Wikiversity Law Review

part of the SCHOOL OF LAW

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| Subject classification: this is a law learning projects resource.

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| Educational level: this is a research resource.

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The Wikiversity Law Review is a freely-licensed series of journal-style articles on the law. You can post any scholarly article, case note, or brief that you have written and it will be reviewed (although there is no timescale for this) and feedback provided. In the interim this series will be informal but the long-term aim is to transform it into a more formal peer-reviewed WikiJournal of Law in association with the WikiJournal project.

Legal scholarship can be completely objective, but commonly requires at least a conclusion which expresses an opinion. Please limit any editing of articles that you did not write, to general fixes and correcting gramatical errors because these articles are scholarly in nature, and many will contain some bias.

## Potential articles in Category:Wikiversity Law Review

1. Aboriginal will-making
2. Australian Law/Bill of Rights
3. Bideford Witch Trial
4. Center for Corporate Auditing, Responsibility and Management policy Authoring/The Duty and Responsibility to Promote and Enforce the Right to Education
5. David Watts, short papers
6. Death penalty
7. Educational Law & Ethics
8. English Law/Short titles
9. Media Ownership and Power
10. Protection from Harassment Act 1997
11. Should abortion be legal?
12. Should animal testing be legal?
13. Should cannabis be legal?
14. Should capital punishment be legal?
15. Should civilians be prohibited from owning firearms?
16. Should same-sex marriage be legal?
17. Should suicide be legal?
18. Should voluntary euthanasia be legal?
19. To what extent did Hitler and Mao subvert and manipulate the legal systems and processes of their countries to consolidate their own power?
20. United Kingdom Law/Reform
21. United Kingdom Law/Unnecessary Enactments

In Sub-Category:Owning the Intangible

1. Owning the Intangible/CopyTube 2.0
2. Owning the Intangible/IP vs. IP
3. Owning the Intangible/Music Sampling
4. Owning the Intangible/Originality
5. Owning the Intangible/Patenting the Human Genome
6. Owning the Intangible/Sharing Music
7. Owning the Intangible/Sports Patents
8. Owning the Intangible/Trademarks on Common Words
9. Owning the Intangible/True Ownership

## Suggested research questions

Please feel free to adopt one of these questions or add a new one.

* Morality is incompatible with the Rule of Law. Discuss.
* Should judicial decisions be based on political grounds?
* The Law should be kept separate from Economics and Politics. Discuss.
* The criminal law exists only to enforce moral principles. Discuss.
* Why do most people obey the law?
* Critically evaluate the modern impact of positivism?
* Liberal feminism has had a major impact on English Law. Discuss.
* Should the British Constitution be codified?
* Evaluate the role of the Royal Prerogative in the British legal system?
* Discuss the extent to which EU Member States can restrict the free movement of goods.
* Examine the extent to which the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea inhibits the territorial rights of coastal states.
* Should consideration be part of modern contract law?
* Should journalists be granted greater protections for freedom of speech?
* Judicial review is encouraging overreach by the courts into legislative powers. Discuss.
* Case law should not be binding on future cases. Discuss.
* Critically evaluate the interpretation of torture by the European Court of Human Rights with respect to Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
* Human rights must necessarily be curtailed in an age of increased terrorism. Discuss
* Critically evaluate the extent of UK privacy law in light of the Human Rights Act 1998.
* There will never be sufficient legislative safeguards to enable the legalization of assisted suicide. Discuss.
* Critically evaluate the moral and legal aspects of the debate on abortion.
* The law on abortion should be updated to reflect the rights of the father. Discuss.
* Research into stem cells should be allowed for aesthetic purposes. Discuss.
* International law should take precedence over national law. Discuss.
* The need to protect brand value should take precedence over the public interest in trademark protection. Discuss.
* The law relating to secondary infringement in online copyright infringement is insufficient for the current needs of copyright holders. Discuss.
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## Research ideas

* The legal effects and impact of Brexit for the U.K. and the EU.
* The repercussions of cuts to the UK legal aid budget.
* The moral issues of tax havens as a legal tool for the wealthy.
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