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<p>During the last quarter of the eighteenth century, Gorkha, a small kingdom in the central hill region, subjugated the petty principalities that existed along the southern flanks of the Himalaya mountains, some with strips of territory in the Terai. The rulers of Gorkha who belonged to the Shah dynasty, then shifted their capital to kathmandu and laid the foundation of the present...
There is no dependable record of the development of the Nepali legal system prior to the fourteenth century AD. The laws shown in inscriptions of the ancient Hindu rulers have not proved to be very important as judicial works which could have influenced the later legal systems of Nepal. The first influential proponent of judicial law in Nepal was Jayasthiti Malla. As stated in the chronicle (...
The author has already written about the reforms introduced by the Ain (Legal Code) of 1854 in the pre-Jang Bahadur civil and criminal cases and the impact of the Ain on the present Muluki Ain (Legal Code) of Nepal. This article analyses the organisation and structure of Nepali law courts during the third quarter of the nineteenth century.
There are different forms of intellectual property of which copyright is one of them. Copyright deals with that part of intellectual property which falls under the domain of literary, scientific and artistic works. It is a limited monopoly granted to authors to protect their works from unauthorised copying. With the rapid development in information and communication technologies, the scope of...
Be it a developed or a developing nation, the concept of elite has most frequently been invoked in explaining the problems and prospects of social change. Nevertheless in the Third World social system, such a tendency is more apparent as the social order, usually, in these areas, is a function of the political leadership or elite dynamics. There are differences of opinion among social...
The formulation of natural resource management policy generally involves science, socio-economic environment and legal framework. The thrust of the management policy is to derive maximum benefits from the natural resources while at the same time ensuring that the ecological integrity is not compromised. The basic scientific process elements such as ecological stability, resistance levels,...
Taking a deliberative democracy perspective, the authors analyse the case of forest governance in Nepal with a view to understanding the extent and processes of citizen-state deliberations in forest policy making in relation to Nepal's specific historical and social contexts. They analyse 15 policy decisions which range from parliament-endorsed laws to executive decisions of the government...
The international illegal trade in wildlife and wildlife products is one the major engines driving species to extinction. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), which defines standards for use of wildlife and their products, represents a major global commitment to reverse this trend. It remains to be seen whether the terms of this treaty...
In addition to surveying food production from mountain areas, Euromontana’s 2002-2004 project takes stock of legislation, public schemes and private initiatives directly or indirectly addressing mountain farming and its food production. While the survey covered the eight countries involved in the project (France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Romania, Poland, Norway and the UK) — and the...
In the Sierra Nevada, California, a transformation is underway. Real estate values have created a new gold rush, fueled by retiring baby boomers, second home seekers and those simply looking for a life closer to the land.
Unfortunately, the land use decision-making structures in most Sierra communities are not equipped to deal with this growth. Outdated plans and zoning codes,...
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