INTRODUCTION This short paper which is divided into two main parts, an introduction and a conclusion, aims to discuss the issue of corporal punishment on children with special emphasis given to a criminal case decided by a court in Ethiopia in 2012. The first part concerns itself with the events…

Since time immemorial, states and peoples have entered into formal relationships with each other. Over the ages, traditions have developed on how such relationships are conducted. These are the traditions that make up modern ‘international law’. Like domestic law, international law covers a wide range of subjects such as security,…

The “justification” of a right refers to how we argue for its existence, what philosophical assumptions and theories we use to defend and define the right. Politicians, states and people do not necessarily use any explicit philosophical theory to support their views, or to explain why they believe in certain…