Ryan Ng/Shutterstock April 23, 2024 Parliament passes bill declaring Rwanda safe – but can it really be called a law at all? Joshua Jowitt, Newcastle University Like asking us to believe that 2+2=5, the bill requires decision makers to ignore documented fact and give legal priority to a fiction.
Laws from different places and eras largely reflect a universal human sense of justice. simpson33/iStock via Getty Images Plus October 21, 2022 Intuitions about justice are a consistent part of human nature across cultures and millennia Daniel Sznycer, Oklahoma State University and Carlton Patrick, University of Central Florida What people consider to be fair and just today are in line with the laws of ancient Mesopotamia and the Tang Dynasty in China – suggesting that these intuitions are part of human nature.
IanRedding/Shutterstock October 29, 2018 Britain’s new counter-terrorism legislation will undermine the rule of law even further Philip Edwards, Manchester Metropolitan University Counter-terrorism legislation has created a permanent zone of suspicion – but not for everyone.