Gwyneth Bebb法律論文比賽（2025年取消比賽）
--寫作比賽的主題與法律相關--
牛津大學 St Hugh's College 的 Julia Wood 歷史寫作比賽在學生與家長心中的口碑極高。在2023年，St Hugh's College 順勢開辦兩門全新的寫作比賽：Kavita Singh 與 Gwyneth Bebb。
格溫妮絲·貝伯（Gwyneth Bebb）法律征文比賽
格溫妮絲·貝伯 (Gwyneth Bebb, 1889-1921) 是第一批在牛津大學獲得法律學位的女性之一，也是第一位獲得一等榮譽的女性；她是一位教育和法律先驅。
Gwyneth Bebb (1889-1921), was one of the first women to be awarded a degree in Law at Oxford, and the first to achieve first-class honours; she was an educational and legal pioneer.
2024Gwyneth Bebb寫作題目
圣休學院的校長和研究員很高興為回答以下問題的最佳論文提供高達 500 英鎊的獎金：
為以下兩個命題辯護:
1.陪審團作為我國刑事審判程序的一部分的部署應該被廢除。
2.我們的司法機構沒有特別的理由代表這個國家的人民。
Defend one of the following two propositions:
1.The deployment of juries as part of this country’s criminal trial procedure should be abolished.
2.There is no particular reason for our judiciary to be representative of this country’s population.
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Gwyneth Bebb比賽時間
報名截止日期為 2024年7月26日星期五下午5點。
獲獎者將于 9 月底在線公布。
The closing date for entries is 5pm on Friday 26th July 2024.
Prize winners will be announced online by the end of September.
咨詢Gwyneth BebbGwyneth Bebb參賽要求
不需要詳細的英國法律知識；事實上，雖然可以參考國家媒體報道的案例，但參賽者不應在其作品中引用任何具體的判例法或法規。相反，他們被鼓勵考慮原則問題。評委們將關注參賽者從更廣泛的規則中推理并構建清晰連貫的論點的能力。
入學僅限于在截止日期已在任何國家資助的學校或學院學習不超過兩年的 Sixth Form 的學生。
參賽作品的長度應在 1,500 到 2,000 字之間（包括任何應保持在最低限度的腳注），并且必須以 Microsoft Word 文檔形式連同格溫妮絲·貝伯獎封面頁一起提交。請使用此頁面上的表格提交您的參賽作品。
No detailed knowledge of English law is required to answer it; indeed, while cases reported in the national media may be referred to, entrants should not look to cite any specific case law or statutes in their work. Rather, they are encouraged to think about things a matter of principle. The judges will be looking out for an entrant’s ability to reason from wider precepts and to construct clear and coherent arguments.
Entry is restricted to pupils who, at the closing date, have been in the Sixth Form of any state-funded school or college for a period of not more than two years.
Entries should be between 1,500 and 2,000 words in length (including any footnotes which should be kept to a minimum), and must be submitted as a Microsoft Word document, together with the Gwyneth Bebb Prize cover sheet. Please submit your entry using the form on this page.
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Gwyneth Bebb格溫妮絲·貝伯
格溫妮絲·貝伯
Gwyneth Marjorie Bebb (Thompson)（1889-1921）是第一位獲得一等榮譽學位的女性，也是女性進入法律行業的先驅。
格溫妮絲·貝伯 (Gwyneth Bebb) 1889 年出生于牛津，是牛津大學最早獲得法律學位的女性之一，也是第一位獲得一等榮譽的女性，也是女性進入法律行業的先驅。1908 年，她開始在 St Hugh's Hall 閱讀法學，該學院于 1911 年正式成為牛津大學。Bebb 獲得了獲得一等榮譽學位的分數。然而，直到 1920 年大學條例發生變化之前，女性都不是正式成員，也無法獲得學位。
在牛津大學學習后，貝伯申請參加律師協會考試。她的申請被拒絕了，因為女性也被禁止參加允許她們練習的考試。除了試圖通過允許女性進入法律行業的議會法案外，Bebb 還是 1914 年上訴法院 Bebb 訴 Law Society 案的指定原告。Bebb 和其他三名原告爭辯說，根據 1843 年的《律師法》，女性應該有資格成為“人”。雖然他們失去了上訴，但他們的斗爭成為了大量宣傳和辯論的主題，引起了人們對這一事業的關注。
直到 1919 年的性別取消資格（移除）法案，女性才被正式接納進入法律行業，能夠獲得資格和執業。1917 年，貝伯在食品部擔任執法助理專員期間，與律師托馬斯·韋爾登·湯普森 (Thomas Weldon Thompson) 結婚。該法案通過幾天后，她就生下了第一個孩子，后來她被林肯學院錄取。1921 年，懷著第二個孩子的她準備參加律師考試。不幸的是，孩子出生兩天后就去世了。在分娩并發癥（前置胎盤）后，格溫妮絲在 31 歲去世前遭受了兩個月的痛苦。盡管她無法從事自己的法律職業，但格溫妮絲·貝伯的行動和決心為所有追隨者打開了大門她的腳步聲。
Gwyneth Bebb
Gwyneth Marjorie Bebb (Thompson) (1889-1921) was the first woman to achieve a first-class honours degree and a pioneer for women entering the legal profession.
Gwyneth Bebb, born in Oxford in 1889, was one of the first women to be awarded a degree in law at Oxford, the first to achieve first-class honours, and a pioneer for women entering the legal profession. In 1908, she began reading Jurisprudence at St Hugh’s Hall, which officially became an Oxford College in 1911. Bebb received the marks to earn her first-class honours degree. However, until the University regulations were changed in 1920, women were not full members and could not be awarded degrees.
After studying at Oxford, Bebb applied to sit the Law Society examinations. Her application was rejected because women were also barred from sitting the examinations that would allow them to practice. Alongside attempts to pass Parliamentary bills allowing women into the legal profession, Bebb was the named plaintiff in the 1914 Court of Appeal case Bebb v Law Society. Bebb and the three other plaintiffs argued that women should qualify as ‘persons’ under the Solicitors’ Act 1843. Although they lost the appeal, their struggle became the subject of a large amount of publicity and debate, drawing attention to the cause.
It was not until the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 that women would be formally accepted into the legal profession, able to qualify and practice. In 1917, while working at the Ministry of Food as an Assistant Commissioner for Enforcement, Bebb married a solicitor, Thomas Weldon Thompson. She gave birth to her first child just days after the Act was passed, and she was later accepted at Lincoln’s Inn. In 1921, while pregnant with her second child, she studied for her Bar exams. Tragically, the child passed away two days after birth. Following a complication during the birth (placenta praevia), Gwyneth suffered for two months before her own death at age 31. Although she was unable to pursue her own legal career, Gwyneth Bebb’s actions and determination helped open the door for all women who followed in her footsteps.
