The aim of this article is to reflect on oral history interview data provided by an ex-soccer star who played for Fiji and in what now the Premier League, reconcile his criminal past (according town-based laws) with current village assistant headman status. compares contrasts two sources law – customary Indigenous traditions rights responsibilities laws, which have their origins British colonia...

No physician who performs a legitimate medical operation on patient commits criminal offence or delict. This is so in spite of the fact that infringement bodily integrity another person seen as both crime and civil wrong. Notwithstanding may desire operation, defence consent cannot possibly justify serious injuries intentionally inflicted course of, say, an amputation, since this procedure high...

t y?uth, his parents, friends, his education in ndon and how he came to terms with European mores. There is a fascinating account of how Gandhi, who had made a vow to his mother before leaving India to remain a vegetarian, joined the vegetarian movement in London, which brought him into first contact with such vital Christian and Western writers as Tolstoi, Ruskin and Thoreau, strengthening in ...

This is a general overview of the use of hypnosis in five aspects of human sexuality where problems or pathology may move patients to seek therapy. These are gender identity, sexual orientation, sexual preferences, sexual functioning and sexual mores. The article emphasizes two main hypnotic techniques that respect the patient's existential experiences regarding his/her own sexuality. The use o...

This essay examines one of the cornerstones of Leibniz’s defense of teleology within the order of nature. The first section explores Leibniz’s contributions to the study of geometrical optics, and argues that his introduction of the “Most Determined Path Principle” or “MDPP” allows him to bring to the fore philosophical issues concerning the legitimacy of teleological explanations by addressing...

Sociologists often talk about the “reward” system in science and scholarship. Publication of papers, especially in prestigious journals, adds to an author’s credits. When an author’s work contributes to your own work he is entitled to some “reward” for adding to the world’s knowledge. These rewards are usually given in the form of reference citations. This is, of course, an over-simplification,...