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As a court of law rather than of morals, our responsibility is to utilize legal principles in addressing the unique circumstances at hand. In the leading judgement for Re A, Lord Justice Ward emphasized the importance of taking a positivist approach in deciding the case. However, to fully comprehend their decisions, it is crucial to […]

The death penalty is utilized in certain countries such as Sudan for murder, other capital crimes, and individuals convicted of homosexuality. This paper supports reintroducing the death penalty in the United Kingdom (UK). Various methods of execution including beheading, electric chair, gas chambers, hanging, lethal injection, and shooting are employed. Lethal injection is the most […]

Torture as defined by the United Nations Convention against Torture (UNCAT) is described as the purposeful infliction of extreme physical suffering on a non-consenting and defenceless human being. 1 The reference to torture at an international level is only when torture is committed by a state or an agent of the state. Torture is banned […]

Upon initial examination of Caryl Churchill’s ‘Top Girls,’ one can discern the primary Acts and their potential dramatic and thematic significance. In Act One, it appears that Churchill aims to introduce characters and their narratives, inspiring the audience to establish connections among them. To achieve this outcome, Churchill employs certain dramatic techniques. In my opinion, […]

The Critical Legal Studies (CLS) Movement originated in 1960 following the founding members participation in social activism surrounding the Civil Rights movement and the Vietnam War. Several CLS scholars entered law school during that period applying the ideas, theories, and philosophies of post modernity (intellectual movements of the last half of the twentieth century) to […]

I will be discussing this statement in the following assignment, by studying some of the key issues and concepts it is associated with. Throughout the assignment I will be showing contrasting views for and against this statement. Firstly, I will discuss what the nuclear family is and what different theorists interpret the ‘perfect’ family to […]

The search for the truth behind murder begins with the killer’s intent. The study of motivation is important, as understanding thought patterns in murderers may help make sense of a seemingly motiveless murder. Outline the evidence relating to motivational factors involved in murder. Discuss the above with particular reference to a specific type of murder, […]

Pashukanis reiterated criticisms through his General Theory;1 including his Marxist analysis of the commodity exchange theory2 evidently demonstrating that Pashukanis represented a genuine Marxist analysis of law. During the 1937 Stalinist purges, Pashukanis continued to persist that the law should wither away in an attempt towards socialism. This was inconsistent with the Stalinist regime because […]

Although slavery ended in 1863, black individuals were not granted equal rights as their white counterparts, particularly in southern regions where discrimination persisted and black slavery was ingrained in white culture. The period spanning from 1890 to 1910 saw over two thousand mob murders of blacks across rural Black Belt counties ranging from Virginia to […]

There is a greater fear of crime in the public sphere and the popular consensus is that the ‘ streets’ and ‘city’ are more dangerous places than the home.This assumption has led to crimes that occur in the private sphere being dismissed, ignored and allowed to continue without intervention. It is only in recent years […]

Punishment is depicted as an intense collective phenomenon driven by irrational forces. It was seen as rituals expressing the furious moral outrage of the group against those who had violated its sacred moral order.Edward Glover (1931) argued that punishment was sadistic and a displacement activity.Imprisonment is seen as an intimidating relationship between the state and […]

With the increasing usage of the Internet, it has become essential for supporters of free speech to utilize this platform. The reason being its impartial ownership and collaborative input structure. The issue at hand is the ability to provide feedback on one’s instructors, akin to a ‘product review’, for the purpose of aiding others in […]

Oliver Goldsmith’s ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ focuses on the seemingly inconsequential and often innocent mistakes of distinctively human characters. Goldsmith has portrayed his characters through various types of humour, including comedy of manners, farce and comedy of situation, which are the three basic types used in the play. Goldsmith also uses wit, puns, satire and […]

Dostoyevsky is justifiably famous for his studies of the human mind. His powerful analytical style forms the backbone of his novels and his characters are undoubtedly deep individuals with a real scope for psychological exploration. In Crime and Punishment our central character, Raskolnikov, is given this treatment around the context of a murder. We comprehend […]

“The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, ‘This is mine’, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes might not anyone have saved mankind, by pulling up the […]

In order to evaluate this statement we must firstly identify what a civil liberty is. In a simple sense ‘liberty entails non-interference by others with ones freedom of choice and action’2. There is no agreed way in which civil liberties are separated from other types of liberties; however the word civil is used to describe […]

As far as consequentialist theories go, utilitarianism is probably the most well known, yet I find it quite unconvincing myself. The theory itself requires people acting for the ‘greatest happiness of the greatest number’ and involves calculating the overall effect of an act on happiness/unhappiness of people. The act that produces the most overall happiness […]

Gramsci spoke about hegemony in the singular as a large-scale national phenomenon that permeated in everyone’s lives. He had varying views of what hegemony represented, but there was a general theme surrounding his varying definitions. In advancing his notion of hegemony, Gramsci believed that in society, people subordinated themselves to political leadership that generally operated […]

Clearly, Dr King had a large impact on how the Civil Rights Movement was perceived by other Americans and by people around the world. His ability to speak eloquently and thoughtfully gave him a high profile in the age of television. His speeches during the Montgomery Bus Boycott maintained morale among the local African American […]

This is a big decision for Nash Jewellers as times are changing as they always do, and with a company history that stretches back 82 years they have had to adapt over time; be it by expanding the downtown location or opening the new location in the Masonville area or when they survived the “Great […]

Although some countries may meet the criteria and be considered a state, there is no universally accepted set of criteria for determining statehood. Therefore, despite Fabota’s claim to statehood, the UK and others still question it. The Montevideo Convention on Rights and Duties of States 1933, Art 1 establishes criteria for statehood that a country […]

As agreements between States are made most notably by instrument of the treaty, a study of international law would be completely lacking without a discussion of treaties and reservations to treaties. Simply speaking, a treaty is an agreement between States, and as expected, agreement may not come easily. Making reservations to treaties is one method […]