Our law doesn't always keep pace with teachings from science, psychology, brain development, or mental health. But when it finally catches up, it is indeed newsworthy. For example, it was in 2012 ...

I don’t want my sons to taint our good image.” “You know mom, they are teaching us the art of self-defence in school,” revealed Din Din who had joined them in the conversation.

This paper attempts to link legal and theoretical perspectives of the use of force in self-defence and, thereafter, formulates a conceptual framework based on these two key concepts: use of force as a ...