Law - Quillette

A police car graffitied with "ACAB" (all cops are bastards) is set alight during the George Floyd riots.

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

24 Jun 2024 · 11 min read

Ukraine Goes to Court

Ukraine has therefore pursued multiple legal avenues in response to the aggression.

Emiliano Polo

29 Feb 2024 · 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

21 Jan 2024 · 6 min read

Victim Blaming Revisited

Exploring biases and criticisms in the perception of crime victims, from robbery to rape.

Richard B. Felson

28 Nov 2023 · 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

1 Nov 2023 · 15 min read

Where Does ‘Wokeness’ Come From?

Opponents of wokeness sometimes say that “facts don’t care about your feelings.” But the federal judiciary does.

Richard Hanania

22 Sep 2023 · 7 min read

The Aboriginal Voice to Parliament: Wrong in Principle, Disastrous in Practice

We should not make race the organising principle of a new chapter of our Constitution.

Ramesh Thakur

17 Aug 2023 · 19 min read

The Peculiar Silence in the Students for Fair Admissions Decision

Are racial preferences in university admissions really dead?

Ethan Blevins

16 Aug 2023 · 7 min read

It Doesn’t Make It Alright

The SCOTUS decision on affirmative action has ended a hypocritical and incoherent policy.

Andrew Hammel

3 Jul 2023 · 15 min read

Samantha Geimer and Emmanuelle Seigner in Conversation

The two women most directly affected by the 1977 Polanski scandal discuss guilt, shame, feminism, #MeToo, the media, and the search for truth and understanding.

Peggy Sastre

6 May 2023 · 29 min read

The Fragility of the Caste-Oppression Hypothesis

Empty claims of caste discrimination in the West have damaging legal, reputational, and social consequences.

Prakash Shah

29 Apr 2023 · 9 min read

Remembering Rumpole

John Mortimer’s fictional barrister was—like his creator—a rogue redeemed by a fierce commitment to the presumption of innocence.

Kevin Mims

1 Apr 2023 · 19 min read

Dismantle DEI Ideology

The disgraceful scenes at Stanford are a flawless embodiment of how diversity doctrine distorts academic life and constrains decision-making.

Heather Mac Donald

26 Mar 2023 · 16 min read

Justice in Stockholm

Thirty-four years after the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, the conviction of Hamid Noury in Sweden has been a victory for accountability and for the truth.

Roya Hakakian

7 Feb 2023 · 19 min read

Ending Discrimination by Twitter

Gender critical feminists are among those who have been excluded from Twitter for years. The time is right for a correction.

Holly Lawford-Smith

28 Nov 2022 · 9 min read