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
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Gary Stevenson is wrong about wealth taxes
The popular economist is irritating, but more importantly he is mistaken
Why they hated Ann Widdecombe
Fair-minded people could agree or disagree with her opinions. Left-wing bigots hated her for not abandoning them
What is wrong now was wrong before
Julia Gillard should not pretend that the “unintended consequences” of the gender debate were unknowable
Ethnic minorities are abandoning Labour
It is not just Muslim voters who have been abandoning the Labour Party
A country at war with itself
Washington politics can
best be understood through the history
of bitter factional in-fi ghting within both
the Democratic and Republican parties
North Korea’s rogue state development
How Kim Jong Un is embracing the modern world
A revolutionary king
The monarch’s vision of “harmony” will have lasting impact
A culture of death
Street gangs and online provocation are fuelling a morbid subculture in British life
The miracle of the magical migrants
Is a man’s identity is fluid when he steps on British soil, but calcified on African soil?
The global migration compact trap
The UN migration compact may be non-binding, but its political effects are very real
Is it time to let the doctor die?
Doctor Who has become increasingly incoherent and increasingly ideological
Critical briefing: EU-Taliban talks
As European governments harden their approach to migration, Brussels has taken the extraordinary step of negotiating directly with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers
I’m worried about Andy Burnham
If Burnham does to Britain what he has done to Manchester, we are in big trouble
