Sources of Indigenous Fijian ‘law’: village mores versus town-based criminal laws

Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration of Indigenous-Fijian and Fijian-Indian women.

BACKGROUND Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) concentrations are lower in Pacific people compared to Caucasians living in New Zealand. However, there are no data on the 25OHD concentrations of Pacific people living in the Pacific Islands. AIM To assess the vitamin D status of indigenous and Indian Fijian women living in Fiji by measuring 25OHD concentrations. METHODS 25OHD concentrations in ...

Locality, environment and law: the case of town and village greens

In this paper we explore one type of commons town and village greens which are an important feature of the rural and, increasingly, the urban, English landscape. Greens are an ancient form of commons, but they are increasingly recognised as having contemporary significance, particularly because of their potential to act as a reservoir for natural resources and their enjoyment. They are, in othe...

Weak-Minded Responsibility in Iranian Criminal Law and Egyptian Law

In Iran's criminal law, humans are not only divided into wise or insane they are also persons who, on the one hand, do not fall under Article 149 of the Islamic Penal Code in the definition of insane persons and on the other hand, they are not wise, the rational age of these people is lower than their child's physical age that Affected by mental disorder and mental retardation. Article 91 of th...

Criminal Law: Federal Criminal Code Section

SECTION 1001 of the Criminal Code provides criminal sanctions against persons who deal fraudulently with government agencies.1 Although the origin of the statute dates from 1863,2 only recently have Government attorneys made frequent use of its provisions. In United States v. Diogo, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit supplemented the increasing body of judicial interpretation of sectio...

Determinism and Criminal Law