The ‘machinery of justice’ is a complex system, symbolised by the blind Lady Justice. Conceptually, her blindfold seeks to eliminate prejudice within the Law, but in a society that has evolved to see, appreciate and understand differences between individuals, should the Lady
On the 4th of January 2023, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak unveiled a list of top goals for 2023 comprising of five commitments—one of which was to "Stop the Boats.”1 This promise pertained to inflatable dinghies carrying migrants fleeing economic desolation and war that……
Britain’s current civil legal aid system has not progressed or ensured that the law remains accessible to individuals since the introduction of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO).1 The Act has caused individuals just above the……
Human rights as a principle give practical effect to the notion that all human beings are entitled to a certain threshold of humanity— as derived from a complex relationship between legal and moral rights.1 A stronger set of statutory laws were implemented after…….
Professor Westmorland has argued that we are ‘surrounded by messages that serve to minimize and hide sexual violence and dismiss the experience of survivors’ [1]. This can certainly be seen to be reflected in the history of English law, which disregarded the act of rape once a woman was no longer a virgin, having already ‘lost her virtue’ [2].
Alexander Lukashenko, whose legitimacy has been recently questioned by world leaders, has retained his decades-long position as the leader of Belarus [1], allegedly winning 80% of the votes [2]. On the night after the election, internet access was blocked [3]; people flowed into the streets in disagreement, which resulted in brutal clashes with the police [4].
Capital punishment is the ‘government sanctioned practice’ that leads to the ‘legal authorisation’ of the killing of an individual [1]. Through the use of international treaties governing the concept, there is an argument that the law surrounding the death penalty has progressed from imposing punishment to determining the inherent value of a human life.
