Law According To A King

"Two students currently studying A-Levels, having just finished the first year, aspiring to do Law at university with interests in both criminal law and commercial law." The past year has seen the rise of intense demonstrations all around the world ultimately named as part of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement. Regarded as the spark of these protests, on the 25th of May 2020 Minneapolis Police Department detained George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man accused of buying cigarettes with a ‘counterfeit’ $20 bill. Derek Chauvin, one of the police officers who was tasked with detaining Floyd, kept his knee on his neck for around nine minutes resulting in unconsciousness and ultimately the death of George Floyd. On April 20th 2021 Mr. Chauvin was convicted of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. The case was heavily publicised with a lot of media coverage and many agreed Derek Chauvin received a fair trial yet some argue, due to the ...

"My name is Safiya Rizvi. I will be starting year 13 this September. I want to do pursue higher studies and career opportunities in the field of law. I am trying to gain work experience, for example, I just did a law work experience program with Springpod. My interests are public speaking, debating and doing Theater. Besides English, I also know French and Hindi as other languages. I have good analytical, research and communication skills because of my A-level subjects." What is ‘Hate Speech’? First and foremost, the legal definition of Hate Speech differs from country to country. Let’s see how the Cambridge Dictionary defines it - "public speech that expresses hate or encourages violence towards a person or group based on something such as race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation". These aspects of a person’s identity are known as ‘protected strands’ of identity. Any form of communication that demonstrates hatred towards any individual based on, along with the th...

" I'm 17 and currently doing my A-levels in History, Government & Politics and Philosophy & Ethics. I enjoy cooking, video games and debating social problems with others; which'll hopefully help me when I go to University to do law." Arabella, a young woman in her late 20s, was left confused and scared after an encounter with a man called Zain. Whilst the beginning of their hook up began well, midway through Arabella’s partner removed his condom without her knowledge and consent. She felt violated after learning what he did, not knowing that non-consensual condom removal (also known as ‘stealthing’) is rape and prosecutable under UK law.  Whilst Arabella and her story is fiction, from the 2020 BBC show “I May Destroy You”, stealthing is all too real and a growing problem in the 21st century. But what is stealthing? While it seems to be very self-explanatory as just the removal of a condom without a person’s consent, there are nuances within the law that broade...

"I'm an A-level student studying English Literature, History, and Government and Politics, currently serving as Deputy Head Girl of Herschel Grammar School, and a Co-Founder of the Herschel Law Society. I hope to study Law at university and pursue a career in the legal industry. I love to read - currently reading "The Idiot" by Fyodor Dostoevsky"." The question raised about felon disenfranchisement also inevitably raises the question as to whether the prison system should be more about rehabilitation, or punishment; something which must also be considered when contemplating this predicament. Convicted persons, during the time that they are detained in a penal institution, are legally incapable of voting at any parliamentary or local government election . One presumes this to be completely preposterous because prisoners, even those who serve the average life sentence, will eventually be released into society, and will be expected to become productive citizen...

"I would consider myself a confident person who likes to socialise and spend time with their friends in their free time. However, I have a more serious side and in my spare time also like to debate current issues in the world and consider different viewpoints about these issues." In 1707, English law became one of two legal systems in different parts of the same  United Kingdom. Since then, the law is something that billions of people put their faith in daily: from trusting that people will be fined for not picking up their rubbish to trusting that  the big, bad criminals will be locked up in prison. However, devastating mistakes have made  many people in todays’ society, including me, question should we truly trust the legal system  that we have relied on for many years? If I say the names Derek Bentley and Elijah McClain  you may not recognise them. But that is where the problem lies, these two innocent people  deserve to be talked about more and how the ...

"17-year-old currently studying law, RE and History at A Levels." 1. Anti-Asian hate crimes during COVID-19. While the pandemic has wreaked havoc on people's health around the world, it has also resulted in an increase in hate crimes targeting a specific racial group. East Asians have recently been subjected to more heinous abuse than ever before and with COVID-19's origins in China, many uneducated individuals have taken it upon themselves to racially attack anyone Asian, believing that just because they are of Asian descent they need to be referred to as some disease. According to data from the UK police, hate crimes against East and Southeast Asians increased by 300 percent in the first quarter of 2020, compared to the same period in 2018 and 2019. From name calling, to physical abuse, there has been a wide range of attacks and they are damaging the safety of Asians in society. Jonathon Mok, 23 was just simply walking along Oxford Street when he heard the chants of...