14 Dec 2023

Questions_Deadline11 december (4).pdf

BRAC University

School of Law

Instruction for the assignment:

  1. Read the reading materials (page number and pdf no are given for answering each question in the context) and only the argument.
  2. Must give reference APA7th
  3. Each question 300 words.

Context A:

Please read the following resources:

  • Ram Jethmalani v Union of India (2011)
  • Money Laundering Prevention Act 2012

Question 1:

‘The amounts deposited in such tax havens in respect of one Shri Hassan Ali Khan and Shri Kashinath Tapuria and his wife Chandrika Tapuria were alleged to be in billions of dollars in UBS Bank in Zurich alone. Ram Jethmalani v Union of India (2011)’ Tax havens and money laundering efforts are contradictory. Argue in favour or against the statement. You can also mention the relevant sections, case laws, and/or evidences of your jurisdiction to support your arguments.

[Please write one (1) argument only; 300 words, only the argument (10 marks)]

Context B:

Please read the following resources:

Jiah L. Sayson, ‘Structural Adjustment program: whose colonizing instrument?’ (2006)34(1) Phillippine Quarterly of Culture & Society

Question 2:

Structural adjustment programme is a tool for colonization. Argue in favour or against the statement. You can also mention the relevant sections, case laws, and/or evidences of your jurisdiction to support your arguments. [Please write one (1) argument only; 300 words, only the argument (10 marks)]

Context C:

Please read the following resources:

  • Chevron v Bangladesh ICSID Case No. ARB/06/10 [2010]
  • The Foreign Private Investment (Promotion and Protection) Act 1980

Question 3:

Is the concept of ‘investment’ adequately defined in ‘The Foreign Private Investment (Promotion and Protection) Act 1980’. Discuss in the context of the Chevron v Bangladesh ICSID [2010]. You can also mention the relevant sections, case laws of your jurisdiction, and/or evidences to support your arguments. [Please write one (1) argument only; 300 words, only the argument (10 marks)]

Question 4:

Refer “The Padma Multipurpose Bridge” as your investment profile, discuss whether the scope of the ‘The Foreign Private Investment (Promotion and Protection) Act 1980’ is wide to cover all kind of investment in Bangladesh?

You can also mention the relevant sections, case laws, and/or evidences to support your arguments. [Please write one (1) argument only; 300 words, only the argument (10 marks)]

Context D:

Please read the following article:

Tatiana Tropina, ‘Do Digital Technologies Facilitate Illicit Financial Flows?’ (2016) World Development Report, Max Planck Institute for Foreign & International Criminal Law pp1-127

Question 6:

‘Digital Technologies facilitate illicit financial flows’. Argue in favour of this statement. You can also mention the relevant sections, case laws of your jurisdiction, and/or evidences to support your arguments. [Please write one (1) argument only; 300 words, only the argument (10 marks)]

Question 7:

‘Money Laundering Prevention Act 2012 is adequate to protect illicit digital money transfer. Argue in favour of or against this statement. You can also mention the relevant sections, case laws, and/or evidences to support your arguments. [Please write one (1) argument only; 300 words, only the argument (10 marks)]

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