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I.P.O Law – Declaring Income & Assets
Dr. William Para RiviereAug. 7, 2014The Integrity in Public Office (I.P.O) Act is one of the most significant pieces of legislation to have appeared on the statute books of our country. Such a statute was ...
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What Kind of Emancipation?
Dr. William Para RiviereJuly 22, 2014What kind of emancipation did our African ancestors obtain on the 1st August 1838? That supposed freedom from enslavement cannot be properly understood if treated in isolation, that is to ...
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Are consumers protected?
Dr. William Para RiviereJuly 15, 2014There is at this time no legislation in the island which directly in a single package protects consumers of products as a distinct set of persons. Of course, there is ...
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Trade Union Law - 2
Dr. William Para RiviereJuly 11, 2014Our trade union legislation takes a strong stand against unfair practices. This applies to all the parties, whether employers, trade unions or workers in bargaining units. It also applies to ...
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Trade Union Law - 1
Dr. William Para RiviereJuly 1, 2014Quite distinct from those rights and protections legally accorded to them directly as individuals, workers are provided rights and protections indirectly, as members of associations and organisations of workers. Such ...
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Workers' Rights - 2
Dr. William Para RiviereJune 17, 2014Citizens of our country do not have a right in law to have a job. Neither the Constitution nor any ordinary legislation provides us with that right. If one or ...
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Libel & Slander: Class Action
Dr. William Para RiviereJune 11, 2014In an earlier YOU AND THE LAW we explained how an individual may take legal action for libel or slander against a person who writes or says to a third ...
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Workers' Rights - 1
Dr. William Para RiviereJune 3, 2014In employing workers there are certain standards which employers are bound by law to follow. These are called labour standards or, better yet, workers' rights. They are set out in ...
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Limitation periods
Dr. William Para RiviereMay 27, 2014A limitation period is the time period during which a person must commence an action against another if that person's claim is to succeed in court. If the action is ...
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Government and Your Land - 2
Dr. William Para RiviereApril 25, 2014Where no abandonment takes place and the land is acquired, what is the process by which "adequate" compensation is paid to the owner or occupier "within a reasonable time"? The ...
