Counter terrorism policy
We had a statement on counter terrorism policy yesterday. It makes sober reading. I intervened with a question (or my own statement!) pointing out that some vulnerable people and young people were...
View ArticleThe Rule of Law at Risk?
I returned recently from a legal conference in S Africa about the Rule of Law, attended by equal numbers of British and S African lawyers and judges. The legal profession in S Africa is of the...
View ArticleNobel Prize and Parliament Square
I was surveying the wreckage from yesterday’s demonstration when I noticed something that says a lot about British democracy and the rule of law. The long running protest by Brian Haw (now joined by...
View ArticleLibya and the Middle East
It is a humbling experience to watch the incredible bravery of the Libyan people and the cool headed approach of so many Arabs in the current upheavals throughout the region. None of us can be sure...
View ArticleMiddle East Rule of Law
Following my discussion with the High representative of Palestine in the UK and the Emirates Ambassador the post graduate school of law is now well on its way to completion and hopefully will take...
View ArticleMyanmar and the rule of law
I had a useful meeting with the Ambassador of Myanmar last week. He and his deputy were interested in the rule of law project I have established in Abu Dhabi and Palestine. This regime is now keen to...
View ArticlePolitical puberty
Listening to the first of this year’s Reith Lectures (by Prof. Niall Ferguson, The Rule of Law and its Enemies; next one, Tuesday 9am Radio 4) caused me to meditate on the Arab “spring”. I have just...
View ArticleData does make a difference
As a Mathematician with a lifelong passion for numbers I have always liked statistics. I am wary of them, of course. ‘There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” may be an...
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