ALVIN ROBERT CORNELIUS

(Alvin Robert Cornelius)


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Alvin Robert Cornelius

The law supports the indigenous disciplines operating in our society, through the authority of the elders …. It must be recognized that crime is a biological fact of society, whether ancient or modern, It grows out of social condition and is not to been contained without the most careful examination of its etiology… In that process, it would be well not to reject, out of hand as being out-dated, the principles and techniques laid down and applied by the ancients, for dealing with the problem in their times. They may have their uses, and certainly in eastern countries, they still possess validity.
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The Justice was trying to justify the inclusion of Sharia as fundamental to the legal system of Pakistan. In addition he advocated allowing the unelected, uneducated, village elders to judge crimes and dispense punishment. This has led to horrendous abuses including a case where a young woman was sentenced to be gang raped because her brother had been seen alone with the daughter of a local wealthy, powerful village man who felt that his family had been dishonored and the only “justice” was to dishonor the family of the brother. There are thousands of cases each year where a system of justice and law of over 1000 years ago is allowed to be used in a modern nation and even worse, ancient tribal customs of revenge are allowed to control legal decisions without any judges or elected officials being involved in the matter.

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Alvin Robert Cornelius
  • Born: May 8, 1903
  • Died: December 21, 1991
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Chief Justice Alvin Robert Cornelius, HPk, was a Pakistani jurist, legal philosopher and judge, serving as the 4th Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1960 until 1968. In addition, he served as Law Minister in the cabinet of Yahya Khan, 1969 – 16 December 1971.