/library/oar/handle/123456789/63287 2025-12-28T15:46:02Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/63419 Title: Id-Dritt : Volume 8 : December 1977 Abstract: 1/ David J. Attard - 'Fluctibus haud aequis': a brief analysis of the current talks on the new law of the sea -- 2/ Elspeth Attwooll - The elements of crime -- 3/ Vincent A. De Gaetano - Violence in context -- 4/ Joseph Maximilian Ganado and Hugh Peralta - Jurisdiction in actions by mortgagees -- 5/ O.Hood Phillips - Devolution within the United Kingdom -- 6/ John M. Vassallo - Lowell vs. Caruana and Governmental Liability in Malta -- 7/ Deċiżjonijiet tal -qorti ta' l-appell ċivili u kummerċjali, 1975 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/63418 Title: 'Fluctibus haud aequis' : a brief analysis of the current talks on the new law of the sea Authors: Attard, David J. Abstract: The nations of the world are now facing decisions of momentus importance to mankind's use of the oceans for decades ahead. At issue is whether the oceans will be used rationally and equitably and for the benefit of all mankind, or whether they will become an arena of unrestrained exploitation and conflicting jurisdictional claims in which even the most advantaged states will be the losers. 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/63417 Title: The elements of crime Authors: Attwooll, Elspeth Abstract: Apart from those offences that are defined to exclude such considerations, the commission of a crime is normally understood to involve the presence of mens rea on the part of the actor. And the corresponding maxim actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea is a well-established one. A crime is thus taken, standardly at least, to be comprised of two main elements: the acrus reus or guilty act, comprising all the physical or material ingredients of the crime; and the mens rea or guilty mind, comprising all the mental ones. Within this traditional dichotomy, the actus reus is seen as an event occurring in space and time and, as such, open to observation and verification. Although brought about by the actor and hence ascribable to him it is not in any sense part of him. The element of mens rea, however, while also accepted as existing in space and time, is not observable and is, hence, unverifiable. And, although it ·must be imputed to the actor, it is internal to him and thus an aspect of him. On the above account, then, a crime consists in two separate elements linked through the actor - a guilty act perpetrated by him and a guilty mind with respect to it on his part. This account is, however, too simplistic by far and highly misleading in consequence. 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z /library/oar/handle/123456789/63414 Title: Violence in context Authors: De Gaetano, Vincent A. Abstract: 'We live in an increasingly violent world.' This 'statement of fact' sums up one of the most popular ideas of our time, an idea that is affirmed and confirmed almost daily in the media 's coverage of acts of brutality, aggression and violence. The message of the media is clear - violence is bad, abnormal, irrational and mindless, and its prevalence to-day is symptomatic of the ills of our society; senseless actions in a sick society; something must be done. 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z