An essay by 2nd year LLB student, Ivona Zegrean Assessed by Prof Jeremy Horder, King’s College London Mark Achieved: First Class (74%) Written in April 2011 Word Count: 7172 1. Introduction Murder, defined by Lord Coke in the 17th century as the unlawful killing of a person with malice aforethought, can be regarded as [...]
Guilty of murder? An Application of Oblique Intention in the Law of Murder to Medical Cases (part 2)
Articles // Friday, 25th November 2011We submit that Bland would have been a murder case, because both the mens rea and the actus reus (in the form of an omission to act while under a duty to do so) requirements would have been satisfied had it not been for the consideration of the patient’s best interest, as established in Re [...]
In what ways, if at all, is the law governing automatism and insanity in need of reform?
Essays // Friday, 25th November 2011An essay by 2nd year LLB student, Dominic Wong Assessed by Dr Dennis Baker / Prof Jeremy Horder, King’s College London Mark Achieved: First Class (78%) Written in May 2011 Word Count 2245 The law on automatism and insanity has been controversial in its application and scope. There are many justifications for having a law [...]
Is globalisation forcing us to accept a marginalisation of state-made law?
Essays // Wednesday, 23rd November 2011An essay by 3rd year LLB student, Chris Hobson Assessed by Dr Mary Vogel, King’s College London Mark Achieved: First Class (78%) Written in May 2011 Word count: 3894 Globalisation and its effect on state-made law cannot be theorised using traditional techniques. As Twining remarks: “Globalisation and interdependence challenge ‘black box’ theories that treat nation-states [...]
Do resulting trusts form a unitary category, or are there analytically distinct types of resulting trusts?
Essays // Wednesday, 23rd November 2011An essay by 3rd year Jurisprudence student, Julius Grower Assessed by C.E. Webb, Oxford University Mark Achieved: First Class (73%) Written in January 2011 Word Count 3323 The best answers to legal questions are those which involve the consistent application of law, rather than the making of ad hoc decisions. The consistent application of law depends [...]
Barker – a critical assessment
Essays // Tuesday, 22nd November 2011Critically assess the judgments of the House of Lords in Barker. Would you have sided with the majority or the minority? An essay by Sarah Curry, First Year Jurisprudence Assessed by Professor Beatrice Krebs, Oxford University Mark Achieved: First Class (72%) Written in June 2011 Barker[i] deals with the area of causation in the tort of negligence. [...]
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