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Law / Miranda rights and Bangladesh

« on: April 20, 2013, 09:48:41 PM »

The Miranda rights, is a warning given by police in the United States to criminal suspects in police custody (or in a custodial interrogation) before they are interrogated to preserve the admissibility of their statements against them in criminal proceedings.
 In Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court of USA held that the admission of an elicited incriminating statement by a suspect not informed of these rights violates the right to counsel. Thus, if law enforcement officials decline to offer a Miranda warning to an individual in their custody, they may interrogate that person and act upon the knowledge gained, but may not use that person's statements to incriminate him or her in a criminal trial.
Bangladesh
Article 33 of the Constitution of Bangladesh compels arresting authorities to inform the accused of the accusations brought against him before he is detained and that the detained must be presented to the nearest court within 24 hours. Exceptions to this rule include preventive detention and the arrest of an enemy alien. Right to counsel is an inalienable right, but the arresting officer need not explicitly state it to the detained.
Article 35(4) of the Constitution protects individuals from self-implication. Therefore, Miranda warnings must be read out to the detained if he wants to voluntarily confess to the charges; in this case, a Magistrate must read and explain the confessor's right to silence and protection from self-implication, and attest to the fact that the rights of the confessor were read out to him and explained, and the confessor waived his right of silence.(Source: Wikipedia)

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Law / Best paid lawyer

« on: April 12, 2013, 10:29:32 AM »

 David Cooper grew up as the son of small market traders in UK . Yet with a fee of £100million safely negotiated with his latest client, he is now by far and away Britain's best paid lawyer.
The lawyer regularly charges £1000-an-hour and owns 26 cars.
The self-proclaimed mad art collector has furnished the properties with around 6,000 antiques and pieces of fine art.
Last year the highest earning solicitors were claiming annual fees of £1.3million, although Mr Cooper claims his earnings last year were around £2m.
He is best known in legal circles for his work on Arsenal football club's, a deal which secured him £2million.
 Dear students you are just few steps away to become a multimillionaire. So read, read and read-------- final exam is knocking. But don’t spend your earnings only for self-luxuries. Please keep in mind your responsibilities for humanity.           

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Law / Law Jokes-2

« on: April 10, 2013, 10:12:13 PM »

A dog ran into a butcher shop and grabbed a roast off the counter. Fortunately, the butcher recognized the dog as belonging to a neighbour of his. The neighbour happened to be a lawyer.

Irritated at the theft, the butcher called up his neighbour and said, "Hey, if your dog stole a roast from my butcher shop, would you be liable for the cost of the meat?"

The lawyer replied, "Of course, how much was the roast?"
"$7.98" said the butcher.

A few days later the butcher received a check in the mail for $7.98. Attached to it was an invoice that read: Legal Consultation Fees: $150.00.

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Law / LAW JOKES-01

« on: January 31, 2013, 08:21:51 PM »

                                               

LAW JOKES-01

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A Russian, a Cuban, a British and a Lawyer are in a train.
 The Russian takes a bottle of the best vodka out of his pack, pours some into a glass, drinks it, and says: "In Russia, we have the best vodka of the world--nowhere in the world you can find Vodka as good as the one we produce in the Ukraine. And we have so much of it, that we can just throw it away..." Saying that, he opens the window and throws the rest of the bottle through it. All the others are quite impressed.
 The Cuban takes a pack of Havanas, takes one of them, lights it, and begins to smoke it, saying: "In Cuba, we have the best cigars of the world: Havanas, nowhere in the world there is so many and so good cigars and we have so much of them, that we can just throw them away...". Saying that, he throws the pack of Havanas through the window. One more time, everybody is quite impressed.
 At this time, the British just stands up, opens the window, and throws the lawyer through it.

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Law / Lord Denning: A life of law

« on: January 27, 2013, 10:43:58 PM »

 

Lord Denning: A life of law

Lord Denning’s judgments were described as "models of simple English".  Lord Denning was perhaps the greatest law-making judge of the century and the most controversial. His achievement was to shape the common law according to his own highly individual vision of society.
In seeking justice Lord Denning, considered himself entitled to get round - or even change - any rule of law that stood in his way. There was no need to wait for legislation. "Parliament does it too late," he argued. "It may take years and years before a statute can be passed to amend a bad law.”The judge ... should make the law correspond with the justice that the case requires."
We hope our law students will show the same spirit and courage to ensure justice in this country.

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Law / Get fit for final exam and feast thereafter

« on: December 11, 2012, 02:06:38 PM »

Get fit for final exam and  feast thereafter

Everyone feels nervous about taking exams. It’s important to remember that an examination is a test of learning, not memory. Examiners want to see evidence that you have drawn on your knowledge to develop a reasoned argument, rather than replicate course notes and textbook facts.
Last-minute revision tips
Although time may be short, you can still make a difference to your grade. Try and priorities; do what you can.
•   Use your revision tools (prompts, diagrams etc) to check final facts
•   Keep calm and consolidate your existing knowledge rather than trying to learn new topics
•   Don’t stay up all night revising; being overtired will not help you to do your best
Dealing with exam nerves
•   Create a revision plan to help you feel in control of the process
•   Find out what is involved in the exam:
o   how much time is allowed
o   how many questions you need to answer
•   Think positive
•   Keep the exam in context – even if you do badly, there will be other options open to you
•   Allow yourself some fun-time each day to relax
•   Eat sensibly – your brain cells need energy to function well. Make sure you drink plenty of water to avoid becoming dehydrated. Dehydration makes you tired and reduces concentration
Exam tips – sitting the exam
Be prepared; find out what is involved in each of the examinations that you are going to sit. Organize yourself the night before and get plenty of sleep.
•   Do take a watch or clock so that you can time your answers
•   Leave for the exam in plenty of time
•   Look through the paper first and mark difficult questions/initial thoughts
•   Select the questions that will best enable you to demonstrate your knowledge to the examiner
•   Look at the marks available and read the questions carefully, following instructions given in the paper (e.g. to show all workings, word limits etc)
•   Pace yourself and allow enough time to answer all the required questions
•   Write as neatly as possible to help the examiner to mark your work. Marking untidy writing is difficult.

Law students may expect a feast from our respected Ma'am if they do well at exam.

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Law / CYBER LAW IN BANGLADESH

« on: November 20, 2012, 06:42:35 AM »

The government of Bangladesh is planning to form two separate tribunals to prevent growing cyber crimes. The process to set up the tribunals in Dhaka and Chittagong is under progress. Currently there are not enough laws to prevent cyber related crimes in Bangladesh. One major regulations in this sector is 'The Bangladesh Information & Communication Law 2006(As amended in 2009)'. Under section 56(1) of this act, the cyber related offences will be punishable maximum 10 years imprisonment with or without fine. Section 68 of this act discussed  establishment of  tribunal.
Though considerable time has passed since the enactment of the Act, we appreciated the recent declaration.