About the Book
KaraDira Blackstar Are Pleased and honoured to announce the launch of its publishing house with its publication of a new exciting, critical and extremely relevant work by first time Author, Arthur Dion Hanna jr., who is currently Director of the Eugene Dupuch Law School Legal Aid Clinic: Land and Freedom - A Return to the Fishing Village: Sabbatical essays from a Legal Aid Lawyer, with Preface by Indira Martin PhD Mr Hanna's Strident and cutting edge legal analysis is, indeed, subversive of the established order, the political elite and ruling elite, the Westminster system of governance and the black letter law traditions, of the black robed white justice of the official common law legal system. This is highly dangerous material for colonialists, imperialists, oppressors and exploiters, because it advocates abandoning the exploitative mechanisms of social injustices and the establishment of a uniquely relevant legal system suited to the diverse and multicultural plural realities of the African people at home and abroad. He boldly beckons the re-emergence of the panAfrican ideal and the establishment of a Unified African reality of Nationhood and independence, with sustainable social and economic development, with respect for nature and the environment and the principles of freedom, justice and equality of opportunity for all, and respect for the multicultural plural realities of the African people at home and abroad. This seminal work will be extremely worrying for many, but for lovers of freedom and justice, and the PanAfrican Ideal, this is a Must Read! Contact KaraDira BlackStar: P.O. Box N4850 Nassau, Bahamas Email: karadirablackstar@gmail.com
About the Author: Arthur Dion Hanna jr. Born 18 May 1951: Mother- Beryl Hanna; Father- Arthur Dion Hanna sr. Wife - Ramila Hanna Children (9) - Rawiya married to Samuel Rahming, Kairi, Kwame, Khalid, Kiron, Viraj, Krishnan, Deva and Chandni Grand Children (2) Tsar and Xavier Rahming PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Visiting Professor - 2006 Stetson University Director, Legal Aid Clinic Eugene Dupuch Law School - 1999 - EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS LLM., Merit - 2004 School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London 1977 Inner Temple, Call to Bar of England and Wales 1977 Call to the Bar of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas 1973 LL.B University of the West Indies AFFILIATIONS * Honorary Liaison Officer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Commonwealth of The Bahamas 2006-2010 * Chairman, Legislative Advisory Committee, Ministry of Health and Social Services, Nassau, Commonwealth of The Bahamas 2006 to 2007 * Member, Legal Aid Commission of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Nassau, Commonwealth of The Bahamas 2006-Present. Co-authored Report of the Commission * Member, Legal Advisory Committee, the Caribbean Vunerable Communities (CVC), Caribbean 2006, a regional legal advisory network exploring constitutional and human rights concerns surrounding HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean * Member of Regional Network of Legal Advisors, PANCAP, Caribbean 2005, established by PANCAP to explore and enhance legal advocacy for persons with HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean. Society of Black Lawyers (SBL), United Kingdom 1992 * Vice President, Bahamas Law Guild (BLG), Nassau, Commonwealth of The Bahamas 1988-Present * Secretary, Bahamas Law Guild (BLG), Nassau, Commonwealth of The Bahamas 1987 *Member National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) 1986 * Member, Ad Hoc legal Aid Committee, Nassau, Bahamas 2004 to 2005 * Chancellor, Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress (EABIC) Bahamian Branch, Nassau, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Nassau, Commonwealth of The Bahamas 2007 * Chairman, Leicestershire Constabulary Racial Harrassment Complaints Review Panel, Leicester, England 1995 to 1997 Acting President General - Bahamas Pan African National Congress (BPANC) 2009 Legal Advisor - 2007 to 2009 Bahamas Human Rights Network (BHRN) Chairman, (NCBL) Caribbean Human Rights Project - 1987 to 1992 Secretary General - 1989 to 1992 Freedom and Justice Action Now Committee (FJANC) [Commonwealth of The Bahamas ] Member - 1989 Bahamas Human Rights Coalition, [Commonwealth of The Bahamas ]
