Bøger af Rajendra Ramlogan

Rajendra Ramlogan came to America full of hope, the recipient of a funded internship at the prestigious Washington, DC, law firm of Wilmer, Cutler, and Pickering. Born in Trinidad and Tobago, a nation whose population is descended from African slaves and indentured Indian laborers, Ramlogan was no stranger to racial tension, but he quickly discovered being black in America meant something outside his previous experience. In My Words, My Liberation, Ramlogan offers an introspective memoir in verse. While living in DC and during his studies at the New York University School of Law, he chronicled his experiences, his anger, and the resilience of those around him coping every day with systemic oppression. Ramlogan forced himself to confront his inner demons through poetry-poems whose themes seem to predict a savage beating that left their author semicomatose for two long years. Written in urban apartments, on subways, and in the parks of DC and New York, Ramlogan's expressive verse deals with pride and exhaustion, injustice and brotherhood, the concrete city and the haven of the natural world. This is Ramlogan's world. To explore it is to meet with both disenchantment and hope in equal measure.

This book provides a comprehensive review of the roles played by the various programmes, autonomous organisations, specialised agencies and departments of the United Nations in assisting the developing world in attaining environmental objectives. It would be seen that almost all the various components of the United Nations have embraced environmental protection as part of their portfolios. This indicates the growing investment by the United Nations in the environment, particularly in developing countries. The evidence would suggest that the absence of coordination and rationalisation of activities may undermine the ability of the United Nations to deliver effective and efficient environmental assistance to developing countries. Ultimately, this book proposes a drastic restructuring of the United Nations insofar as environmental matters are concerned, hoping that scarce international funds will be well utilised and provide better money for value in environmental investment in developing countries.

In this study, author Rajendra Ramlogan calls for a re-examination of the legal and institutional framework for protection of the global environment within the context of the special needs of the developing world. This unique third-world perspective on international environmental law is suitable for college-level courses.

The establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice sees the countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean at an important and exciting judicial crossroads. This book analyses judicial review, a mechanism for achieving public justice. It also discusses the grounds, obstacles and conduct within the judicial review process.