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laws to combat crime an uneasy challenge - Dhara
"While discussing issues relating to law and its impact on the lives of our people, we need to be mindful of the serious challenge that we face to make legal interventions more meaningful and more relevant to the ultimate objective of meting out 'Justice' . The theme today reads ‘Leap forward - Next Generation Laws’. "We are commuters on the super highway - a highway which has brought with it the good and the evil. The law is one of the most important intervenients to handle both the good and the evil. But the Law alone is inadequate to ensure that this new highway leads us to where we want. A certain objectivity and a respect for the traditions and cultures of our region needs our focus. Our youth need to be veered away from the kind of society that we may be heading towards. Science fiction is but a prediction of what might be and found that these predictions very alarming. A certain focus is required to deal with the new dimensions brought in by advances in communication technology which has taken us from tokens to internet. Social evolution has been put on a fast forward mode. With every advance, there is an impact on society and that impact will likely result in a shift of economic power. With all of these exciting changes, the legal community is being challenged as never before. “Yes, we need not only laws for the next generation but also attitudes which should be compatible with a commitment to deal with the new scene. The down side of technological advances is that, too often, the benefits have been used in an abusive way, resulting in significant costs. Our transformed world, which we are still attempting to understand has however been used to facilitate crime, to virtually erase geographical boundaries and create a borderless world, which enable the commission of crime impacting across the world without even leaving your room in your home". |
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