The claim that education’s only purpose is to prepare young people for the labour market is incorrect. There are many purposes and benefits to education which...
On Monday 17th December, the YLJ had the pleasure of sitting down with and picking the brains of Jolyon Maugham QC in his London chambers. Through...
Jolyon Maugham QC, Founder and Director of the Good Law Project, talks Brexit in an exclusive interview with The YLJ. On Monday 17th December I had...
After a year of contentious debate both within government and among international organisations, the Internal Security Law in Mexico has finally been repealed by the Supreme...
Legal moralism is the theory of jurisprudence which holds that criminal legislation may be used to prohibit or require behaviour based on society’s collective judgment of...
The essence behind lowering academic requirements for women into STEM careers stems from a lack of gender diversity – so imposing lower requirements for women would...
Lord Hailsham in Haughton v Smith famously stated, “an act does not make a man guilty of a crime, unless his mind be also guilty.” With...
“For decades, the right to freedom of assembly has consistently been eroded in favour of the preservation of public order. We have freedom under the police...
In 1965 a small Welsh village in Gwynedd, north Wales was drowned to quench the thirst of an English city. In 1956, a private bill sponsored...
In the common-law system which governs the United Kingdom, there are two primary sources of law. The first are Acts of Parliament, approved by both the...
From 6-8pm tonight, Conservative MPs will vote on whether Theresa May should remain as leader of their party and master of Brexit proceedings. Survive tonight and...
Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right we have been given which cannot be taken away from us. As a democratic society, everyone is entitled...
The past couple of weeks have seen a wave of protests across France. The movement, Gilets Jaunes, takes its name from the yellow high-vis jackets that...
I’ve been learning about Parliamentary sovereignty for the past few weeks. It is perhaps one of the more interesting in the law syllabus currently – what...
Traditionally, in a court of law, a summary judgement is a judgement issued by the court without a full trial. Part 24 of the Civil Procedure...
Within Wales today there is a current estimated population of three million, one hundred and twenty-five thousand and of this population, 29.3% consider themselves to be...
Drug dealing is illegal because it involves the business of illicit drugs. In that case, the crime is providing the illegal substances. However, should a drug...
On the 4th December 2018, the Advocate General released his opinion on whether Article 50 TEU allows for the unilateral revocation of the notification of the intention...