Welcome to Acta Iuris. We are an international student-run legal journal covering ongoing legal issues, human rights, and political current events. Our goal is to give youth a platform to engage with legal and political matters that affect their communities, building an international perspective that most student publications don't offer.

Acta Iuris works to ensure that students stand at the forefront of the conversation shaping law and policy. We believe that rigorous student scholarship has a place in public discourse, and we built this journal to give it one.

ISSUE #1

The Determinist Paradox: A Sliding Scale to Elimination

Criminal justice rests on a single, foundational assumption: you chose to do it. An offender freely decided to break the law and therefore deserves to face the consequences—a premise so fundamental that without it, prosecution loses its legitimacy and coherence. It is written into the law’s most basic requirements: mens rea, a guilty mind, is a prerequisite for conviction of any serious crime, because guilt presupposes a choice that could have gone otherwise. Even the law’s n

Iris Chisholm

6 days ago8 min read

Why Iceland Voted No

In the past days, we have witnessed Iceland, by the narrowest of margins, reject continuing negotiations with the European Union on membership. The results were 105,339 for Continuation and 118,040 to continue the pause on further negotiations.1 Articles today will highlight that this victory for ‘Euroscepticism’ comes amid questions about Danish control over neighbouring Greenland from the United States. Another concern is that Iceland lacks an Armed Force and the United Sta

Matthew Gerntholtz

7 days ago7 min read

To What Extent Should Criminal Sentencing Take Into Account the Effect on the Perpetrator’s Family?

Criminal sentencing universally acknowledges the gravity of the offence, moral culpability, and the potential harm imposed on the victim. As a foundation of the legal system, criminal sentencing can impose necessary sanctions whilst balancing the individual’s rehabilitation. Many legal representatives and the framework strive to achieve a ‘just’ outcome by providing fair treatment to all citizens. ‘Just’ in the eyes of the law, taken at face value, fails to analyse the hardsh

Ava Marks

7 days ago8 min read