Voices Magazine Vol3 Issue 5

19 May – August 2020 | VOICES Bi-Monthly Magazine of the University of Technology, Jamaica UTech, Jamaica Press Releases 2 New Books Caribbean Essays on Law and Policy Transformational Challenges in the 21 st Century The University of Technology, Press has released two new books. These are titled Caribbean Essays on Law and Policy by Professor Stephen Vasciannie, CD, former President of the University and Law professor, and Transformational Challenges in the 21st Century by Henry J. Lewis, Jr., lecturer, Faculty of Education and Liberal Studies in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Henry J. Lewis, Jr. has presented a collection of essay rooted in sociological, organizational, and the psycho-socio-cultural theories of complex networks of behavioural interactions. He addresses several transformational challenges that Jamaica, and to a large extent the entre Caribbean region, must grapple with in the 21st Century. In a unique style of writing, he gives his opinions on the challenges in education – issues of funding, STEM or STEAM and the need for more online delivery. The behavioural scientist has also shared his insights into the much-debated National Identification Systems (NIDS) for Jamaica; the plastic ban and the well-being economy; crime and national security, among other topics of national significance. The easy to read collection of essays will prove valuable to students, academics and to a general audience. Professor Vasciannie’s new book combines discussions on International Law, Caribbean Law and Caribbean policy issues in a manner designed to stimulate policy-makers, legal practitioners and laypersons alike. It offers six insightful and provocative essays on Caribbean legal and policy issues. The essays cover Jamaican practice on diplomatic immunity, Caribbean approaches within the Inter- American Commission on Human Rights, and issues concerning the Montego Bay Convention on the Law of the Sea. Professor Vasciannie also presents his views on race and racism in Jamaica, considers the case for the abolition of the Monarchy in Jamaica, and reviews from a Caribbean perspective, the impact of Sir Ian Brownlie, the late Oxford Professor and advocate, on the discipline of International Law. Henry J. Lewis, Jr. Professor Stephen Vasciannie, CD