Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, “to kill oneself”) is the act of intentionally causing one’s own death. Suicide is often carried out as a result of despair, the cause of which is frequently attributed to a mental disorder such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder,alcoholism, or drug abuse. Stress factors such as […]
Suicides in the Bible are acts of extreme despair
Suicide (Latin suicidium, from sui caedere, “to kill oneself”) is the act of intentionally causing one’s own death. Suicide is often committed out of despair, the cause of which is frequently attributed to a mental disorder such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder, alcoholism, or drug abuse. Stress factors such as financial difficulties […]
Critical commentary on the ruling of the Supreme Court on the Knox-Sollecito trial.
Note:Excerpts of the SC ruling appearing in the article were translated from Italian to English by the author. This article is intended to provide a critical analysis of the ruling of the Italian Supreme Court 26455/13 dated March 25, 2013 (announced the next day with publication of the motivation report on June 18, 2013 ) […]
Kenyan Government Rolls out a Nationwide Community Policing Strategy But Fears it Will Be Undermined
New initiative seen as way to win greater cooperation in crime-solving, but that will be hard since people have little faith in the police. By Mathews Ndanyi – International Justice – ICC ACR Issue 358, 13 Aug 13 As the Kenyan government rolls out a nationwide community policing strategy, there are fears it will be […]
LEGAL AGREEMENT FORMS REQUIRED FOR ‘CONSESUAL SEX’?
“Consensual Sex” will not have any evidence per se to construe – wheather it is really a consensual sex or sexual assault. Similarly ‘Consensual Sex’ incidents can also be twisted as ‘Rape/Sexual Assault’ cases when relationships are boomaranged. So, a new law must be enacted to get the marriage solmanized compulsorily between the men and […]
What is the World?, by Phin Upham
How do we organize and understand the world around us? In this review of seminal scholarship on the subject Phin Upham reviews some of the major theories and integrates their conclusions. Construal, the sense in which we organize our world around facts rather than facts organizing the world for us, is a crucial concept in […]