All Opinion articles – Page 2
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OpinionHow to interpret the Shawcross Principle
James E Hurford reviews Cale Davis's 'Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice'.
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OpinionA manifesto for change
Dana Denis-Smith reviews 'Lefty Lawyer - Speaking Truth to Power' by Pauline Campbell.
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Opinion200 years in law: From exclusion to inclusion
As the Law Society celebrates its bicentenary, president Richard Atkinson reflects on its rich history.
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OpinionHistory may calm lawyers’ nerves
These uncertain and threatening days will eventually be in the past. But we have to live through them now, and take the right decisions in the present.
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OpinionFamily non-court dispute resolution one year on
It matters that we know whether or not the new era for non-court dispute resolution has arrived.
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OpinionPortfolio finance under harsh spotlight
A proposal in the Civil Justice Council review that 'portfolio funding' should be regulated by the FCA as a form of loan was unexpected.
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OpinionA vision liberated from the yoke of law-capital
Christopher Stanley reviews Elena Loizidou's 'Anarchism: An Art of Living Without Law'.
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OpinionBringing Pinochet to justice
Stephen D Sutton reviews '38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England and a Nazi in Patagonia' by Philippe Sands.
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OpinionWhen clients cry in conference
A client in tears is a test of the balance between head and heart. How, in practice, can this delicate balance be struck?
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OpinionWeighing up a lawyer's public shame against open justice
As the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal closes itself off from scrutiny, anonymity applications may increase.
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OpinionCivil question
The Ministry of Justice budget will be over a third higher this year than in 2019–20 - and it is going to keep increasing. So what is there for lawyers to cavil about?
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OpinionA sticking plaster, not a solution: violence against women and the sentencing review
Review risks being another example of 'piecemeal policies'.
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OpinionPhilippines: lawyers killed for doing their job
'Caravana Filipina' investigates cases of arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing.
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OpinionMore caution please, Sir Geoffrey
Generative AI enthusiasts are rushing us too quickly towards its adoption in the law.
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OpinionWill Vera Baird get the CCRC back on its feet?
Baird has been asked to review the CCRC’s effectiveness, performance, governance, culture, capability and funding. The most important reform requires a change of mindset.
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OpinionThe balances of power
Max D Winthrop reviews 'English Administrative Law from 1550: Continuity and Change'.