Exploring the theroretical justifications for the enforcement of secret trusts The Wills Act 1837, s.9 requires that all testatmentary dispositions … More
Category: Human Rights, Law and International Relations
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 … More
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
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