The Overcriminalization of A Society: Who protects us from the state?
Essays On Human Rights , Law & International Relations
by PJ
1M ago
”How could this be? How could offenders have been so thoroughly deprived of their citizenship status and the rights that typically accompany it? Perhaps, because we have become convinced that certain offenders, once they offend, are no longer ‘members of the public’ and cease to be deserving of the kinds of consideration we typically afford to each other.” ( Garland, pp.181-182) Whether it’s detention without trial, imprisonment of the young or the elderly for non-violent immigration and property offences, Capital and Corporal Punishment for non-violent drug offenders, State sanctioned punishm ..read more
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Cambodia’s lost souls
Essays On Human Rights , Law & International Relations
by PJ
1y ago
Essays on Human Rights , Law and International Relations Photo by James Wheeler on Pexels.com My recent visit to Phnom Penh in Cambodia and the outlying killing fields at Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre stirred unsettling emotions; emotions not very  different from those that overwhelm me whenever I cast my mind on the historical atrocities of Auschwitz, Rwanda, former Yugoslavia, or ponder the ongoing brutalities in Myanmar, Syria and Gaza. It’s a feeling of deja vu that eludes any rational, sensible explanation; a sense that millions of men, women and children who have gone before us ha ..read more
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Are Secret Trusts valid Testamentary dispositions?
Essays On Human Rights , Law & International Relations
by PJ
1y ago
Exploring the theroretical justifications for the enforcement of secret trusts The Wills Act 1837, s.9 requires that all testatmentary dispositions be in writing and signed by the Testator, in the presence of two or more attesting witnesses present at the same time. Despite the existence of such statutory formalities, Testators who wish to create a fully secret trust have been known to leave legacies in their will to someone they can trust, having previously instructed them that the legacy concerned is to be held on trusts for a specific individual or individuals; The existence of a half-secre ..read more
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Conceptualizing Backwards Tracing: a paradigm for vindicating the property rights of another
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by PJ
1y ago
Photo by Lucie Liz on Pexels.com The case of Durant (2015) involved a payment of bribes totalling US$10.5 million into a bank account; while at about the same time a total of US$13.5 million had been paid out of that account to the defendants. Yet, the the Privy Council held that all the bribes could be traced to the defendant. The material facts of Brazil v Durant International Corp [2015] UKPC 35 The defendant companies Durant and Kildare registered in the British Virgin Islands were found previously by the Court of Appeal in Jersey to be liable to the Brazil municipality as c ..read more
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Are Secret Trusts valid Testamentary dispositions?
Essays On Human Rights , Law & International Relations
by PJ
1y ago
Exploring the theroretical justifications for the enforcement of secret trusts The Wills Act 1837, s.9 requires that all testatmentary dispositions must be in writing and signed by the Testator, in the presence of two or more attesting witnesses present at the same time. Despite the existence of such statutory formalities, Testators who wish to create a fully secret trust have been known to leave legacies in their will to someone they can trust, having previously instructed them that the legacy concerned is to be held on trusts for a specific individual or individuals; The existence of a half ..read more
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Delving into the ‘lived experiences’ of Criminality
Essays On Human Rights , Law & International Relations
by PJ
1y ago
Exploring the Criticisms of Rational Choice Theory and Sociological, Psychological Positivism Photo by mali maeder on Pexels.com Rational actor theory has been criticized by Cultural criminologists for its overemphasis on the individual’s exercise of free choice in committing crime; while psychological and sociological explanations tend to portray the criminal as one who is predestined to commit crime due to his or her personality traits or social background in which variables such as poverty, income inequalities and racial oppression feature. This essay argues that Classical and Positivist ex ..read more
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Conceptualizing Backwards Tracing: a paradigm for vindicating the property rights of another
Essays On Human Rights , Law & International Relations
by PJ
2y ago
This essay explores the Equitable mechanism of backwards tracing as set out by the the Privy Council in Brazil v Durant International Corp (2015) and argues for its acceptance in English law. The case of Durant (2015) involved a payment of bribes totalling US$10.5 million into a bank account; while at about the same time a total of US$13.5 million had been paid out of that account to the defendants. The facts, however, indicate that bribes amounting to only US$7.7 million had been paid into the account before the money had been paid out to the defendants. The remaining US$2.8 million in bribes ..read more
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Genocide and the Psychology of evil
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by PJ
2y ago
Exploring the psychology behind genocide or mass atrocity; Do mass killers such as genocidaires and terrorists think differently from those who commit petty crimes? It is difficult to support the proposition that all criminals think alike; this is especially since the motivations and ideas behind the atrocities that offenders such as mass killers or genocidaires inflict on their victims seem vastly different to the thoughts and drives possessed by petty criminals such as shoplifters and fraudsters; vastly different at least in the way their thoughts manifest themselves in horrific harms inflic ..read more
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Are War Crimes being committed in Ukraine? Holding perpetrators accountable for atrocities
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by PJ
2y ago
The ICC’s decision to open an investigation into possible war crimes commited in Ukraine The International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan Q, recently announced his decision to open an investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the ongoing Ukraine war waged by Russia. Although Ukraine is not a signatory of the Rome Statute creating the ICC, it has ‘accepted the ICC’s jurisdiction over alleged crimes committed on Ukrainian soil from 20 February 2014 onwards.” Statement of ICC Prosecutor, Karim A.A. Khan QC, on the Situation in Ukraine ..read more
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Juridifying the Death Penalty: A Morally Indefensible Choice
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by PJ
2y ago
This article advocates against the execution of Nagaenthran A/L K Dharmalingam by the State of Singapore; Nagaenthran who has the IQ of 69 was convicted in 2009 by the High Court of Singapore for importing with intent of trafficking 42.72 grams of diamorphine and has spent more than a decade on death row. Nagaenthran was assessed by psychiatrists to possess an IQ of 69, a level of intelligence indicative of learning disability. As Human Rights Watch notes, ‘an I.Q. in the 60 to 70 range is approximately the scholastic equivalent to the third grade.'(See George S. Baroff, Mental Retardatio ..read more
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