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“I have the Right to Remain Silent”?
In 2001, a chap by the name of Van Chester Thompkins was arrested in Ohio, for first-degree murder that occurred during a drive-by shooting at a mall in Michigan. Before he was interrogated by the police for 3 hours, he was read and given a printed copy of the now-famous set of rights that were [...]
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Problems with the Right to Education Act – II
(Continued from the preceding analysis of the Act’s salient provisions) Whereas the Act guarantees a right to seek transfer to any other school where the child is required to move from the one in his/her neighbourhood, there are no measures to ensure that such a transfer will be a smooth transition for the child. In [...]
One year of SATL: 2009 in Review
Since beginning in early January this year, we’ve had a fantastic response to our posts, events and online discussions. 2009 has been a happening year for the world and India, and that holds for us too. The graduation fromThe Social Blog has been phenomenally well-received by our readers, and thanks to you, Something About The [...]
Also posted in Civil liberties, Commerce, Constitution, Court, Democracy, Featured, Human Rights, Law, Politics, Reforms, Rule of Law, Taxation, india Tagged 2009 Leave a comment
Twitter and the NREGA: A Case for Web 2.0 in India
The screenshot’s from Serve.gov, a U.S State website that encourages community service and volunteer work. Ever since the Obama administration took office at the beginning of the year, the White House has embraced online social interaction, using tools like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to facilitate a two-way flow between Government and civil society. Web 2.0, [...]
There’s Something About the Law…
This is a court of law, young man, not a court of justice - Oliver Wendell Holmes When Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other self-confessed perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks stand trial in the Southern District Court of New York next year, something about the law that’s unique to the justice system in such high-profile, [...]
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