Joan M.S Bull
Years
Articles
THE COPYRIGHT TERM AND EFFECT ON CREATIVITY
- 2 July 2023
- Joan M.S Bull
Copyright is a legal concept that gives creators of intellectual property exclusive rights to the use, distribution, and sale of their work. The purpose of copyrights is to encourage creativity and to protect creators from the exploitation of their work by others. Although copyrights are necessary for protecting creators and the products of their creative labor, the length and scope of copyright terms can have an adverse effect on creativity
MISUSE OF INFORMATION IN THE CIVIL AND PUBLIC SERVICE: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS
- 14 June 2023
- Joan M.S Bull
Wrongful communication otherwise referred to as leaks or divulging in both the Civil and public service can taint the integrity of any organisation or institution. Information used in policy making and administration are deemed confidential and treated with utmost priority
Practical Challenges and Effective Measures to Detecting, Investigating and Prosecuting High-Profile Transnational Organised Crime in Sierra Leone. Case Study: Detection and Investigation of the Cessna Plane in Sierra Leone
- 12 June 2023
- Joan M.S Bull
Sierra Leone has been in political turmoil which climaxed to a civil war that lasted from 1991-2001. The devastating war left the country not only politically unstable as a result of the millions of people who were killed, raped and amputated but left the people impoverished and vulnerable. The economic and political instability in the country made it become more attractive to organized criminals who used corrupt government officials including the vulnerability and susceptibility of the people to enhance their ill-gotten gains.
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