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The government’s ‘concessions’ over secret courts are not concessions at all
Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed Spooks as much as the next person, although I lost interest once the characters played by Rupert Penry Jones and Hermione Norris were bumped off. Along with most people, I have no illusions as … Continue reading
Spring cleaning the statute book: it’s not just old laws that should go
Easter Sunday, along with Christmas and birthdays, is the only day you are allowed to eat chocolate for breakfast. It’s not a very enforceable rule and not one, as far as I know, defined by statute, but it’s a rule … Continue reading
Posted in Rule of Law
Tagged bad law, government, LASPO, Law Commission, legislation, parliament, regulations, secondary legislation, statutory instrument, stupid laws
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Attacks on our justice system are propelling Britain into Nineteen Eighty-Four
Being in government isn’t just about what you do, it’s how and when you do it. You would think that a general rule of thumb might be for ministers to indulge in a lot of flag waving over things they … Continue reading
Occupy: a civil disobedience campaign to change the world or just a camp site?
On Monday night, just after midnight, the police and bailiffs moved in to evict the anti-capitalist protestors from the Occupy London camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral. The protestors stressed their action wasn’t over but most did not resist the arm … Continue reading
What the weirdoes can teach us about citizenship
I wasn’t taught citizenship when I was at school. It was pretty much just reading writing and arithmetic, with a bit of cooking and needlework thrown in to make sure us ladies would be able to ‘keep house’ when we … Continue reading
Posted in Rule of Law
Tagged citizenship, freemen, lawyers, lawyers in schools, Occupy, public legal education
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