By Nora Wannagat Nora Wannagat is a UCL LLM student that previously completed a BA in Jurisprudence with Law Studies in Europe at the University of Oxford. In this post, she summarises her experience volunteering for a new project at UCL CAJ this year. The City of London Criminal Appeals Clinic is a new pro bono project…
Month: December 2016
Working with MIFUMI to abolish the bride price in Uganda
By Sarah Waliwo Kagale Kulubya A first year LLB student at UCL, writes about her experience volunteering with MIFUMI – a women-led organisation based in Uganda that seeks to end domestic violence. Indigenous customary law defines some social and domestic arrangements, namely marriage, in certain Ugandan tribes.[1] However, the rules of customary law perpetuate inequality in…
What impact is capitalism having on Democracy: from an Emile Durkheim functionalist perspective
By Emmanuel Bazimya Emmanuel Bazimya, an LLM student in International Banking and Finance Law at UCL, considers the impact of capitalism on democracy in light of the recent presidential election in the United States. It is a well-established right that individuals in a democracy have the right to information that allows them to make informed…