All articles by Roger Smith – Page 2
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OpinionChanging the culture
The best way to combat extremist ideology is a more powerful counter-ideology.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Innovation in Law Report 2014
Report of opinion survey looks at legal aid, court modernisation and law firm management.
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OpinionDropping down the justice league
What might encourage Michael Gove to live up to his rhetoric on justice?
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OpinionPower and accountability
What a shame Theresa May did not see a new play highlighting the thesis that ‘parliamentary democracy trumps all’.
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OpinionBOOK REVIEW: Freeing The Innocent: from Bangkok Hilton to Guantanamo
An honest account of the remarkable stream of cases Stephen Jakobi and Fair Trials International have been involved in.
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Opinion‘War on terror’ – taking responsibility
The UK is lagging behind the US in dealing with unfinished business from the ‘war on terror’.
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OpinionUK constitution and lawyers
Lawyers must help to engage the whole of the UK in a constitutional debate.
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OpinionCourts: access all areas
Technology provides the only hope that courts will remain open to all.
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OpinionAll eyes on the spies
Effective oversight of the global surveillance network requires transparency and trust.
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OpinionConfronting the constitution
The issues surrounding the future of the UK constitution are too big to be decided by political cliques.
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OpinionLawyers lead from the front
Lawyers can spearhead a serious debate about the future of our constitution.
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OpinionOut of Africa
South Africa contains an institution that should be an inspiration to all those concerned with equality and justice.
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OpinionDefence costs: an elegant solution
Why not use City fines to pay the defence in serious fraud cases?
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OpinionMilitary imprecision
Human rights cannot be dismissed as a technical impediment to the ‘real’ work of the military.
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OpinionUnpleasant truths
The cuts have been so deep that it is time to consider a fundamental shift in legal aid delivery.
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OpinionCredit where it is due on terror laws
Our terrorism legislation is getting close to a reasonable balance of liberty and security.
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OpinionGoing digital
Technology can help maintain the provision of legal services for the poor – we cannot allow ministers to give up.