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.

Juridifying the Death Penalty: A Morally Indefensible Choice

This article advocates against the execution of Nagaenthran A/L K Dharmalingam by the State of Singapore; Nagaenthran who has the … 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 upheld in the Hague: 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

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

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More

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 … More