By Maung Maung B.L. (Rangoon), J.S.D. (Yale), LL. D. (Utrecht) (auth.)
This ebook, conceived in Rangoon, nourished and brought on the Yale legislations college, makes an attempt to review the favourite legislation of Burma within the context of the country's criminal process. common legislation govern the affairs of the relations in most cases whereas codes and precedents designed and built at the imported British universal legislations process get pleasure from specific keep watch over and authority over the remainder criminal relationships in society. This quantity appears to be like on the criminal procedure in define and the known legislation of the Bur mese relations in a few aspect. The established legislation of different indigenous teams, similar to the Shans, the Kachins, the Chins, the Kayah, the Mon and the Arakanese, additionally have to be studied, restated and appraised, for even though the legislation are related there are colours of variations, and in construct ing the Union of Burma you will need to construct strongly at the simi larities whereas giving due recognize to the variations. it truly is, for this reason, was hoping, that this quantity will release a sequence of stories at the known legislation of the peoples of Burma in a wide context and with excessive target. there are lots of wishes for carrying on with examine within the box of customized ary legislations. One is to find the customs of the folks as they are surely, not only what they're presumed to be in early felony treatises or in later judicial decisions.
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3 The position of international law has become even less certain after Burma's re-emergence as a member of the family of nations. Despite sections 211 and 212 ofthe constitution which pledge acceptance ofthe 'generally recognized principles of international law' and devotion to the ideals of 'international justice and morality' when specific 1 Chettiar vs. Chettiar, 1948 BLR 278, also 1948 Annual Digest, p. 537. " 2 Chettiar vs. Chettiar, 1949 BLR 56, S. , also in 1948 Annual Digest, p. 537. 3 Ramaswamy Iyengar vs.
This was a heritage from the British legal system which had been transplanted in Burma by judges and lawyers, either British or called to the English bar. " Now that Burma is free, he argued, social welfare must be the guide to judicial conscience in the interpretation of the law, and the legal constitution of the country should faithfully reflect the social and economic constitution. 4 A similar sentiment was expressed in a note of dissent which a Burmese political leader wrote for the report on reorganizationofthe administration: "It has been found that the introduction ofthe rule oflaw which is alien to Burmese tradiBurma Reforms Committee, Record of Evidence, II, p.
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