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	ACTIVITIES OF THE NIGERIAN LAW REFORM COMMISSION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Nigerian Law Reform Commission (hereinafter referred to as “the Commission”) was established in July 1979 by the Nigerian Law Reform Commission Act Cap 313 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 1990(hereinafter referred to as “the Act”).
		The Commission is now examining all the laws relating to the family with a view to making comprehensive recommendations for the protection of the legal rights and interests of women and children in particular; and all family members in general.
		The Commission’s present family law reform project is in line with the innovative provision of section 17 (3) (h) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which enjoins the State to direct its policy towards ensuring that “the evolution and promotion of family life is encouraged”.
	www.nopa.net /Justice/messages/6.shtml (2963 words)

	Law Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Law Commission is an independent body set up by Parliament in 1965 to keep the law of England and Wales under review and recommend necessary reforms.
		It is headed by five full-time Law Commissioners, with (as of 2005) The Hon.
		It then publishes a report recommending any changes to that area of law, for example codification of the common law (derived from case law) or consolidation or revision of statute law, often including draft legislation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Law_Commission (219 words)

	International Law Commission - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The International Law Commission was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1947 with the purpose of codifying and promoting international law.
		The work which lead to the International Law Commission was begun in Resolution of the Assembly of the League of Nations of 22 September 1924.
		...encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification." The Commission is comprised of 34 member elected by general assembly.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/International_Law_Commission (166 words)

	The Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Law Reform Commission of Saskatchewan was established by An Act to Establish a Law Reform Commission, proclaimed in force in November, 1973, and began functioning in February of 1974.
		Projects are initiated by the Commission in response to suggestions from the public and the legal community, or at the request of the Minister of Justice.
		At present, the Commission is funded primarily by grants from the Law Foundation of Saskatchewan and the Department of Justice.
	www.lawreformcommission.sk.ca (155 words)

	New York State Law Revision Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Robert M. Pitler, the Chairman of the Law Revision Commission, was appointed as a Member of the Commission in 1988 and has served as its Chair since 1992.
		She is also Of Counsel to the trusts and estates and elder law firm of Jones and Wilcenski PLLC in Clifton Park.
		She is a graduate of Albany Law School, where she received the Sandman Fellowship in Aging Law and Policy and served as co-Managing Editor for Production and Note and Comment Editor for the Albany Law Journal of Science and Technology.
	www.lawrevision.state.ny.us /staff.html (1144 words)

	California Law Revision Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Common Interest Developments -- The Commission is engaged in a multi-year study of the law governing common interest developments (which are governed by homeowners associations).
		The Commission has heard considerable testimony about the problems facing homeowners in common interest developments and has committed to studying all of the issues that are brought to its attention.
		The Commission is not able to provide advice regarding specific problems you may be having in your CID.
	www.clrc.ca.gov (365 words)

	Calendar of Events
		The Commission hopes that these changes as well as a number of other steps taken by the authorities during the last week will contribute to creating the conditions for a fair and democratic vote on Sunday notwithstanding the reduced time framework for their implementation.
		As concerns Romania, the Venice Commission is expected to adopt, in the presence of State Minister Mr B. Marko, an opinion on the Draft Law on the Status of National Minorities, which provides inter alia for the introduction of a system of cultural autonomy.
		The referendum on the Constitutional reform in Armenia is scheduled for 27 November and the parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan on 6 November.
	www.venice.coe.int (697 words)

	Law Commission
		The Model Law does not have any force but merely serves as a model to countries for the evaluation and modernization of certain aspects of their laws and practices in the field of communication involving the use of computerized or other modern techniques, and for the establishment of relevant legislation where none exists.
		The Singapore law further provides that if any law requires any information to be in writing, that requirement is fulfilled if it is in an electronic record.
		The purpose of the proposed enactment will be largely frustrated if, notwithstanding the existing laws, enabling provision is not made regarding the electronic records and electronic signatures for their acceptance, recognition, etc. in government offices.
	www.lawcommissionbangladesh.org /wplit.html (5153 words)

	President Johnson's Commission on Law Enforcement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, headed by Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach, brought together a wide range of experts to investigate virtually every aspect of crime, law enforcement, and the administration of justice in the United States.
		Commission staff and representatives visited correctional institutions, met with groups of residents in slum areas, and interviewed professional criminals and prison inmates.
		Before consideration by the full Commission, the Commission members assigned by Chairman Katzenbach to that particular area reviewed staff papers, which were then usually reworked by the staff in light of the comments received.
	www.lexisnexis.com /academic/2upa/Aph/JohnsonLawEnforcement.asp (869 words)

	Environmental Law Programme
		Judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers from Indonesia have been introduced to a government perspective of environmental compliance and enforcement issues in the Australian State of New South Wales by senior officials with the Department of Planning, including IUCN CEL Vice Chair John Scanlon.
		Law for a Green Planet Institute, an IUCN member active in the area of environmental law, paid tribute to Prof.
		The University of Witwatersrand, one of the IUCN Commission on Environmental Law's "partner centres," focuses on training and education in water law to fill an urgent need to provide a high standard of training, research and education in the field of water law.
	www.iucn.org /themes/law (5020 words)

	Guide Introduction: Records of the Wickersham Commission on Law Observance and
		The Report on Lawlessness in Law Enforcement was one of the fourteen reports published by the National Commission on Law Observance and Enforcement, known popularly as the Wickersham Commission.
		The commission conducted the first national study of the administration of justice in the United States and was a precursor to the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice (1965-1967), popularly known as the President's Crime Commission.
		The series reveals that a majority of the commission disagreed with the need to conduct a major investigation of this case, and the commission refused to issue the final report on the case as one of its official documents.
	www.lexisnexis.com /academic/guides/jurisprudence/wickersham.asp (4225 words)

	New Jersey Law Revision Commission
		The Commission was given the responsibility to review the New Jersey statutes and to recommend changes to improve and modernize the statutory law.
		The Commission fulfills this mandate through annual and periodic reports to the Legislature containing recommendations for the adoption, repeal and amendment of statutes.
		The Commission became operational in 1986; however, the concept of permanent, institutionalized statutory revision and codification is not new in New Jersey The first Law Revision Commission was established in 1925.
	www.njleg.state.nj.us /committees/njlrc.asp (407 words)

	NJ Law Revision Commission
		The New Jersey Law Revision Commission, established in 1985, revises the statutory law of New Jersey.
		The Commission consists of the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the chairman of the Assembly Judiciary, Law, Public Safety and Defense Committee, the Deans of Rutgers Law School, Newark; Rutgers Law School, Camden, and Seton Hall Law School, and four attorneys admitted to the practice of law in the State of New Jersey.
		The Commission conducts a continuous examination of the New Jersey statutes and relevant decision law, carries on scholarly legal research and considers the recommendations of learned institutions.
	www.lawrev.state.nj.us (97 words)

	The Law Commission
		An official appointed British Law Commission in 1995 came to the same conclusion as the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - DSM-IV - in 1994; SM or sadomasochism, short of causing serious or permanently disabling injury, should be no crime (and no disease) between consenting adults.
		The 1995 Law Commission evaluated the infliction of consensual pain and roleplay in religion, sport and sado-masochism, and found no reason to legally discriminate people because of their sexual SM orientation.
		The Law Commission reports are intended to clarify the situation and are used by Politicians to help them draw up future Parliamentary Bills in the particular area of concern.
	www.revisef65.org /lawcomm1.html (803 words)

	New Jersey Law Revision Commission, Overview
		The Commission became operational in 1986; however, the concept of permanent, institutionalized statutory revision and codification is not new in New Jersey.
		The Commission consists of four appointed attorney members, the deans of New Jersey's three ABA-approved law schools, and the chairs of the judiciary committees in the State Senate and State Assembly.
		The New Jersey Uniform Law Commissioners are: Barry Evenchick, Joseph Donegan and Daniel O'Hern.
	www.lawrev.state.nj.us /webpages/over.htm (444 words)

	American Bar Association Commission on Law and Aging (ABA) - National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA)
		The Commission on Law and Aging (Commission) is an entity of the American Bar Association (ABA), which is the national representative of the legal profession and the world's largest professional association.
		The Commission's goal is to examine and respond to law-related needs of older persons in the United States through policy development, education, and the provision of technical assistance.
		The Commission is staffed by a director and six lawyers with an average of 19 years experience in the field of law and aging.
	www.elderabusecenter.org /default.cfm?p=aba.cfm (864 words)

	Agenda Item 156: Report of the International Law Commission on the Work of its Fifty-fourth Session
		At the beginning of its report, the Commission asked for the views of States as to whether communication of a reservation to a treaty could be made by electronic mail or facsimile.
		We are also giving careful thought to the questions raised by the Commission in Chapter III of its Report regarding the diplomatic protection of ship, aircraft and spacecraft crew members who hold the nationality of a third State and the diplomatic protection of shareholders.
		The customary international law rule received the "strong support" of States in the discussion held in the Sixth Committee during its fifty-sixth session.
	www.state.gov /p/io/rls/rm/2002/14782.htm (1679 words)

	Monitoring the application of Community law (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Member States shall adopt the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with these Directives by the date indicated.
		Standard form for complaints to be submitted to the European Commission for failure by a Member State to comply with Community law.
		Commission communication to the European Parliament and the European ombudsman on relations with the complainant in respect of infringements of community law (COM(2002)141 final)
	europa.eu.int /comm/secretariat_general/sgb/droit_com/index_en.htm (378 words)

	Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education is an agency of the State of Texas.
		The Commission accomplishes this mission by developing and maintaining courses for preparatory training and continuing education; developing and administering examinations over these courses; and issuing licenses to peace officers, reserve law enforcement officers, and county corrections officers who have met the Commission's standards.
		The Commission is also involved in a number of projects designed to improve professionalism in the field of law enforcement, and to honor those Texas peace officers who have given their lives in the line of duty.
	www.prodctr.com /tcledds_demo/texas_commission_on_law_enforcem.htm (238 words)

	Pakistan Law Commission Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan is a statutory institution, established under the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan Ordinance 1979(XIV of 1979).
		The Chief Justice of Pakistan is the Chairman of the Commission.
		The Commission is assisted by a Secretariat, headed by a Secretary and comprising research and ministerial staff.
	www.ljcp.gov.pk /plc-briefintroduction.htm (162 words)

	LAW REFORM COMMISSION OF IRELAND
		The establishment of the Commission was recognition of the need for a new approach to law reform, enabling the law to respond to a rapidly-changing society.
		Law Reform Commission Act 1975) requesting the Commission to consider whether a DNA database should be established, and to address the constitutional and human rights issues associated with this question.
		The Commission acknowledges in its Report that DNA databases in other countries have had important benefits for society in the investigation of crime.
	www.lawreform.ie (902 words)

	What Is Crime? Defining Criminal Conduct in Contemporary Society.
		The sponsor is the Law Commission of Canada, a federal agency that advises Parliament on improvements to laws.
		Steven Penney, a New Brunswick law professor, has contributed “Crime, Copyright and the Digital Age,” which examines the challenges of regulating intellectual property, including copyright, in societies where digital technology is inexpensive, accessible and encouraged in schools, universities and other institutions.
		A commission of inquiry, headed by a judge, placed most of the blame not on local officials, but the MOE and the Common Sense Revolution.
	www.bsos.umd.edu /gvpt/lpbr/subpages/reviews/lcc1004.htm (1653 words)

	Law Reform Commission of Tanzania
		The Commission was established under the Law Reform Commission of Tanzania Act number 11 of 1980 and it took two years of hard work to physically establish it under the brave pioneer ship of the late Justice Yona Mwakasendo.
		Currently the Commission is finalising discussion papers in the Legal framework of tourism legislation, Legal Framework of Mining Legislation, Legal Framework of the Road Traffic Legislation as well as review of the Flow of Justice.
		In recent years the theme for the Commission's reviews has been to lay a level legal playing field so that other players in the process of nation building may attain their objectives.
	www.lrct-tz.org (551 words)

	Law Commission
		Law of the land in a dynamic society requires to be constantly reviewed by an authority to be manned by persons having adequate and thorough knowledge of law and the society.
		The Law Commission in Bangladesh came about in that historic process.
		Launching of this web site on the part of the Law Commission is an attempt to inform the people about the Commission and the jobs carried out by it so far.
	www.lawcommissionbangladesh.org (136 words)

	European Union
		These include a list of relevant dates (entry into force, etc.), and citations to (1) Treaty articles that are the bases of the act, (2) preparatory acts (documents from the legislative process), (3) acts affected, (4) cases from the European Court of Justice, and (5) national implementing measure for EU directives.
		As the one-stop portal to EU law, it is a great place to start, but it does not contain all documents for earlier years.
		Housed in The Commission database, includes the text, explanatory summaries, ratification status, and background documents for the preparation of the Intergovernmental Conference.
	www.law.nyu.edu /library/foreign_intl/european.html (1174 words)

	Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
		The Commission regulates its licensees by developing training and continuing education programs, licensing and evaluating training academies and their instructors, administering licensing examinations, and investigating possible violations of the Commission's authorizing statute.
		The draft is accomplished through the assistance of law enforcement administrators, law enforcement incumbents, citizen advisors, and industry-related interest groups as necessary.
		Proposed drafts of rules are sent to all known statewide law enforcement associations and 100 randomly selected agencies as well as in-house staff members for comment prior to formal presentation to the Commission.
	www.sos.state.tx.us /texreg/review/1999/plan210.html (802 words)

	Law Reform Commission — Nineteenth report 1997
		The Commission is to comply with such a request whether or not such area of the law is included in the programme submitted by the Commission and approved of by the Government.
		The Report concludes that Irish law is compatible with the principle on which the Convention is based, that of favouring the dispossessed owner by ensuring the return to him or her of stolen cultural objects.
		The Commission made a series of detailed provisional recommendations in relation to Ireland's implementation of the Convention, which would cater for the standards and procedures to be applied both where Ireland is the receiving State in an intercountry adoption, and where Ireland is the State of origin.
	www.lawreform.ie /publications/data/lrc98/lrc_98.html (6283 words)

	Law Reform Commission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Law Reform Commission was established by administrative decision in March 1990 with the support of all members of the ACT Legislative Assembly.
		The Commission is a ministerial committee which reports to the Government on formal references to the Commission and
		The Commission's Constitution permits the Attorney-General to appoint the Chairperson, deupty chairperson and members for 3 years.
	www.jcs.act.gov.au /eLibrary/lrc/description.html (174 words)

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