Democratizing the Death penalty: a populist tool of technocratic governance Any attempt to justify the use of the death penalty…
Death Penalty’s Myth: Distinguishing Empirical Reality from Political Rhetoric
”For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime…
Instrumentality of International law: a tale of deceit
”The individual human being ……is the ultimate unit of all law.” (Hersch Lauterpacht, 1943, creator of the legal concept, ‘Crimes against…
Are Secret Trusts valid Testamentary dispositions?
Exploring the theroretical justifications for the enforcement of secret trusts The Wills Act 1837, s.9 requires that all testatmentary dispositions…
Conceptualizing Backwards Tracing: a paradigm for vindicating the property rights of another
The case of Durant (2015) involved a payment of bribes totalling US$10.5 million into a bank account; while at about the same…
Delving into the ‘lived experiences’ of Criminality
Exploring the Criticisms of Rational Choice Theory and Sociological, Psychological Positivism Rational actor theory has been criticized by Cultural criminologists…
Genocide and the Psychology of evil
Exploring the psychology behind genocide or mass atrocity; Do mass killers such as genocidaires and terrorists think differently from those…
Are War Crimes being committed in Ukraine? Holding perpetrators accountable for atrocities
The ICC’s decision to open an investigation into possible war crimes commited in Ukraine The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor,…
Remembering Nagaenthran
The Death Penalty is Morally indefensible This article is written in rememberance of Nagaenthran A/L K Dharmalingam who was executed…
Conceiving Punishment as Moral Justice
This essay argues that although penological philosophies of punishment justifying judiciallysanctioned imprisonment, corporal punishment and the death penalty appear coherentin…
Equity and Trusts: Conceptual and Evidential uncertainty (Part II)
In our previous analysis of Trusts powers we considered Lord Wilberforce’s interpretation of Bertram Baden’s deed in McPhail v Doulton…
Ratko Mladic’s Genocide conviction: A Vindication of the Rights of Victims in the Srebrenica massacre
A Century of Impunity? The 20th century’s morbid legacy of death and despair did not end with the First World…
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…
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