QUBSLJ Issue Eight
I am delighted to present the Eighth Issue of the Queen’s University Belfast student Law Journal and the first issue of 2024. It has been a pleasure to reinstate the journal from its hiatus since 2021 and to be able…
Legal Theory Encourages Alternative Truths in Construing Law
Legal Theory Encourages Alternative Truths in Construing Law Author: Samantha Hopkins Queen’s University, Belfast The concept of “alternative truths” embodies the fundamental differences of perspective inherent in individuals. One person may perceive a woman wearing hijab…
Assessing the Tort Framework for Liability within Medical Negligence in the United Kingdom
Assessing the Tort Framework for Liability within Medical Negligence in the United Kingdom Author: Kellie Morwood Queen’s University Belfast Abstract Patient autonomy is regarded as one of the most valuable attributes of modern medical jurisprudence, therefore, the consideration…
The Presumption of Innocence is like a Golden Thread in the Criminal Justice System
The Presumption of Innocence is like a Golden Thread in the Criminal Justice System Author: Chun Shuo Lum Queen’s University Belfast Presumption of Innocence The presumption of innocence is one of the most important and…
The Challenges Reparations for Mass Atrocities Present
The Challenges Reparations for Mass Atrocities Present in Relation to Relevant Case Studies Author: Gamaliel Kan Queen’s University, Belfast Abstract Truth and Reconciliation Commissions (TRC) have been one of the mechanisms that are widely…
Establishing a Formal Reparations Programme for Victims of the Troubles in Northern Ireland
Establishing a Formal Reparations Programme for Victims of the Troubles in Northern Ireland Author: Amber Kelly Queen’s University, Belfast Abstract The complex reality of the political conflict in Northern Ireland has resulted in a…
Individual and Collective Reparations in Remedying International Crime
Individual and Collective Reparations in Remedying International Crime: Can they be effective? Author: Aaron Murchan Queen’s University Belfast – Abstract Reparations aim, at their very basis, to return a victim to the…
The Supreme and Supranational European Union
The Supreme and Supranational European Union Author: Alison Koh Durham University The TEEC created a ‘new legal order’ binding institutions of Member States and their citizens[1] – curtailing state sovereignty and reshaping national…
Violence Against Women and the Defence of Provocation in the Republic of Ireland
Violence Against Women and the Defence of Provocation in the Republic of Ireland Author: Clíodhna Ní Chéileachair University College Dublin – Provocation operates as a partial defence to a murder conviction in Ireland. The defence is intended as a ‘concession…
Regulation 3 EA (D) R 2010: Institutionalising a Stereotype?
Regulation 3 EA(D)R 2010: Institutionalising a Stereotype? Author: Harry John Matthews University of Durham – I. Introduction On the 10th of May 2001, Tobias Mason was medically diagnosed with depression and prescribed…
