Maintaining order: Criminal law provides predictability, letting people know what to expect from others. Without criminal law, there would be chaos and uncertainty. Resolving disputes: The law makes it possible to resolve conflicts and disputes between quarrelling citizens. It provides a peaceful, ...

It is difficult to define crime, as it must encompass a range of offences: everything from murder to motoring offences. Farmer argues the definition of crime depends on your perspective (e.g. you will have a different definition of crime depending on ...

AUTONOMY When deciding whether conduct should be criminalised the court must take into account autonomy → this is the idea that one should be able to live their life as they please. Criminal law is used to avoid somebody’s practice of ...

There has been a growing emphasis on the use of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) throughout the years in family cases within England and Wales. This is evident by Part 3 of Family Procedure Rules 2010(FPR)[1] which lists the courts’ powers to ...

Bill Status: On May 13, 2015, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the USA Freedom Act by a vote of 338-88. On June 2, 2015, the Senate passed the USA Freedom Act without amendment by a vote of 67-32. President Obama signed into law the USA Freedom ...

The USA FREEDOM Act of 2014 bans the bulk collection of Americans’ private records. This bill enacts significant reforms to the surveillance authorities that the government has used to justify collecting Americans’ telephone records and Internet metadata in It bans ...

Introduction Terrorism is a part of life and can occur at any given moment, in any given place. When terrorism happens, people are reminded that life is, in fact, entirely unpredictable. Combating terrorism is essential for the safety, and security ...

During the past few years, gun control has been one of the most controversial topics discussed throughout the United States and possibly most the developed world. During these past few years, legislatures from multiple sides of the political spectrum have ...

The crime of breach of the peace in Scottish criminal law will be explained and it will be shown why the crime has been redefined in recent years. In doing so, various case law and academic opinion will be assessed ...

Introduction The sources of public international law have been articulated within Article 38(1) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice; United Nations Security Council resolutions are not included within this. The Namibia Opinion, despite its suggestion in para.126, ...