Author: PJ

A law lecturer and academic by profession, I share my perspectives on issues ranging from the Protection of International Human Rights and its relationship with International Relations to principles of Domestic and International Criminal Law, Criminology and Equity and Trusts. I graduated with an LLB, PGCL (Equity and Trusts) , PGDL (Criminal Justice), LLM (Criminology) from the University of London and an MA (Distinction) in Human Rights and Global Ethics with the University of Leicester's Politics and International Relations department.

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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, … More

Remembering Nagaenthran

The Death Penalty is Morally indefensible This article is written in rememberance of Nagaenthran A/L K Dharmalingam who was executed … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More