MECACS Student Essay Prize Results

MECACS is delighted to announce the winners of our second Student Essay competition on “The Rule of Law and its role in the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus.” Students from all levels of study in a range of the University’s Schools (Film Studies, History, International Relations, Modern Languages, Philosophy and Psychology) contributed to an especially competitive cohort in this second annual MECACS Student Essay Competition. Congratulations to our winners and honourable mentions and thank you to all students who participated. The winning essays will be published on the MECACS blog in due course – watch this space!

Winners

Shona McCallum: ‘The rule of law in the Israel-Palestine conflict: legislating occupation’ (2nd Year, School of International Relations)

Stuart Harrison Ramsey: ‘The Assise sur la Ligece: a reevaluation of the actions of the Outremer barons during the thirteenth century’ (3rd Year, School of History)

Alex Giannos: ‘News analysis – four Palestinians killed during Israeli raid in West Bank’ (Middle East, Central Asia and Caucasus Security Studies Masters programme)

Honourable Mention

Hoochang Yi: ‘The role of the rule of law in the rise of contemporary homophobia in the Middle East’ (1st Year, School of Philosophy and Film Studies)

Daria-Gabriela Gușă: ‘Saudi Arabia’s non-penalized transgressions against the international rule of law as a result of its bilateral relationship with the United States’ (2nd Year, School of International Relations)

Dorothy Greene: ‘Shari’a and Kanun: A Study of the Ottoman Empire’sLegal System in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries’ (4th Year, School of History)

Joseph Cryan: ‘To what extent did the Achaemenid empire enjoy the Rule of Law?’ (3rd Year, School of History)