Family law covers mental disorders. You may have family members who suffer from mental illnesses. And maybe you wish that there was something that you can do to help them. Because, people with mental illnesses are often helpless to help themselves. Sometimes they seem fine. Often, they can still function. But there are times when […]
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Sufficient Disclosure in Patent Law
When an inventor lodges a patent application, he needs to make “sufficient disclosure”. This basically means that, his patent needs to inform whoever is reading it, on how to reproduce the patent. There are some inventors who are a little afraid of disclosing the full extent of their invention. They feel that they should retain […]
Juvenile Offenders: Children and Criminal Law
Introduction — Juvenile offenders Juvenile offenders aren’t adults — yet. But, they are subject to the same criminal justice system that sentences adults. Last year, an Iranian juvenile offender was sentenced to death. Zeinab Sekaanvand Lokran was 17 years old when she became a juvenile offender. Six years later, she was sentenced to death. She was […]
Fake birth certificate and citizenship in Malaysia
Let’s talk about fake birth certificates. Some time back, we were introduced to a middle-aged couple. Their child had just turned 12, so they brought him to JPN to make a new MyKad. While there, they were queried about their child’s birth certificate. Was the birth certificate, fake? The JPN officer thought that the child […]
The value of a will
What’s the value of a will? Nobody likes to talk about dying. But people die. It’s an undeniable fact of life. They die every day. Intestacy So, is there value in preparing a will? When a person dies without a will, it’s not the end of the world. The deceased person’s property will be […]