In this article, Adriana Żammit examines how Malta’s legal system is influenced by many different factors, including religion. Even though the law today recognises both civil and Catholic marriages, other religious traditions like Islam still have a strong influence on how some people in Malta experience marriage, even if those ceremonies are not legally recognised. […]

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In this article, Jacob Gatt was previously submitted as an assignment for PBL5028 and is being submitted with the author’s permission. The article analyses the relevant procedural grounds in a human rights case in Malta, which led to the unjustifiable outcome of the individual not having full access to remedial action. The article begins by […]

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In this article, Omar Rababah examines the role of minor witnesses within the Maltese law of evidence through two landmark criminal cases: Regina vs Giuseppe Attard and Giuseppe Chetcuti (1862) and Regina vs Aloysia and Emmanuel Camilleri (1961). Both cases involved wilful homicide, multiple accused, and death sentences, though only the former was carried out. […]

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