The Strange Case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah
How human rights law led the UK to roll out the red carpet for a man who expressed hatred of white people and support for killing civilians.
Guy Baldwin
· 9 min read
Law
A collection of 76 posts
The Strange Death of English Justice
The proposed abolition of jury trials for most crimes undermines an ancient English liberty that has protected the people against state tyranny for centuries.
Ralph Leonard
· 13 min read
The Liberal Case against Human Rights
The philosophy that underpins the European Convention on Human Rights is undemocratic, illiberal, and incoherent.
Renie Anjeh
· 15 min read
Liberalism v The Rule of Law
Two recent Australian Federal Court judgments illustrate the good things that the rule of law may confer on a society, even when it conflicts with ideals like freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
Helen Dale
· 21 min read
Sexual Perversity in Ontario
An absurd trial, a prurient media circus, and a failure of feminist ethics.
Marilyn Simon
· 12 min read
Too Much Monkey Business
The questions at the centre of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial are still contested today.
Graham Daseler
· 21 min read
Hamas Should Never Be Decriminalised
The campaign to remove Hamas from the UK’s list of proscribed organisations is not about defending free speech or political dissent. It is about legitimising jihadist warmongering.
John Aziz
· 7 min read
Justice or a Democratic Scandal?
A French criminal court ruling forbidding Marine Le Pen from contesting the 2027 presidential election could throw the country into turmoil.
John Lloyd
· 6 min read
Against the Death Penalty
The state should not assume the right to end the lives of its citizens at will.
Ralph Leonard
· 9 min read
Feminism and Free Speech
Victoria’s proposed hate speech legislation forces feminists to choose which is more important to them: the restriction of misogynistic speech, or the protection of their own political speech.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 5 min read
Stop Decriminalising Crime
When a gap opens between what the law punishes and what society believes should be punished, people lose respect for the law and are more likely to violate it.
Paul H. Robinson, Jeffrey Seaman
· 11 min read
Ukraine Goes to Court
Ukraine has therefore pursued multiple legal avenues in response to the aggression.
Emiliano Polo
· 9 min read
Is Sanity Returning to the Australian Gender Debate?
There have been numerous incidents of vociferous trans activism in Tasmania, yet it was still possible to pass sensible legislation.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 6 min read
Victim Blaming Revisited
Exploring biases and criticisms in the perception of crime victims, from robbery to rape.
Richard B. Felson
· 6 min read
A Murder in Namibia
How two bungling American assassins travelled over 7,000 miles to settle a grudge, and then turned their trial into a nine-year circus.
Dan Kowalski
· 15 min read