Commercial mortgages are among the most prominent forms of tangible security upon which credit transactions are based, particularly in the modern business environment characterized by speed and the merchant's reliance on financing. This research examines the regulatory framework of commercial mortgages in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its complementary relationship with the system of securing rights in movable assets. It analyzes the nature of commercial mortgages, their essential elements, the conditions for their legal validity, and their legal effects on the contracting parties (the mortgagor, the mortgagee, and the notary), in addition to the mechanisms for enforcing the mortgaged asset and the circumstances under which the mortgage is extinguished. The research adopts a descriptive-analytical approach, focusing on recent regulatory texts (Royal Decree No. M/86 of the Commercial Mortgage Law and Royal Decree No. M/94 of the System of Securing Rights in Movable Assets) and their implementing regulations, while also drawing upon specialized jurisprudential and legal references. The research concludes that the Saudi legislator has successfully achieved a legislative balance that enhances the protection of the mortgagee by granting them priority and pursuit rights, and by permitting non-judicial enforcement with clear procedural controls, without compromising the guarantees of the mortgagor. The inclusion of commercial mortgages within the scope of the security of rights system has led to broader regulatory integration, but it has also resulted in some practical overlaps that require further clarification and refinement. The research concludes with a set of practical recommendations, most notably: developing electronic registration and publication platforms, enhancing regulatory awareness among traders in the commercial sector, and encouraging applied studies and comparisons with international models. This abstract aims to provide a concise and comprehensive reference for researchers and legal practitioners on commercial mortgage guarantees within the contemporary Saudi legal framework.

The institution alludes to traditional and long-standing state-related structures. Institutionalization is a process that ensures the level of acceptance of organizational decisions by the periphery, as well as organizational harmony. The Republic was founded on October 29, 1923, and the Presidency of Religious Affairs was established under Law No. 429 on March 3, 1924. The institutions’ most widely applied law is Law No. 633 on the Establishment and Duties of the Presidency of Religious Affairs which was enacted in 1965. Law No. 1982, dated March 26, 1976, made some significant innovations and amendments to Law No. 633; however, this Law was annulled by the Constitutional Court in 1979 for procedural reasons. It took 31 years for Law No. 6002, which was enacted on July 1, 2010, to close the resulting legal gap. With the transition to the presidential government system in 2018, the Presidency of Religious Affairs was linked to the Presidency of The Republic of Türkiye via Decree Law No. 703, which was published in the Official Gazette on July 9, 2018. The research uses document analysis, a qualitative research method.

This study examines the lived experiences of family caregivers navigating the legal and emotional complexities of Austria's newly enacted Dying Decree Law. A qualitative interview study was conducted with nine family caregivers (eight women) of people seeking assisted suicide (PSAS) in Austria. Participants were recruited through purposive sampling through multiple recruitment channels. Interviews were analysed using thematic analysis (supported by MAXQDA). Seven overarching themes emerged: (1) Dynamics of Dying and Saying Goodbye; (2) Inclusion versus Exclusion in the Decision-Making Process; (3) Role Negotiation and Responsibilities; (4) Bureaucratic and Legal Barriers; (5) Social Exclusion and Stigmatisation; (6) Support Needs and Structures; and (7) Ramifications in the Post-Mortem Phase. Family caregivers reported a lack of formal guidance, often leading to isolation and exhaustion. Open communication was repeatedly highlighted as essential in order to honour the PSAS's wishes and alleviate family caregivers' grief. Family caregivers function as advocates and bureaucratic managers while simultaneously serving as carers who provide the PSAS with physical and emotional support. Rather than relying on the legal framework alone, public policy should also formally acknowledge this dual role and deliver government‑led structural support for family caregivers to lessen their emotional and bureaucratic burden. Family caregivers of PSAS were central to this research. We interviewed family caregivers about their experiences with assisted dying under Austria's Dying Decree Law, and incorporated their suggestions for addressing the identified challenges and improving support structures. Their contributions were integral to the study's findings and its focus on enhancing support structures for family caregivers within assisted dying systems.

Abstract Chile’s pension privatization represents one of the most radical neoliberal experiments in social security reform, reshaping welfare from a collective right into a market-driven, property-based entitlement. This Article examines how the constitutionalization of pension privatization entrenched inequalities, shielding the system from democratic contestation and embedding a logic of over-propertization, where private property rights supersede social rights. Drawing on a Law and Political Economy (LPE) approach, explicitly concerned with the distributional consequences of legal design, this study traces how, during the Pinochet dictatorship (1973–90), Chile’s 1980 Constitution, and Decree Law 3500 institutionalized financialization and individual responsibility, transforming social security into an asset class managed by private pension fund administrators (AFPs). By legally structuring private capitalization accounts as financial assets with attributes such as ownership, transferability, and enforceability, these frameworks granted private actors control over investment management and risk distribution. The analysis highlights challenges to reversing this model, as judicial claims, pension fund withdrawals during COVID-19, and two failed constitution-making processes reveal legal and political constraints on reform. It examines legislative efforts, judicial interpretations, and collective mobilizations—such as the No+AFP campaign—seeking to restore solidarity. It also explores legitimation strategies, including the discourse of “popular capitalism” and the institutional entrenchment of AFPs within Chile’s political economy. By framing pension privatization as a constitutional and legal project rather than mere economic policy, this Article underscores the global consequences of over-propertization and the urgency of reimagining social rights. In doing so, it contributes to a growing body of LPE scholarship that treats constitutions as terrains of economic power, exposing how legal frameworks both encode and contest neoliberal orders.

On 1 January 2022, assisted suicide became legal in Austria with the enactment of the Dying Decree Law (Sterbeverfügungsgesetz, StVfG). This law has posed complex practical and ethical challenges for nursing facilities and hospitals. Medical and nursing directors are tasked with guiding their staff amidst legal uncertainties, emotional burdens, and limited institutional dialogue. This study aimed to assess directors' self-reported knowledge of the law, their experiences managing assisted suicide requests, their perceived adequacy of support in navigating the legal framework, and the presence of institutional guidelines. A cross-sectional mixed-methods study. An online questionnaire was used to collect data from 239 medical and nursing directors across all nine federal states of Austria (mean age = 49.5 years, SD = 8.5; 65.7% female, 32.2% male; 23.7% working in faith-based institutions, 61.9% in non-faith-based institutions, and 14.4% prefer not to disclose). Quantitative data were analysed using chi-square tests, t tests, and ANOVAs, while thematic analysis was applied to open-ended responses. 44.0% of directors knew the regulations of the Dying Decree Law but were insecure in regards to the application in practice, while 13.4% of directors reported no familiarity with Law at all. Legal familiarity correlated with gender (p = 0.020, V = 0.183) and institutional religious affiliation (p = 0.019, V = 0.197). Satisfaction with institutional guidelines was linked to gender (p = 0.004, r = 0.15), religious affiliation (p = 0.003, r = -0.15), and institution type (p = 0.011, η² = 0.126). While 36.2% reported no institutional guidelines on assisted suicide, 13.8% were unaware of their existence. The findings reveal knowledge gaps, institutional disparities, and limited guidance on the Dying Decree Law. Directors report insufficient preparedness, highlighting the need for clearer institutional guidelines and enhanced legal, ethical, and psychological support. This study was registered in the Open Science Framework (OSF) at https://osf.io/bgpsa.

This chronicle of parliamentary activity aims to analyze the activity of the Canary Islands Parliament in the period August-December 2024, in light of the functions of the Chamber. With regard to regional legislation, it reports on the law passed during that period and, above all, on new legislative initiatives, the status of initiatives currently being processed, and validated decree laws. In addition to the above, and corresponding to the period analyzed, it specifically analyzes the approval of the general budget law of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands for 2025, as well as detailing the main control activity: in this case, through oral questions. Finally, reference is made to other parliamentary activity, which deals with the relationship between other bodies or institutions and the Chamber, reports on the economic and fiscal regime of the Canary Islands, and the non-standing committees that were in operation during that period.

In this article the authors analyze whether or not the amendment made to Article 52 of the Organic Law of the Central Reserve Bank, Decree Law N. 26123 by Law 31143, Law that protects consumers of financial services from usury, is constitutional or not, as a result of the Constitutional Court's Decision (Plenary. Decision 95/2024-).

This paper examines the historical significance and implications of the German 1968 Movement from the perspective of Korea's democratization movement. Unlike existing research that assesses Korean history as relatively isolated within the global 1968 resistance current, the author argues that significant points of convergence and analogy exist in the democratization journeys of both nations. A comparative historical reflection is attempted across three temporal layers: past, present, and future. First, examining resistance summoned by the past, it connects West Germany's struggle against the Emergency Measures Act with Korea's struggle against martial law and emergency decrees, particularly the Busan-Masan Democratic Uprising. The ‘68 Movement fiercely resisted the enactment of the Emergency Measures Act, wary of the specter of Nazi dictatorship. This resistance weakened the bill and added the 'right of popular resistance,’ achieving the ‘democratization of the Emergency Measures Act’. This provides a crucial opportunity for reflection on Korea's experience of forging democratization against the dictatorial regime's repeated imposition of oppressive martial law. Second, at the heart of the struggle against the present lies state violence and the death of university students. The ‘June 2 Incident’ in West Berlin in 1967, where student Benno Ohnesorg was shot dead by police during protests against the Iranian Shah's visit, served as the detonator that explosively spread the 1968 movement across West Germany. This parallels Korea's path, where the sacrifices of Park Jong-Chul, tortured to death two decades later, and Lee Han-yeol, killed by tear gas, elevated the June Struggle of 1987 into a massive civic resistance, demonstrating a ‘simultaneity of the non-simultaneous’. In both nations, the death of a university student, exposing the raw face of state violence, became the driving force elevating the level of democratization. Third, it explores the message conveyed by the essence of ‘68—the ‘revolution of the everyday’—to Korea's ‘revolution of light’ as a hope for the future. The ‘68 movement was a true cultural revolution that pursued democracy in all spheres of life by making ‘the personal political’, not by seizing state power. This offers crucial insights for Korean society, where ‘democratization of the everyday’ has lagged behind formal democratization. We urge the ‘Revolution of Light’, confronting the December 3, 2024 martial law, to soar as a ‘revolution of the everyday’ that democratizes not just public squares but all spaces of daily life—workplaces, schools, homes—and look forward to hope and solidarity for a better future.

Decree Law no. 17 of 2023 on Health comes with a new regulation on the responsibility of hospitals for medical negligence. This research aims to examine the juridical impact of the Law's rules on the hospital's liability regime regarding civil, criminal, and administrative liability. This study uses the normative juridical method, which is a statutory and conceptual approach, to examine legal materials through document studies, regulations, literature, and research relevant to the problem of law. The findings reveal that Legislation No. 17 of 2023 concerning Health broadens the legal liability of hospitals as service providers and independent legal entities that are subject to liability. Hospitals need to keep patients safe through the supervision of medical personnel, quality standards, and risk management. These provisions create a multilayer system of accountability that combines the personal responsibility of medical staff with institutional liability, providing greater legal protection for patients and holding healthcare organizations more accountable. The research findings indicate that Legislation No. 17 of 2023 on Health confirms and develops a robust legal basis to reign hospital liability for medical malpractice and foster a structured patient safety culture in healthcare systems.

Bimekizumab is a monoclonal IgG1 antibody that selectively inhibits interleukin (IL)-17F and IL-17A and was approved to treat patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in the European Union in 2023. This study compares the cost per responder (CPR) of bimekizumab against IL-17A (secukinumab), IL-12/23 (ustekinumab) and IL-23 (guselkumab and risankizumab) targeted therapies to treat patients with PsA in Spain. The CPR was calculated by dividing the average annual drug cost per patient by the response rates for minimal disease activity (MDA) and American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 50 and ACR70 at week 52 in patients who were biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD) naïve or who had experienced inadequate response or intolerance to tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi-IR). Response rates from four published matching-adjusted indirect comparisons (MAIC) were used. Spanish list prices and Royal Decree Law 8/2010 discounts were considered. In bDMARD-naïve patients, bimekizumab had a lower CPR for MDA and ACR70 versus all comparators except for secukinumab 150mg, where the CPR for bimekizumab was higher for all three efficacy measures. The incremental CPR ranged between 17.2% (95% confidence interval [CI] - 26.1%, 50.6%) for ACR70 and 92.7% (95% CI 60.0%, 119.4%) for ACR50. The incremental CPR for ACR50 for bimekizumab compared to secukinumab 300mg was also slightly higher (2.3% [95% CI - 12.5%, 14.3%]). In patients with TNFi-IR, bimekizumab was more cost-efficient than all comparators for the three response rate measures at week 52. CPR analyses based on MAIC response rates at week 52 suggest that bimekizumab is more cost-efficient than IL-12/23 and IL-23 therapies, including ustekinumab, guselkumab and risankizumab, for treating PsA in Spain across both bDMARD-naïve patients and patients with TNFi-IR for all outcomes (MDA, ACR50/70). Compared to IL-17A (secukinumab), bimekizumab is consistently cost-efficient in patients with TNFi-IR for all outcomes and is cost-efficient in bDMARD-naïve patients versus those taking 300mg regarding MDA and ACR70.

The Junta de Decanos de Colegios de Contadores Públicos del Perú, is an Institution of public law, being the highest representative body of the profession of Public Accountant within the country and abroad, it was created in November 1992, by Decree Law No. 25892 and its regulations approved by Supreme Decree No. 008-93-JUS.

The analysis of the implementation of the Administrative Decentralization Policy is something important to understand in the context of regional development, including in Manufahi City. Administrative decentralization is a process by which powers and responsibilities in the management of governance and public services are transferred from the central government to local governments or local government units. With the application of the policy of administrative decentralization it is expected to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of the organization of governance and public services at the local level. Timor-Leste, which broke away from the Indonesian state in 2002, has also shown its interest in decentralization. There are 5 articles regulating on the organization of government or decentralization of government, 71 articles on the organization of administration or arrangement of government, and 72 articles on the powers of local or regional governments. This decentralization is the commitment of the government to realize the constitutional mandate as explained above, which was conceived by the government as a priority of work, adopted and established as the mandate of the constitution of the RDTL, on decentralization, is the Decree Law (Government Regulation) Fifth Amendment (5) Decree Law No.3 of 2016 dated 16th March as has amended by Decree Law No

The Calabria Decree (Law No. 145 of 2018) and its subsequent amendments introduced reforms aimed at improving the employment and training conditions of medical residents in Italy. Notably, the decree allowed for the early hiring of residents, starting from their second year of specialization, with permanent contracts upon completion of their training. This study explores the impact of these reforms on neurosurgery residents, specifically examining the effects on their professional development, education, and well-being. A survey was conducted by the Italian Society of Neurosurgery (SINCH) and distributed to neurosurgery residents, as well as heads of university and non-university hospital departments. The survey gathered data on residents' demographic information, satisfaction with their employment contracts, preparedness for clinical responsibilities, and perceived effects on their training, particularly in terms of surgical and academic activities. Hospital and university leaders were asked to share their perspectives on the impact of early employment on resident training, research activities, and the overall functioning of healthcare institutions. A total of 32 neurosurgery residents participated in the survey. Half of the respondents were employed under fixed-term contracts, while the other half had permanent contracts. Residents expressed high satisfaction with surgical activities, with 71.9% feeling well-prepared for managing surgical emergencies. However, 28.1% reported concerns over a perceived loss of essential training, particularly in research. From the university perspective, 86% of institutions viewed early employment as detrimental to resident education, particularly in academic and research activities. In contrast, hospitals reported positive effects, especially regarding human resource management, patient care, and resident enthusiasm. Early employment under the Calabria Decree has several advantages, particularly in terms of clinical exposure and operational efficiency in hospitals, however, it raises concerns about the potential impact on academic training and scientific research. To ensure comprehensive training, it is essential to foster collaboration between universities and hospitals, emphasizing the importance of maintaining a strong academic foundation alongside clinical practice. The study highlights the need for ongoing adjustments to the training structure to achieve a balance between practical and theoretical education for neurosurgery residents.

This study examines the ratification of the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related to Measures to Prevent BEPS through Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 77/2019. This ratification raises legal issues because Law No. 24 of 2000 concerning International Agreements stipulates that the ratification of certain international agreements should be carried out through a Law or Presidential Decree. This study uses a normative legal method with a statutory approach to analyze the conformity of Perpres 77/2019 with Law No. 24 of 2000 and the theory of the hierarchy of legal norms. The results of the study indicate that Perpres 77/2019 is formally flawed because it conflicts with Law No. 24 of 2000, but in substance it is appropriate for use.

Tasi-Tolu lake catchment area a protected area that located in Suco Comoro, Post Administrative Dom Aleixo, Municipality of Dili, that area has been defined according to the Decree Law number 5/2016 National System for Protected Area. Protected area as an area that normally protected by the government under supervisim ministry of Agriculture and Fishery, Within that area already exist a lot of potency in regard with birds’ species, flora (Mangrove) Rhiphora SP, Eucalyptus alba, including another resourcers that hadn’t been identified. The main objectives for this research is to identifying the condition of species, vegetation as well as birds species that are existing in the Tasi-Tolu lake catchment. The methodology that applied for this research is observation and interviews. The result from the data analysis for vegetation that are based on relative density parameter (Parameter Density Relative), Relative frequency and relative dominant, for tree measurement category (20x20m), pole measurement category (10x10m) and seedling measurement category (5x5m). From the observation result within six (6) demplot shows that species flora total 167 trees that categories for the wood consist of 3 species with total of 35 trees. With the INP value 163% category for stake species 5 with the total flora 84, INP 207.7%, Seedling category species 9 with the total flora 48, Idec’s value point (INP) 149%, Birds species analyzing result that exist in tasi tolu catchment area, during the birds observation in the site researcher has been identified 10 species. Base on the result of the research shows that vegetation analization and birds that exist within that area their condition are really bad due to threats and issues of socio-economic. Base on the data SWOT analyze approach shows that; Weakness 40%, threats 33%, strong 13% and opportunities 13%. It means that, the percentage of weakness and threats are more than strong and opportunities. Form the result of SWOT analization shows that the vegetation and the birds within the Tasi-Tolu catchment area in the threats condition and badly.

Background: This paper addresses key issues related to the admissibility of digital evidence—a pivotal concern in modern legal proceedings. The use of such evidence is fraught with challenges, particularly due to the rapid technological changes and heightened concerns surrounding electronic data privacy. In the criminal justice system, these challenges can impact the admissibility of evidence, its presentation in trial, and the charging and resolution of cases. This study examines the difficulties of admitting digital proof before the UAE judiciary. Considering the trend towards the digital world as an alternative to the tangible world, interest is increasing in the extent of the authenticity and strength of the means of technical storage of information in proof, the importance of the authenticity of computer extracts, and the extent to which the legal system of proof can accommodate these new types of means of proving. The study concludes that, despite the difficulty in obtaining digital evidence and the necessity of providing certain conditions required for its acceptance, it often enjoys a higher degree of credibility than traditional forms of evidence due to its accuracy and scientific and technical nature. This article seeks to address these challenges and explore potential solutions. Methods: This paper adopts a legal-analytical methodology focused on the UAE's legal framework. It employs a descriptive-analytical approach, utilising content analysis to analyse legal texts. Specifically, it reviews the position of the UAE legislator on the use of electronic evidence and analyses the perspectives of legal scholars and judicial rulings related to the validity of electronic evidence in criminal proceedings. Results and Conclusions: The analysis and comparison of relevant legal frameworks yielded several findings. Foremost, among these is the need for the judiciary to adapt to digital and electronic evidence, recognising its standalone evidentiary value—provided that the conditions of certainty, legitimacy, and integrity are met. Such evidence must also be subject to oral examination and accessible to all parties. Particular attention is paid to the Federal Decree Law No. (34) of 2021 on Combating Rumours and Cybercrimes, which affirms the validity of digital evidence in criminal proof by explicitly defining and recognising its probative value under Article 65. The study concludes that digital evidence has characteristics that distinguish it from physical evidence, and current procedural rules do not adequately regulate its proper treatment; it is currently considered a form of documentary evidence.

Objectives: Following the attempted coup in Turkey on July 15, 2016, statutory decrees (Kanun Hükmünde Kararnameler – KHK) were enacted, resulting in the dismissal of hundreds of thousands of individuals from their jobs and the loss of their social rights and reputations. These measures, which continue to affect individuals and their families, have led to widespread social exclusion, stigmatization, and economic hardship. In the field of social sciences, such practices are often associated with the concepts of "civil death" and "social death," referring to the systematic marginalization of individuals from public and social life. The combination of economic deprivation and societal exclusion has caused severe psychological distress and, in many cases, suicidal ideation. This study focuses on individuals affected by the Decree Laws (KHK) who experienced psychological breakdowns and planned suicide but ultimately refrained from carrying it out. The primary aim is to identify and understand the social and psychological factors that prevented these individuals from following through with suicide. Methods: In-depth interviews were conducted with 11 individuals who had contemplated and planned suicide but did not act on these plans. The data were analyzed using content analysis methodology. Results: The most prominent factor preventing suicide was the emotional bond and sense of responsibility towards family members, particularly children. Additionally, supportive social environments that fostered a sense of belonging played a crucial role in anchoring individuals to life. Awareness of personal strength, the desire for justice or retribution against those perceived as responsible for the injustice, and the sacred meaning attributed to weapons also emerged as significant deterrents to suicide. Conclusions: The protective role of family ties and social support mechanisms highlights the importance of familial structures and social integration. The pursuit of justice and the energizing power of the desire for retribution serve as motivational forces that reorient individuals toward life. The transition from psychological collapse to personal empowerment not only supports individual well-being but also contributes to social resilience. These findings underscore the necessity of psychosocial support programs and advocate for the restoration of justice and the rule of law in the public sphere.

ABSTRACT When South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law in December 2024, he justified this as imperative to defend against North Korean communist threats. Yet South Korean civilians and the military had been busy sending balloons, broadcasting propaganda, and flying drones across the border, not the North. This article analyzes two chains of events that culminated in the martial law declaration, demonstrating how what appeared to be escalating security threats were actually manufactured crises designed to serve the political needs of Yoon. This paper exposes the dangerous entanglement between personal insecurity and national insecurity, showing how alliance politics pursued rhetorically in support of democracy can end up enabling illiberal democratic backsliding. Civil society resistance to the martial law decree illustrates how genuine national security requires democratic legitimacy, not manufactured crises. The martial law fiasco serves as both a warning against the personalization of security policies and a reminder that democratization is vital to a country’s national security. To deepen democracy is to secure peace on the Korean Peninsula; and to consolidate it further, to transform the division system.

The requisition was applied in many countries of the former RPFJ, unfortunately also to the people of Kosovo and as a measure that will remain long in their memory. Kosovo was quite damaged by the Second World War, until, in addition to the many measures taken by the government of that time, it was also burdened by the requisition, which from the first year after the Second World War (1945), used it as a predatory-economic campaign, as an administrative measure by creating its extra bodies for implementation, starting from the Local Councils of the districts, which hierarchically had to report to the Ministry of Trade and Supply of the RPFJ. They have also taken measures to sensitize these bodies and the rural masses in general, on whom the main burden fell. They also used the press, with the well-known calls of that period that “no palm of land should remain uncultivated”. Then they took notes for each family as to how much arable land they have, how many members there are for whom food and seeds should be left for planting for the next year, while the rest must be handed over to the state, which is called “Surplus” and in the Serbo-Croatian language it means “Vishak-Otkup”. For each country and even district, requisition statistics differ, as well as methods of collection, land area, prosecutors. The registration and collection of crops were not based on fair practices, as the registration and obligation to deliver surpluses did not reflect reality. The state, through the implementation of the requisition, planned to increase the fund as much as possible, where, in addition to the mandatory shipments of grain, by means of several decree laws, the villagers were imposed to sell the remaining grain surplus to the state enterprises at a certain price. The mandatory purchase of products was determined at a price lower than the market rate. The situation was further complicated by the need to ensure food for the settlers and their families until their final employment. The local councils had to take responsibility for supplying them with controlled items. Very complex campaign, as from the involvement of the state, implementation, legal regulation, creating a directed-imposed economy. This turned into a whole system of measures to which the state gave a “legal color” to justify the actions taken against the people.In this paper, referring to archival sources and relevant publications on this topic, some characteristic forms and methods that were applied by the political nomenclature and Yugoslav state bodies on the population of Kosovo in the first post-war years will be treated analytically.

An assessment of socio-economic conditions and fisheries legislation and their impact on fisherfolk in Rivers State, Nigeria, was conducted between June 2021 and May 2023. The study focused on the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents and their awareness of existing fisheries laws. A total of 400 respondents were selected from fifteen fishing communities—five from each of the three senatorial zones that make up Rivers State—using a simple random sampling method. Questionnaires were administered to collect data, which were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that 70.4% of respondents were male; 42% were aged between 36 and 45; 84% were married; 44% had tertiary education; 58% reported fishing as their major occupation; 26% had 11–16 years of fishing experience; 40% practiced aquaculture; and 74% were full-time fishers. Regarding awareness of fisheries laws, the mean awareness scores were, Sea Fisheries Decree of 1971 (2.8±1.07), Sea Licensing Regulation of 1971 (2.8±1.06), Sea Fisheries (Fishing) Regulation of 1992 (2.9±1.08), Exclusive Economic Zone Act (2.7±1.01), and Inland Fisheries Decree of 1992 (3.0±0.88). It is recommended that the following steps be taken to improve and sustain aquatic resources in the study area: the state government should ensure that the Inland Fisheries Law (Decree 108) is formally passed into law; the media should enhance publicity to improve awareness, compliance, and enforcement; and policies should be developed using a bottom-up approach and written in local languages for better understanding.