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PUBLICATIONS - Legal and Constitutional Unit

FISCAL AND FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS IN A FEDERAL SRI LANKA - SOME ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION

Published in English and Sinhala.

 

Local: Free
Overseas: Free



Land and Property Rights of
Internally Displaced Persons

This short-term study aims at identifying the main land and property issues currently emerging in the North East and at providing principled and practical recommendations to relevant decision makers to address challenges regarding land and property, resettlement, relocation, rebuilding and restoration of normalcy in the region.

Download this publication as an
Adobe PDF in English (2.9 mb) and Sinhala (1.4 mb)

 

 

MOOT POINT
Legal Review 2003-4

Moot Point, an annual publication attempts to monitor and review development in the law. Moot Point does not claim to be purely an academic law review or journal. It seeks to comment, critique and pose questions on legal developments and decisions of courts. The Moot Point is aimed at encouraging readers to reflect and deliberate upon important public issues and facilitate scrutiny and debate.

Local: Rs. 250
Overseas: US$ 10


MOOT POINT
Legal Review 2002

Moot Point, an annual publication attempts to monitor and review development in the law. Moot Point does not claim to be purely an academic law review or journal. It seeks to comment, critique and pose questions on legal developments and decisions of courts. The Moot Point is aimed at encouraging readers to reflect and deliberate upon important public issues and facilitate scrutiny and debate.

Local: Rs. 250
Overseas: US$ 10



MOOT POINT
Legal Review 2001

Moot Point, an annual publication attempts to monitor and review development in the law. Moot Point does not claim to be purely an academic law review or journal. It seeks to comment, critique and pose questions on legal developments and decisions of courts. The Moot Point is aimed at encouraging readers to reflect and deliberate upon important public issues and facilitate scrutiny and debate.

Local: Rs. 250
Overseas: US$ 10


MOOT POINT
Legal Review 2000

Moot Point, an annual publication attempts to monitor and review development in the law. Moot Point does not claim to be purely an academic law review or journal. It seeks to comment, critique and pose questions on legal developments and decisions of courts. The Moot Point is aimed at encouraging readers to reflect and deliberate upon important public issues and facilitate scrutiny and debate.

Local: Rs. 350
Overseas: US$ 12

MOOT POINT
Legal Review 1999

Moot Point, an annual publication attempts to monitor and review development in the law. Moot Point does not claim to be purely an academic law review or journal. It seeks to comment, critique and pose questions on legal developments and decisions of courts. The Moot Point is aimed at encouraging readers to reflect and deliberate upon important public issues and facilitate scrutiny and debate.

Local: Rs. 300
Overseas: US$ 12

MOOT POINT
Legal Review 1998

Moot Point, an annual publication attempts to monitor and review development in the law. Moot Point does not claim to be purely an academic law review or journal. It seeks to comment, critique and pose questions on legal developments and decisions of courts. The Moot Point is aimed at encouraging readers to reflect and deliberate upon important public issues and facilitate scrutiny and debate.


Local: Rs. 300
Overseas: US$ 12

MOOT POINT
Legal Review 1997

Moot Point, an annual publication attempts to monitor and review development in the law. Moot Point does not claim to be purely an academic law review or journal. It seeks to comment, critique and pose questions on legal developments and decisions of courts. The Moot Point is aimed at encouraging readers to reflect and deliberate upon important public issues and facilitate scrutiny and debate.

Local: Rs. 300
Overseas: US$ 12

 

THE RIGHT TO VOTE AND THE LAW RELATING TO ELECTION PETITIONS

The volume comprises the transcript and presentations made at a Seminar on the Right to Vote and the Law Relating to Election Petitions organized by CPA on 26th February 2000. Some of the issues covered in the publication range from the recourse to public interest litigation to further democratic governance, the law pertaining to election petitions and its application as well as the bad practices and proceedures that are followed on which the law is silent. This publication also deals with the need for law reform in Sri Lanka, culled from the experiences of elections over the last decade.

Local: Rs. 250
Overseas: US$ 12


ROLE OF THE OMBUDSMAN

“Role of the Ombudsman” highlights the importance of the office of the Ombudsman in achieving transparency, accountability and good governance. It draws attention to the weaknesses which plagues this office and makes recommendations for strengthening it. It includes a detailed study of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman), a critical analysis of the Role of the Ombudsman in Sri Lanka with some comparisons with South Africa and Reflections on the Role of the Ombudsman in Sweden. The Role of the Ombudsman is the result of a seminar conducted by the Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Published in English, Sinhala and Tamil.

Local: Rs. 150
Overseas: US$ 7

LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS AND HIV/AIDS, A GUIDE

This publication is the product of a series of awareness raising workshops for parliamentarians, judiciary, religious leaders, educationists and the media. It is an introductory guide to the legal and human rights dimensions of HIV/AIDS. This book is presented as a handy reference for the range of legal and human rights and is published in the hope that it would contribute towards the adoption of effective policy and attitudes towards HIV/AIDS. Law, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS, A GUIDE is edited by Savitri Walatara.

Published in English, Sinhala and Tamil.

Local: Rs. 150
Overseas: US$ 7