Where Exeter's Legal Minds Express Themselves
Bentham states that ‘[a]ll punishment is mischief; all punishment in itself is evil’.[1] Indeed, punishment is eo ipso wrong—it infringes basic human rights such as liberty. There exist two prominent philosophies seeking to justify criminal punishment: utili... More »
There is a question of whether the law has struck the right balance between protecting the interests of buyers and sellers within both commercial and consumer contracts. This can only be answered after identifying exactly which interests the law intends to pro... More »
Introduction Human dignity is a significant and complex legal concept that has featured in historical accounts of philosophy and throughout the twentieth-century and has found its way into national constitutions and human rights instruments.[1] This essay seek... More »
Injustice, translated from adikia, identifies a ‘wide concept’ in Greek; it encompasses not only crime, but also civil wrongs such as tort or breach of contract[1]. Its conceptual breadth, however, has not rendered it incapable of succinct definition: thus, sa... More »