Prof. James Chalmers
Prof. James Chalmers was appointed to the Regius Chair of Law in 2012, and is currently REF Champion for the School of Law. He previously taught at the Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Follow him at @ProfChalmers
Adding injury to insult
The role of criminal law is to punish harm, not enforce politeness
Being economical with the truth
The Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life). By George Monbiot and Peter Hutchison
Our attitude towards MPs is inconsistent
We hate career politicians, but we want politicians to focus entirely on their career
The BBC can be a drag
The priorities of its reporting, especially on gender issues, can be absurd
Why we should give votes to kids
It would stop their interests from being neglected
That was the night that was
A new dawn has broken, even if the sky is grey
For realism, against Scottish nationalism
Progress depends on rejecting the delusions of independence
The blunders that restored the Crown
The Fall: Last Days of the English Republic by Henry Reece
Boho Ohno
Boho’s back, baby, meaning droopy, limp and dismal is the name of the game
Back in the big time
It is tempting to explain the turnaround in two words: “Unai” and “Emery”
The good news on academic free speech
The Office for Students has offered some cause for optimism
Something rotten in the state of Germany
The Bundestag has weakened the criminal penalties for child pornography