The proposed amendment to the mechanism of appointment of Commissioner for Standards in Public Life reduces public trust within this office by politicising the appointment mechanism of the Commissioner. This proposed amendment states that when a resolution for the appointment is not supported by a two-thirds majority of the House on two votes, the third […]
This weekend GħSL hosted their very own ECHR moot court suitably named, ‘The Last Resort’ inside Malta’s prestigious Constitutional Court in the Valletta Law Courts. This was done in collaboration with the Law Student Society of Ireland from Blackhall University. The adjudicating panel consisted of Chief Justice Emeritus Vincent DeGaetano, Judge Giovanni Bonello and Madame Justice Lorraine […]
GħSL, along with esteemed academics in public Law, have been working on a bill amending article 469A and 469B of the Code of Organisation and Civil Procedure. To further this initiative, GħSL is organising a Conference for Students, Lawyers and Academics on the 11th of January, at the Chamber of Advocates at noon. The aim […]
This is your Last Resort! The GħSL academic committee constantly thinks of new, innovative ideas in order to push the boundaries of legal study outside the classroom. We are firm believers that the best form of learning is by doing, and moot courts are a great practical exercise in order to give students an edge […]
In this article, Dr Tonio Borg examines the conflicts, similarities and contrasts between the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. Tonio Borg, ‘The Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights: conflicts, similarities and contrasts’ (Online Law Journal, 25 July 2020). The juridical relationship in Malta between the Constitution and the European Convention […]
In this article, Andrew Sciberras speculates on potential issues that could arise upon the redemption of a perpetual emphyteusis which have rarely been the subject of court judgments. Carla Farrugia, ‘Article 15 of the ECHR: Should there be a balance between the needs of the State and the rights of the individual?’ (Online Law Journal, […]
Giovanni Bonello, ‘Malta’s Debts to the European Court of Human Rights’ (Online Law Journal, 26 February 2015). The achievements of the European Court of Human Rights (herein also referred as the ‘ECtHR’) are usually stealthy and unassertive; rarely loud, attention-seeking or ostentatious. Individually, they often tend to pass unobserved; cumulatively they have revolutionized the fate […]
Giovanni Bonello, ‘Bribery and Genocide: The Same?’ (Online Law Journal, 23 December 2014). I am pleased to note that the Government has announced new measures to fight corruption. Legislation ‘to remove the applicability of prescription to the offence of corruption’ committed by a Minister, Parliamentary Secretary, Member of the House of Representatives, Mayor or Local […]
Giuseppe Mifsud Bonnici, ‘The Presumption of Innocence: A second look’ (Online Law Journal, 22 December 2014). In 1997, I had a first look at the jurisprudence1 of the European Court of Human Rights and I published a monograph entitled The Presumption of Innocence on the matter in the Mediterranean Journal of Human Rights.2 On examining […]
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