LLB Law Taster: When Does the Law Allow you to Break the Law?
What happens when people in desperate circumstances feel they have no option but to break the law?
The legal concept of Necessity has been applied to answer that question in a number of high-profile cases - from 19th century cannibalism, 1970s squatters and more recent medical operations.
This thought-provoking 1-hour session shows how law tells stories, how principles are applied to very different facts and wonders what the limits are to lawfully breaking the law and who determines them.
This talk connects directly with themes from the Legal Systems and Methods and Criminal Law modules on the LLB Law programme at Birkbeck, University of London, offering valuable context and deeper insight into the subject.
