Podcast Episodes

Wills (2023): Legal history of wills (Part Two)

Legislation.

Such were the principal stages in the history of the law as it affected wills made before 1838 or proved before 1858. The principal Acts in force in the early twentieth century were the …

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Tort law (2022): Remedies: Trover (Part One)

Trover is a form of lawsuit in common-law countries for recovery of damages for wrongful taking of personal property. Trover belongs to a series of remedies for such wrongful taking, its distinctive …

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Intellectual property (2023): Plant genetic resources

Plant genetic resources describe the variability within plants that comes from human and natural selection over millennia. Their intrinsic value mainly concerns agricultural crops (crop biodiversity)…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Criminal procedure (2023): Post-sentencing: Pardon

A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon may be granted before or after conviction fo…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against the public: Duel + Sumptuary laws

A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon rules.

During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single c…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Wills (2023): Legal history of wills (Part One)

Legal history of wills

Wills have a lengthy history.

Ancient Greece.

The Ancient Greek practice concerning wills was not the same in all places; some states permitted men to dispose of their estates,…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Tort law (2022): Remedies: Replevin

Replevin or claim and delivery (sometimes called revendication) is a legal remedy, which enables a person to recover personal property taken wrongfully or unlawfully, and to obtain compensation for r…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Intellectual property (2023): Patent (Part Two)

Governing laws.

The grant and enforcement of patents are governed by national laws, and also by international treaties, where those treaties have been given effect in national laws. Patents are grant…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Criminal procedure (2023): Post-sentencing: Miscarriage of justice (Part Two)

Compensation for wrongful conviction.

Article 14(6) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) states that when a miscarriage of justice has occurred and the defendant's conv…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago

Criminal law (2022): Crimes against the public: Anti-miscegenation laws (Part Two)

Repeal of anti-miscegenation laws, 1948–1967.

In 1948, the California Supreme Court ruled in Perez v Sharp (1948) that the California anti-miscegenation laws violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the …

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago