Lucille Mathurin Mair
eBook - ePub

Lucille Mathurin Mair

Verene A. Shepherd

Share book
  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Lucille Mathurin Mair

Verene A. Shepherd

Book details
Book preview
Table of contents
Citations

About This Book

Lucille Mathurin Mair (nƩe Walrond) made a mammoth contribution to women in Jamaica and across the world. In this biography, Verene Shepherd traces Mair's evolving ideology through her roles as professional historian, wife, mother, mentor, diplomat, national and international civil servant, legislator, and women's rights activist. Mair's tireless commitment to the principles of justice and equality for women guided her work and she particularly sought to centre women of the Global South in the development agenda.

The accounts of Mair's myriad and often uncredited contributions at the University of the West Indies, the United Nations, and as a senator in the Government of Jamaica are enhanced by previously unpublished extracts from her notes and personal papers and interviews with her friends and colleagues. Shepherd weaves these sources together to give us a thought-provoking study of the evolution of a rebel woman.

Frequently asked questions

How do I cancel my subscription?
Simply head over to the account section in settings and click on ā€œCancel Subscriptionā€ - itā€™s as simple as that. After you cancel, your membership will stay active for the remainder of the time youā€™ve paid for. Learn more here.
Can/how do I download books?
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
What is the difference between the pricing plans?
Both plans give you full access to the library and all of Perlegoā€™s features. The only differences are the price and subscription period: With the annual plan youā€™ll save around 30% compared to 12 months on the monthly plan.
What is Perlego?
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, weā€™ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Do you support text-to-speech?
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Is Lucille Mathurin Mair an online PDF/ePUB?
Yes, you can access Lucille Mathurin Mair by Verene A. Shepherd in PDF and/or ePUB format. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Year
2020
ISBN
9789766407735

LAW, GOVERNANCE, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
FOUN 1301

Multiple Choice Questions 1

1. Identify the generally accepted sources of law in most Commonwealth Caribbean countries.
(a) Tort Law, Contract Law, Criminal Law and Property Law;
(b) Common Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Property Law;
(c) Constitution, Common Law, Legislation, Custom;
(d) Legislation, Common Law, Constitution;
(e) International Law, Custom, Constitution.
2. Laissez-faire as a government philosophy means which of the following?
(a) The government should join trading partners to enact joint regulations;
(b) The national government should regulate all economic activities by setting price and wage levels;
(c) The government should regulate monopolies;
(d) The government should allow the market to regulate economic activities through the invisible hand;
(e) The government should regulate trade unions strictly.
3. Which legislative body derives its name from a Latin word meaning ā€œold menā€?
(a) Parliament;
(b) Congress;
(c) Court;
(d) Senate;
(e) Assembly.
4. Toni, a resident of Dominica, loses her case before the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal. She wishes to appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal but does not know which court will hear the appeal. To which court would you send her appeal?
(a) The Caribbean Court of Justice;
(b) The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council;
(c) The local Privy Council;
(d) The local Supreme Court;
(e) The United Kingdom Supreme Court.
5. In 2020, the Caribbean Court of Justice delivered an Advisory Opinion in a case concerning two categories of workers from St. Kitts-Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda. The main result of this Advisory Opinion is that the two countries may opt out of a commitment to allow workers in the two categories from other countries from working in St. Kitts-Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda. Identify the two categories of workers considered in the Advisory Opinion.
(a) Musicians and politicians;
(b) Hoteliers and bankers;
(c) Agricultural workers and security guards;
(d) Artistes and sportspersons;
(e) University graduates and service providers.
6. In which 1993 case did the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council hold that detention on death row for more than five years was presumed to be inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment, and contrary to the Jamaican Constitution?
(a) Neville Lewis v. The A.G. of Jamaica;
(b) Lambert Watson v. The A.G. of Jamaica;
(c) Pratt and Morgan v. The A.G. of Jamaica;
(d) Trimmingham v. The State;
(e) Boyce and Joseph v. R.
7. Which of the following general terms is often used to denote the system of government in most Commonwealth Caribbean countries?
(a) The Red House system;
(b) The Common Law system;
(c) The national bicameral system;
(d) Republicanism;
(e) The Westminster system.
8. Identify the main constitutional issue involved in the 2006 decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the case of Florence Bobb and Girlie Moses v. Manning.
(a) Whether the Prime Minister has the power to appoint the Chief Justice;
(b) Whether the Prime Minister may chair the local Privy Council;
(c) Whether the Government may abolish Privy Council appeals without having a referendum;
(d) Whether the Prime Minister is authorized to proceed with governance following a tied election;
(e) Whether the Caribbean Court of Justice may overturn decisions of the Privy Council.
9. Who wrote the book, ā€œThe Black Jacobinsā€ about the St. Domingue Revolution?
(a) George Padmore;
(b) CLR James;
(c) Eric Williams;
(d) Elsa Goveia;
(e) Bridget Brereton.
10. In which Commonwealth Caribbean jurisdiction did the death penalty case of Charles Matthew v. The State originate?
(a) St. Kitts-Nevis;
(b) Grenada;
(c) Trinidad and Tobago;
(d) Antigua and Barbuda;
(e) Guyana.
11. The W...

Table of contents