Plain English by committee
The effect of the Woolf reforms was to replace one set of legal jargon with another
Legal laughs
Legal “humour” is seldom more than mildly amusing
Bring back the Law Lords
Tony Blair’s introduction of a US-style Supreme Court has served to undermine the supremacy of Parliament
Britain should stand up to Mauritius
The British Government must make it clear that it will not allow a foreign country to threaten British citizens
The Post Office scandal
Legislation to resolve the injustice is not as straightforward as it seems
J G A Pocock: the Antipodean’s view of Europe
John Pocock defended Britain in its broadest sense
On international law
International law is often far less clear than it might sound
Who rules: judges or parliament
A domestic bill of rights is not necessarily the panacea its adherents intend it to be
A Boy’s Own book of anti-colonialism
Could a progressive historian really write in praise of African slave-traders?
First lady of the law
The new Lord Chief Justice inherits a role with a rich and varied history