David Cowan
David Cowan is an author and Associate Lecturer in Law at National University of Ireland Maynooth. His next book Effective Communication for Lawyers: A Practical Guide (Edward Elgar) is due out in 2021.
How to fix our broken justice system
In a world of superficial identity politics, Alexandra Wilson’s book offers a nuanced narrative
Portugal and the missing goats
The roots of environmental disasters can be odder than they look
Humble pie?
Ric Holden is painfully aware that he is only just Holden on to his seat
Israel, the ICJ and the plausibility of genocide
Commentators are misunderstanding the provisional measures of the International Court of Justice
Get smartphones out of school
Young people desperately need a break from social media
The afterlife of Father Jerzy Popiełuszko
Reflections on forty years since his death shook communist Poland
No, Churchill wasn’t the bad guy
The debate over Britain’s wartime leader has been reignited by an ignorant revisionist account
Join the escalation?
That world war may not erupt imminently is no excuse for being complacent
Defending life and liberty
Abortion buffer zones hurt, rather than help women and babies
The eternal lockdown of the soul
Lockdown-lifers have become a key tool of the state
A dark day for Australian women
It takes more than a document to prove that you are female
Is Cheltenham beyond parody?
A books bash these days has to offer Geri and Geoff Hurst and that bloke out of Radiohead