A Costly Misconception
Now that glyphosate has become a national-security issue, it’s time to revisit the source of misinformation about this controversial herbicide.
Geoffrey C. Kabat
· 10 min read
Law
A collection of 81 posts
The Disgrace of Tariq Ramadan
The Islamist grandson of Hasan al-Banna convinced many Western liberals that he was a moderate because he promised to bridge a divide many feared could not be crossed.
RJ Smith
· 11 min read
Getting Away With It
The case of Bao Phuc Cao—released without a conviction after secretly filming over 100 women in public toilets—reveals that Melbourne’s judiciary is drastically out of step with the public understanding of the purpose of criminal justice.
Andrew Bushnell
· 11 min read
Collision with Reality
The Supreme Court has just invalidated Trump’s tariff agenda. But the economics were already doing that.
Phillip W. Magness
· 10 min read
The Alaa Abd El-Fattah Case and the Limits of Human Rights Law
How did Britain end up granting citizenship to radical activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah?
Guy Baldwin, Zoe Booth
· 6 min read
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
· 10 min read
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
· 13 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