Distinguished Lecture - Legal Alienation: Explaining the Absence of Civil Claims

Event Date

From Wednesday 12 Feb 2025 - 05:30 PM To Wednesday 12 Feb 2025 - 07:00 PM

Venue

NUS Law (Bukit Timah Campus), Wee Chong Jin Moot Court

Organiser

National University of Singapore Faculty of Law

Practice Area

Contemporary issues in legal practice

MEC segment

Training Level

Foundation

Public CPD Points

Event Outline

This lecture will explain a surprising phenomenon - the absence of legal claims and illustrate the theme of “legal alienation” with data from USA and Thailand. Although these 2 countries differ in many ways, research on injury victims by David Engel & Jaruwan Engel reveals some unexpected commonalities: a distaste for the civil justice system, a reluctance to assert rights, and a tendency for injury victims to blame themselves rather than hold another person/ entity responsible for their loss.

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Event Attachment

NUS-250050_EventBrochure.pdf