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Description: The collection holds more than 800 articles with references to Burma/Myanmar... Over 200 open-access law reviews · Over 150,000 articles · Free current issues & archives from 1852... "These publications make their current issues and archives, many spanning 100 years or more, freely available online through their institutions? bepress Digital Commons repositories. All Law Review Commons publications are made freely available online through their institutions? bepress Digital Commons repositories. The Commons includes many of the leading U.S. law reviews—such as the California Law Review and the Duke Law Journal... The effort to make all legal scholarship freely and openly accessible has rapidly gained momentum since 2008, when law library directors from 12 top law schools authored the Durham Statement, calling on all law reviews and legal journals to begin publishing in ?stable, open, digital formats.” Publishing open access increases the visibility of legal scholarship, makes scholars? work more discoverable, and may also lead to more citations. A recent analysis found that citation growth rates of open access journals were 3.8 times higher than for comparable non open access journals in 2012..."
Source/publisher: Law Review Commons
Date of entry/update: 2015-06-16
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Language: English
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Description: "...MAP Multi-Media supports all projects at MAP to produce communication materials in migrant languages to disseminate information to migrant communities on issues of policies, laws, rights, and health. The media formats used include MAP’s two community radio stations at Chiang Mai and Mae Sot, printed materials, audio and video, websites and social media.... This magazine contents are what is Labor contract, Labor Protection Act BE2541, minimum wage, migrant health insurance, compensation..."
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Source/publisher: MAP Foundation
2007-10-00
Date of entry/update: 2020-02-02
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Description: "A MAN who is fighting to legalise the use of cannabis in Myanmar was fined recently for wrongful demonstration in Yangon. Ko Sein Hla Maung was fined 20,000 kyat (RM55) by the court for leading the demonstration in a public park, calling for the legalisation of marijuana according to The Myanmar Times. After the hearing Ko Sein said he remains undaunted and vows to pursue the movement, called "Marijuana Revolution", that aims for the government to allow the use of cannabis legally. He said punitive action such as sending people to prison for using marijuana would destroy them. Legalising the plant however could help boost the economy, provide employment and even help the country strengthen its coffers, he added. Ko Sein and his fellow advocates who were present at the court hearing said they will be consulting experts and legislators on how to go about their effort to legalise the plant. Anyone caught having possession of less than 100 grams of marijuana they can be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison. Possession of over 100 grams could result in life imprisonment..."
Source/publisher: "New Straits Times" (Malaysia)
2019-11-27
Date of entry/update: 2019-11-27
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Description: ''On January 29, the Ruling Party NLD made a surprise move in the Parliament to form a Committee for proposing Constitutional Changes to the existing 2008 Constitution. The proposal as expected was vigorously opposed by the Army Representatives led by Brig. Maung Maung who did not speak on the idea of Constitutional amendments but on the procedure adopted by the Ruling Party to push through amendments. On 15th of February , the second Coordination meeting for Constitutional amendments met for forming a Joint Committee to consider the issue. Two Parties- the unofficial party of the Army- the USDP and the Arakan National Party in whose area fierce fighting is going on between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army did not send the names for the Joint Committee to be formed. On 19th of February, a Committee with 45 members to amend the Constitution was approved by a vote in the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Assembly of the Union). Members of Parliament from 14 political parties , the Army (Tatmadaw) and independents met to form this committee and a total of 389 MPs voted for, with 192 against and with three abstentions. Significantly, in the proportionate representation to the committee to look into the amendments, the names for the 8 MPs from the Army and two MPs from the USDP could not be announced as no names were forthcoming neither from the Army or from the USDP. The message is clear- that the Army is not for any amendment now...''
Creator/author: S.Chandrasekharan
Source/publisher: South Asia Analysis Group via "Euro-Burma Office"
2019-02-21
Date of entry/update: 2019-02-25
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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Description: "This post is adapted from a paper presented by the author at the ANU Myanmar Update 2017.... The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Union Parliament) in Myanmar is getting ready to convene a new parliamentary session and members of parliament are making their way back to Naypyitaw. The vast meeting rooms and empty halls of Myanmar?s oversized capital city will once again be buzzing with activity. The upcoming session will be the sixth session of parliamentary sittings since the National League for Democracy (NLD) formed government in 2016. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is a bicameral national parliament in which the NLD holds a majority of the seats, with 25% of the seats held by the military. The upcoming parliamentary session is likely to be a busy one, not least because the crisis in Rakhine state has focused much attention on Myanmar and its nascent political transition. In fact, the highly active role played by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw since it was first convened in 2011 under a new Constitution has been one of the more remarkable features of the transition. Despite expectations to the contrary, the parliament has been very proactive in exercising its legislative mandate, approving a total of 251 laws as of the end of 2016. This lawmaking drive is unprecedented as much as it is unexpected. Prior to 2011, Myanmar had no national legislative assembly for over 20 years after the military assumed power in 1988 following a nationwide uprising. The military regime (through the State Law and Order Restoration Council and its successor, the State Peace and Development Council) simply issued decrees and declarations to fill the legislative void. Prior to 1988, lawmaking power was vested in a one-party unicameral legislature under social rule and before that, an unelected Revolutionary Council established by the military after a coup in 1962. The last time Myanmar had a representative legislative assembly was in the period between 1948 and 1962, a short-lived episode of parliamentary democracy following independence from British colonial rule.//"
Creator/author: Melinda Thet Tun
Source/publisher: "New Mandala"
2017-10-16
Date of entry/update: 2017-12-22
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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