Dayanath Jayasuriya

Biographic Data

ID5813801
NAMEDayanath Jayasuriya
GIVEN NAMESDayanath
FAMILY NAMEJayasuriya
SIGNATUREJAYASURIYA D
AFFILIATIONSPresident’s Counsel, Colombo, Sri Lanka
ORCID0009-0000-0533-6863
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR19
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Sri Lanka

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2024

  • Sri Lanka

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2023References: 2

    Sri Lanka has traditionally been known as a predominantly Buddhist country, where people belonging to Hindu, Muslim and Christian religions have co-existed, largely peacefully, for centuries. From time to time, opportunistic politicians and a small minority of militant religious leaders have tried to foment unrest among religious groups. The civil war that lasted for 30 years resulted in the murder of Buddhist and Muslim devotees and damage to sa…

  • Sri Lanka

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2022

  • Sri Lanka, one-time Asia’s role model becomes a bankrupt nation

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2022

    Sri Lanka, one-time Asia’s role model becomes a bankrupt nation." The Round Table, 111(3), pp. 457–458

  • Elephants as recipients of unusual attention from lawmakers and judges in South Asia

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2021

    Elephants as recipients of unusual attention from lawmakers and judges in South Asia." The Round Table, 110(5), pp. 620–621

  • Covid-19

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2020

    Expectations were high that Sri Lanka, due to its high temperature and humidity levels, will be spared from the worst effects of the Covid-19 epidemic. The first Covid-19 infected person was a fema

  • Sri Lanka

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2020

    Under strict quarantine measures, some 16 million Sri Lankans went to the polls on 5 August 2020 to elect 225 Members to the country’s 9th Parliament. There were 7,452 candidates representing 70 of

  • Sri Lanka’s Judiciary Checkmates the President

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2019

  • India Turns East

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2018Cited by: 1

    India Turns East: International Engagement and US–China Rivalry." The Round Table, 107(1), pp. 113–114

  • Six Authors in Search of Justice

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2018

    Six Authors in Search of Justice: Engaging with Political Transitions." The Round Table, 107(3), pp. 371–372

  • Missing Persons in Sri Lanka

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2017

    Sri Lanka’s long-awaited legislation to establish an Office of Missing Persons (MOP) came into effect on 20 July 2017 when the President signed the Office on Missing Persons (Establishment, Adminis

  • Tamils and the Nation

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2017

  • A Long Watch

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2017

  • Appointment of Judges in Sri Lanka

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2017

    The recent appointment of a member of the unofficial Bar as a High Court judge has sparked a controversy involving the president, the Judicial Services Commission, the Judicial Service Association

  • Sri Lanka

    Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEThe Round Table2015References: 1

    Since the granting of universal adult suffrage (including women) as far back as 1931 when the country was still an erstwhile British colony, elections in Sri Lanka have always attracted the attenti

  • A Comparative Review of Aids Legislation in Asia and the Pacific

    Open AccessD C Jayasuriya, Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEInternational and Comparative Law…1994

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  • Aids-Related Legislative Strategies Relating to Women and Infants

    D C Jayasuriya, Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEInternational Journal of Law…1993

    Journal Article AIDS-RELATED LEGISLATIVE STRATEGIES RELATING TO WOMEN AND INFANTS Get access D. C. JAYASURIYA D. C. JAYASURIYA **Attorney at Law, 40/12 Swamadisi Place, Koswatte Road, Nawala, Sri Lanka Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family, Volume 7, Issue 1, April 1993, Pages 1–17, https://doi.org/10.1093/lawfam/7.1.1 Published: 01 April 1993

  • The formulation and implementation of a national policy on condoms in the context of HIV/Aids—a review

    D C Jayasuriya, Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEAIDS Care1991

    The AIDS pandemic has brought into sharp focus the role of condoms in preventing the transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus. In the vast majority of countries, the condom prevalence rate is very low and to varying extents socio-cultural, infrastructure and logistics, quality control and incorrect usage problems have made it difficult to promote the use of condoms. It is only by developing a national policy on condoms that countries coul…

  • The Burden of Proof in Drug Offences in Asian Countries and the Influence of English Law

    Open AccessD C Jayasuriya, Dayanath JayasuriyaARTICLEInternational and Comparative Law…1981

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