We often joke that parenthood doesn’t come with a user manual, so we’re all bumbling around trying to make the best of the situation. While it might be funny to think about, the reality is that parents do have certain legal rights and responsibilities towards their offspring. This article aims…
In part one of this article, we looked at the UK’s Equality Act of 2010 as an example of the legislation that protects transgender people from discrimination. This article is a continuation of that, where we will explore the different types of gender reassignment discrimination this piece of legislation aims…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A dog is a potentially dangerous breed when it has certain physical attributes (PPP), which means that its bite can have serious consequences and its aggressiveness and instinct for attack and defense being genetically enhanced. Do not forget that they are dogs created for fighting, fighting against strong animals such…
Welcome to part three of our series diving into the intricacies of the various legal systems around the world. In this article, we are travelling Down Under to see what the Australian Court System looks like. Much like most other Commonwealth countries, Australia has a Common Law legal system, meaning…
