The recently revamped New Turkish Penal Code (TPC) entered into
force on 1 June 2005, mainly as a result of Turkey's efforts to
harmonize its legislation with that of the European Union. The TPC
holds that legal entities cannot be subject to criminal liability.
The "criminal liability is personal" principle is one of
the cornerstones of modern criminal law, and is likewise sovereign
under Turkish law. This principle is regulated under both the
Constitution of the Turkish Republic and the TPC.
On the one hand, according to Article 20/I of the TPC, no one
shall be held responsible for the acts of another person....
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Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman, announced recently that the proposed Decentralisation and Localism Bill will remove local authority powers to trial ‘pay-as-you-throw’ tax schemes.
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The Bill is open for consultation until 22 September 2010, after which time a revised version of the Bill is intended to be tabled - sometime after the February 2011 parliamentary sittings.
The week following Florida's primary elections saw several major developments in the contest for governor, including a poll showing the race to be a statistical tie, the withdrawal of a candidate, and the designation of an African-American woman as the Republican candidate for lieutenant governor.
Concern is growing in legal circles over proposed court closures, with criticisms that the government consultation has not been thought through. Richard Langley, below, makes the case for keeping the Mayor's and City of London Court open.
