PREFACE
The Student Law Review comprises of the most exceptional theses written by students of the St.
Augustine Law Faculty for Legal Methods, Research and Writing as well as the Independent
Research Paper courses. It represents the inaugural Student Law Review which will be published
annually. The Student Law Review touches on various critical issues in the local jurisprudence,
some of which are insufficiently addressed.
The Publications Committee of the St. Augustine Law Society has already published their first
legal periodical in the form of the St. Augustine Legal Affairs, and intends to build upon its everincreasing imperative legacy.
Among the controversial issues addressed in the Student Law Review is abortion which is
currently illegal in Trinidad and Tobago, except in cases of a threat to the life or health of the
pregnant woman.
Moreover, despite the