The Ultimate Defence?

Steve Hagen wrote in "Buddhism: Plain and Simple" that when we are awake (i.e. enlightened), we are without intention. Thus, Buddhas cannot be convicted of a criminal offence unless it is one of strict liability. Now that I have discovered this, I do hope to see plenty of pretend Buddhas clogging our courts claiming they couldn't have had the necessary mens rea because they had achieved enlightenment.

Introductions...

In this blog I shall be taking a critical and analytical look at English law from the perspective of an undergraduate lawyer at the University of Oxford, as well as ranting about whatever else piques my interest. Some examples of some things I will be talking about: movies, video games, religion and secularism, literature, cake, bananas, and solipsism. Lots and lots of solipsism.

So, let's get this party started shall we?