Category: Criminal Law

Use of Criminal Law to Regulate Air Pollution in The UK Air pollution in the UK is regulated under various statutes. The question regarding their efficiency however, still remains debatable. Whilst most cases have been brought forward via the tort of nuisance, there are a few instances where individuals and companies have been prosecuted for…

Methods of Performing Criminal Records Check Criminal records check is one step of the procedure involved in due diligence research conducted on individuals. And even though our age today is referred to as the digital age, digitized information may not be enough in performing a comprehensive criminal records check. Often, old-fashioned gum shoe techniques are…

The Principles of The English Criminal Law This essay is going to explain and judge the rules and standards of criminal law in the light of certain guiding principles of restraint in the construction and use of the criminal law. Harm The principle of harm presents a concept of crime where a conduct must only…

Application of Criminal Law Provisions as Mandatory Rules of Governing Law Even if none of the parties raises a claim of illegality in the course of arbitral proceedings, the tribunal might still be obliged to look into the issue sua sponte in light of its obligation to apply mandatory provisions of the law applicable to…

UKs Criminal Law Dealing Adequately With Online Abuse to Protect the Public The fast-paced development of digital technology has opened a pandoras box of new behaviours under online abuse, which negatively impacts individuals of all ages, particularly young people. The governments task of successfully classifying online abuse as criminal offences, is becoming increasingly difficult. A…

Genes Made Me Do It: Genetics, Responsibility and Criminal Law People in society are more aware of what they think causes a person to commit a crime. These causes range from addiction, the criminal being sexually or physically abused in the past and other bad backgrounds. Criminal responsibility is a concept that forms the core…

The Problem of Inadequacy of The English Law Over the years the law on Intention and Recklessness had been under academic scrutiny and criticism for being inconsistent. Several adaptations were introduced in the evolution of the law making it more settled such as the House of Lords decision in Woollin, and this essay aims to…

Differences Between The Civil and Criminal Cases A Civil and Criminal case is very different, yet many individuals have a tendency to overlook that. The word litigation means resolving disputes within the court. The first difference between filing a case whether it is civil or criminal depends on who can file a case in the…

Women and Criminal Law The concept of equality requires equity to prevail. However, the history of social development is itself the past of inequality – between countries, race, culture, class, caste, faiths and sexual orientation. In between this chaos, the issue of women’s rights reveals itself most prominently, cutting through all the stratums of social…

The Issue of Ex-offenders to Become Productive Members of Society I stand in negation of the resolution to improve the educational standards for inmates not because inmates do not deserve a second chance, but because this education will not provide them a sufficient second chance for the following two reasons: (say both bullet point titles)…