The spotlight shone on women and ethnic minorities being underrepresented in senior management positions over the last few years has led to a raft of measures focused on ‘righting’ the perceived disparities. Among these measures has been the advent of positive action, which is sometimes mistaken for the unlawful positive…
The generally accepted process of being assigned a gender comes from our sex at birth. You are born, the doctor or midwife announces whether you are a boy or girl, and you go through life without questioning it. Well, that’s what most of us do anyway. However, there are those…
In the last two articles, we have seen some unbelievable laws in North Korea that would make you thank your lucky stars for not being born there. However, my dear friend, the list is not yet over! Here’s some more laws to show you the hardships North Koreans face in…
If you’re a fan of shows like CSI, Law and Order and NCIS, you’re probably fascinated by the idea of investigators arriving at a crime scene and collecting enough evidence to solve the mystery and secure an arrest warrant to see the perp behind bars within the space of an…
Obscenity refers to a very narrow category of pornography that violates the current community standards and can be proven to have no serious literary, artistic, political or scientific value. This remains one of the most controversial and confounding areas of First Amendment Law, since, as Justice Potter Stewart put it…
Choosing a baby’s name is one of the first important decisions parents have to make before their children enter the world. The name has been shown to influence many aspects of a child’s life, from their social relationships and personality development to their academic performance and future professional performance. Some psychological…
In many Latin American countries, you can call your baby whatever you want, except Argentina, where there’s a specific list from which parents should choose. Still, some countries have strict laws on the names you can register for your children in the world. Let’s check some of the most captivating…
One of the biggest concerns for parents is the safety of their children. With a rise in sexual awareness amongst the youngest members of our society, coupled with the fact there are still deviants who prey on children, all parents live in fear that their child could be next. It…
While deciding to pursue a career in law, a lot of prospective students tend to think only of civil and criminal law and tend to forget that there are many specialist branches out there. One of the more obscure, yet extremely lucrative branches of law is Maritime law, or the…
This article will cover the second part of our first post on Strange Laws From Across the World. If you haven’t read it yet, you can check it here. In a perfect world, we would like to believe that everyone lives according to the laws of a country… But, as…
