The Death Penalty

THE DEATH PENALTY Abstract The article focuses on the law of death penalty which was established in the seventh B.C. the death penalty included the laws for such actions or deed committed by people who commit a sin or an action is regarded as unlawful. In this...

Female Political Participation

The right to participate in the political life and the right to vote and stand for election are essential citizenship rights.[1] However, the lack of equal representation of historically excluded groups was not until recently considered a shortcoming of democracy...

Liability for Murder

Question 1 Charlie attacks Betty with an ashtray, killing her and incurring prima facie liability for murder. The actus reus of murder is causing death which requires that the defendantÂ’s act satisfies factual and legal causation. As there are no competing causes of...

Criminal Justice System

Title How can a Restorative Justice approach work in our current Criminal Justice System? Restorative Justice Introduction Before the Restorative Justice Act was enacted by the Maltese Parliament in 2010 and subsequently coming into force in 2012 with the publication...

Pollution Law

Question 1 Introduction We will consider water and air pollution. We will look at what causes harm to each of these media. We will then move on to consider the legal provisions in place to counteract or prevent that harm. Water This is mainly concerned with inland and...