Law desk

Journal of Law
Vol.1, June 2003
Edited by Sheikh Hafizur Rahman Karzon.

Journal of Law, mainly for and by the students of law, was published in June 2003. It has opened an avenue for the students to conduct researches on any branch of law and put their findings in this Journal. The associates of the Journal expressed their intention to address law with reference to economics, sociology, philosophy, genetic science, information technology etc and to uncover grey areas of law.
The first issue of the Journal of Law is prepared with articles on various topics of Criminology, this can exactly be considered as Criminology issue of Journal of Law. All the writers of this present Journal are second year students of Department of Law, University of Dhaka. In the first article Reagan Dey has focused impact of genetics on criminal behaviour and criminal justice system. In the second article M. Abul Hasnat has discussed different aspects of cyber crime, an ill going techno-culture. He also discusses inadequacy of legislation of different countries to combat cyber crimes and emphatically said the necessity to go for new legislation for addressing different kinds of cyber crimes. In the third article Taslima Sharmin and Tanzim Afroz have uncovered how patriarchal society is causing females and males to develop Oedipus/Electra complex and how this complex is impacting their external behaviour throughout their whole life. In the fourth article the writer has vivisected different aspects of anomie. In a systematic way he has pinpointed how lawlessness is taking hold in individual, national and international sphere. A research on organised criminal gangs of Dhaka City also incorporated in the journal. The writers have delineated different dimensions of organised criminal activities. The outcome of the research has been enumerated in the fifth article. In the sixth article an inquiry into the white-collar crimes prevalent in Bangladesh is made. Media impact on criminal behaviour of human being, a study on the process of criminality is also discussed in the journal.
The publication of the Journal of Law is undoubtedly a good initiative. But the associates of the Journal should be more careful about the spell (they should follow either British or American spell), footnoting, and the language. Quality research and perfection is the hallmark of a journal. Nevertheless this initiative should be continued.