canada, in which passports remain regulated by, and are issued under, prerogative powers, there are also a number of points of significance for Australia and New Zealand, where passports have a statutory basis.

The Making of the Fulbright Program, 1946–1961

The Fulbright program was an unprecedented and innovative enterprise that laid the foundations for development of international education in the United States and abroad after World War II. After its inception in 1946, it rapidly became the best-known and largest educational exchange program in the world. This chapter analyzes the experiences and ideas that informed J. William Fulbright’s initial conception of the program as well as the ingenuity of its statutory basis, funding models, and unique organizational architecture. It also looks at the inherent tensions between educational exchange and propaganda and the impacts of partisan and bureaucratic politics on its administration, and it places the program in the larger institutional and political context of the evolution of US public diplomacy during the first two decades of the Cold War.