British colonialists established lunatic asylums in India for the treatment of insane Europeans and Indians modeled on English institutions. They were initially constructed as they were in other parts of the British empire and the world to segregate those who were dangerous or troublesome to their neighbors by reason of mental illness. Such asylums were in fact detention centers. Based on the a...

The history of modern psychiatry in the Indian subcontinent is the story of the establishment of mental hospitals in India. Before the arrival of the British East India Company in 1600 there were no institutions to keep the insane. As such the early establishment of mental hospitals in the Indian sub-continent reflected the needs and demands of European patients in India during; the period. Lat...

Tham and Chong (2023) examine measurement issues pertaining to indicators used in assessing the achievement performance of Malaysian higher education. The data presented are evidence need seriously rethink measurements for monitoring quality improvements, which perennial education challenges context. study makes reference two plans, namely National Higher Education Strategic Plan, 2007 Blueprin...

A prominent political and human geographer outlines a way of thinking about ­China’s­“place­ in­ the­world”­ that­ is­based­on­a­penetrating­examination­of­how­ influential­ Chinese thinkers and politicians use analogies to China’s past historical practices and geographical forms as sources of inspiration for contemporary and future directions in Chinese foreign policy. Different venues within ...

This paper examines the linked themes of identity and knowledge production embedded within the notion of insider scholarship. Insider scholarship can be simplistically defined as producing knowledge about and within a group with which one identifies as a member. However, how groups are delineated and what constitutes membership are not so simply determined. Rather, the concept of insider schola...

This paper asserts that constructively remembering past atrocities is central to the formation of a lasting, multi-faceted peace in post-genocide societies. The Rwandan case-study first illustrates the dynamics of a society affected by genocide, as well as critically analyzes the integrity of its peace. Secondly, the role of collective memory in reconciliation is discussed at length, including ...

ENCOURAGING HUMAN RIGHTS TEACHING IN THE COMMONWEALTH AND OTHERCOMMON LAW COUNTRIESMeera MathweLLM StudentIndian Law Institute, New Delhi, India Human rights, as universally accepted rights, create accountability against all kinds of dejure and de facto discrimination. The human development and prosperity are possible onlywhen rights are given its due significance. Histo...

The conceptual relationship between restorative justice and punishment has already attracted a great deal of attention in the literature. A similarly rich body of work has considered the two main aims of punishment, retributivism and reductivism, in relation to criminological theories. It is surprising, therefore, that relatively little (direct) attention has been paid to the relation between r...