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Ahmed v H.M Advocate, public harassment of women and girls and the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 section 38(1). (2022)
Journal Article
SHARP, L. 2022. Ahmed v H.M Advocate, public harassment of women and girls and the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 section 38(1). Juridical Review [online], 4, pages 197-211. Available from: http://legalresearch.westlaw.co.uk/

The Working Group on Misogyny in Criminal Justice in Scotland recommended in March 2022 that there should be a Misogyny and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act which would inter alia create a new statutory offence of public misogynistic harassment. This... Read More about Ahmed v H.M Advocate, public harassment of women and girls and the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 section 38(1)..

Extending the frontier of the Nigerian insanity defence: comparative analyses of the insanity defence in England and Scotland to offer alternative options for development. (2022)
Thesis
EZE, K.U. 2022. Extending the frontier of the Nigerian insanity defence: comparative analyses of the insanity defence in England and Scotland to offer alternative options for development. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2071637

Criminal responsibility determines whom the law will punish. A person must be criminally responsible before a court can punish them. The situation is challenging when a defendant raises insanity as a defence to criminal responsibility, because not ev... Read More about Extending the frontier of the Nigerian insanity defence: comparative analyses of the insanity defence in England and Scotland to offer alternative options for development..