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…
John Rawls’ Theory of Justice as the first virtue of Society
Justice as the first virtue of Society John Rawls, a professor of philosophy at Harvard University, posited a liberal political…
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…
Conceptualizing Backwards Tracing: a paradigm for vindicating the property rights of another
This essay explores the Equitable mechanism of backwards tracing as set out by the the Privy Council in Brazil v…
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…
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…
The Death penalty as a populist tool of governance: Society’s Moral Failure
Democratizing the Death penalty: a populist tool of technocratic governance Any attempt to justify the use of the death penalty…
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…
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…
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