Isabelle Qian
- Aug 20
- 8 min
Landowners' environmental responsibility
Under common-law jurisdictions, the law – legislative and judiciary counterparts – should impose an inherent positive duty on owners and...
Alexandre G
- Jan 24, 2022
- 6 min
The tragedy of the 11th Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment to the US Constitution is a rather arcane and little-known section of the Constitution. It is interesting,...
Spade Z
- Jan 9, 2022
- 2 min
Drew Adams and Trans Rights
"I sat with three other counsellors standing over me. They told me I wasn't allowed to use the men's restroom," he says.
Spade Z
- Dec 5, 2021
- 2 min
Public Interest Litigation
Can poor and marginalised communities ever receive justice in India? How are they expected to approach the court?
Isabelle Qian
- Nov 14, 2021
- 1 min
Legal cases that changed the world
What are some cases that made a profound impact on the legal sphere? Ranging from land law to criminal procedure - check out each brief...
Isabelle Qian
- Oct 22, 2021
- 2 min
Other theories..?
What are other legal theories are there? Law, rules, sovereigns seem to be quite dull... Are there any other EXCITING theories?! Realism...
Spade Z
- Oct 21, 2021
- 2 min
Criminalization of sodomy - Its impact on the LGBT community
A sodomy law is essentially a law that defines certain sexual acts to be crimes.
Isabelle Qian
- Oct 20, 2021
- 3 min
Law and Society
(aka Sociological Legal Theory) Now we have read a lot about how philosophers endeavor to dissect what "law" meant, how about how law...
Isabelle Qian
- Oct 15, 2021
- 4 min
Law and justice
Where do our 'rights' come from? Why is everyone claiming 'rights' right now? How do we differentiate individual demands from fundamental...
Isabelle Qian
- Oct 5, 2021
- 3 min
Moral integrity of law - Ronald Dworkin
Is it possible for morality to be incorporated in the judgment of law? Doesn't the judge adjudicate a case based on their perspective?...
Isabelle Qian
- Oct 2, 2021
- 4 min
Legal positivists
Have you ever wondered whether law is able to extract itself from the idea of "right and wrong" (hence morality)? Do social norms (i.e.,...
Isabelle Qian
- Sep 28, 2021
- 2 min
Natural Rights
Have you ever thought of if there is a higher norm above laws that our government has passed? What happens if our government passes an...
Isabelle Qian
- Sep 8, 2021
- 5 min
Privacy law in the UK
Evolved through common law, later European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), then Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA). 💡 The right to privacy...
Jyoti Kumari
- Sep 4, 2021
- 2 min
Covid-19 Vaccines - Patent waiver Debate
An initiative was started by India and South Africa at the "World Trade Organization" to impose a waiver on the patent of COVID-19 vaccines
Jyoti Kumari
- Sep 4, 2021
- 2 min
What will happen if I don't get a patent?
So, if you don't patent your Invention or your creative work, people are surely going to copy and sell your invention.
Jyoti Kumari
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
Patent Duration and expiration...
The validity of a patent is for a maximum 20 years, starting from the filing date of the patent application.
Jyoti Kumari
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
Importance and advantages of patents
"The importance of patents is recognized globally"
Patent law promotes "innovation of technology".
Jyoti Kumari
- Aug 31, 2021
- 2 min
Patentable and Non patentable inventions
Invention and discoveries like "Theory of Relativity", "Newton Laws" and "Theory of Gravity" do not qualify for this.
Jyoti Kumari
- Aug 26, 2021
- 2 min
To Patent or Not To Patent?
A patent is nothing but a monopoly provided by the government officials, an authority, protection and permission to sell your inventions.
Isabelle Qian
- Aug 25, 2021
- 1 min
The Law in Litigation
By Brynlee Gray The meaning of litigation in law refers to cross fires and appointing two opposing sides of an argument, who are working...