A Century of Impunity? The 20th century’s morbid legacy of death and despair did not end with the First World…
Distinguishing between Discretionary Trust Powers and Mere Powers (Part 1)
Distinguishing between Discretionary Trust Powers and Mere Powers This essay analyses a fundamental requirement of English law for the creation…
An Apartheid State or the only Democracy in the Middle East? An Empirical Inquiry
Abstract This paper argues that Israel’s continuing occupation and military rule of the West Bank since 1967 and its ongoing…
Seeing with unseeing eyes: Evangelical Zionism’s indifference to the oppression of the Palestinians
Image by dozemode by Pixabay Abstract This paper examines the underlying justifications for Evangelical Christian Zionism’s indifference towards the Israeli…
An ongoing genocide in Gaza
Revisionist Zionism’s settler colonialist ideology: Contributing to an ongoing genocide in Gaza (This is an edited version of an original…
State Terrorism
*(Originally submitted to the University of Leicester, Politics and International Relations Dept. on 13th June 2018) Introduction: This essay…
The Law of Armed Conflict and the Politics of Killing Children in Gaza
In an increasingly conflict ridden world plagued by brutal military intervention in the lives of millions of individuals living in…
Children of a lesser God? Sacrificing Palestinian Children in the name of ‘self-defence’
The death toll in Gaza climbed exponentially as Israel continued its relentless airstrikes of civilian communities in Gaza city, killing…
The Populist appeal of Ethno-nationalists: An impetus for Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide?
To some, the term multiculturalism evokes a celebration of human diversity in all its splendour, showcased within pluralistic societies boasting…
The Death penalty as a populist tool of governance
Democratizing the Death penalty: a populist tool of technocratic governance Any attempt to justify the use of the death penalty…
Theft and the Civil recovery of funds paid under a fundamental mistake
Consider whether a theft of funds has taken place in the following scenario: Hackers using malware trigger an electronic transfer…
Immigration Prisons: profiting from Human Rights violations
“Imagine a community of four hundred people, neglected in a boiling hot filthy cage, still traumatised by the terrifying sound…
Bribes and the Institutional Constructive Trust
This essay explores the analytical reasons for arguing that a bribe or a secret commission received by a fiduciary is…
Murder distinguished from Manslaughter: A Study in Criminal Culpability
A brief analysis of the elements of Murder and Manslaughter Determining whether an offender is guilty of murder or manslaughter…
Racial Injustice
Racial Injustice: The Politics of Institutionalizing Violence against Racial Minorities Racism in it various guises has come under intense…
The International Protection of Refugees: Suicide and Children in Australia
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Have you heard? Some people are more human than others….. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights…
