Written by Zeina Ewiss Criminality defined as “behaviour that is contrary or forbidden by criminal law” has often been hard to explain, with many competing theories explaining why someone would resort to crime. A variety of disciplines have attempted to explain this phenomenon but there lacks consensus, even within psychology there are several potential explanations. There are three overarching approaches: biological, cognitive, and social. Raine’s biological theory suggests there is a correlation between brain function and aggression, Crick and Dodge’s cognitive approach suggests that crimin ..read more

Written by Hira Ahmed Discrimination in the legal system has long been an issue, particularly in regards to race, gender and socio-economic status. In ‘Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women’, Helena Kennedy explores how women are treated throughout the legal system, in regards to the treatment of women working in the legal industry, the treatment of women on trial and the treatment of women in prisons. The book, published in 2019, is intended as a follow up to Kennedy’s earlier book, ‘Eve Was Framed: Women and British Justice’, published in 1993 on the same topic - throughout, Kennedy w ..read more

The Importance of Four Walls: How Should We Define ‘Home’? Written by Ujjwala Singh To effectively understand homelessness, we must define what ‘home’ means. The concept of a home is significant to all of us and is often defined using emotional language. The adage ‘the home is where the heart is’ elucidates the emotions attached to the concept of a home and is a good way to define such an abstract concept. However, the definition of ‘home’ is significant in areas other than everyday life: the process of lawmaking requires a practical definition of the term to improve the homelessness crisis. S ..read more

Written by Michelle Chan As you embark onto the journey of studying law at university, you soon realize that there is much more that you have to face than what you have expected. Apart from studying, it’s time for you to think about your future career path. You soon will hear about people talking about first-year schemes, open days, vacation schemes and training contracts and terms like “Magic Circle” and UK or US-based law firms which you have no idea about. Before you know what you are doing, you might be already busy filling in applications, facing interviews and panicking about deadlines a ..read more

Written by Hao Tian Introduction It has been nearly four years since the UK officially withdrew from the European Union (EU), after 47 years of membership. Today, perhaps to one’s amazement (or amusement), you can still find law students poring over their EU Law textbooks across the law schools in the UK. The most obvious question to anyone who has a basic understanding of what Brexit means would be, as Professor Biondi helpfully raised in his first lecture here at King’s, “Why?” - Why should we still study the law of the European Union when the UK has ceased to be a part of it? This article w ..read more

Riya Patel is a penultimate year Law student at King’s College London, with aspirations of pursuing a career as a solicitor. In her post she talks about how difficult focusing on online lectures can be and gives you tips about how to maximise your efficiency and motivation. The jump from in-person teaching to online teaching has been a difficult adjustment for a lot of us. I know that I definitely felt it and struggled immensely, especially since I entered into this new world of teaching in my first year of university and all of my lectures were two hours long. I didn’t know how to handle it ..read more

Navjot Kahlon is a final year Law student at King's College London. In her post she talks about her career aspirations, public law and human rights! If you're choosing to study law, there is a high chance that you are also interested in a career in law! You might be thinking about a particular area of law that you're fascinated by, anything between commercial and criminal law. However, when I was applying to study law, I didn't really know what area of law I wanted to go into career wise, and that's actually pretty normal - one of the great things about studying law at university is that you'l ..read more

Iza Kashif is a penultimate year History student at King's College London! In her blog contribution, she lays out the different forms of experience that would aid an aspiring barrister as well as documenting the qualification process. The allure of a barrister’s career spans from watching your regular courtroom dramas to physically going to a court and watching barristers present their submissions in front of you. However, the actual process to becoming a barrister is perhaps more daunting! This is where I step in to help guide you through it! Perhaps the first thing that you should be doing i ..read more

Naima Ali is a first year Politics, Philosophy and Law student at King's College London. In her post below provides a comprhensive account on how to decide whether Law is the right degree for you! So, you’re thinking of applying to study Law but you’re not completely sure on whether it’s the right degree for you… Here are a couple of questions to help you out: · Are you interested in learning about the English Legal System? · Do you like reading? · Are you a problem solver? · Do you enjoy writing and researching? · Would your friends or family describe you as argumentative? · Do you really lik ..read more

Marcel Hui is a first year Law student from Hong Kong attending King’s College London. Although he has no clear career plans at the moment, he finds the study of law an exhilarating task. In his post below, he discusses what studying criminal law is like and offers his own personal tips. You’re in for an adventure! When people talk about criminal law, they think of opulent courtrooms, robes and wigs, gruesome murders and criminal masterminds. Whilst these conjectures aren’t necessarily inaccurate, they are but a tip of the iceberg. Criminal law in action is a lot more fun and exciting than any ..read more