Freedom of Speech in the Facebook Age
Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently called for more stringent Internet privacy and election laws saying,…
Author David Langwallner
David Langwallner
David Langwallner is a human rights lawyer and founder of the Innocence Project in Ireland. He was previously Dean of Law at Griffith College. He was made Pro Bono & Public Interest Team/Lawyer of the Year at the AIB Private Banking Irish Law Awards 2015.
The Limits of Law
‘What is law?’ This is a fundamental question posed at the outset of any course…
The Limits of Multiculturalism
I have previously warned that austerity economics and moral relativism are giving rise to a…
Is George Orwell’s England Now Home to Fintan O’Toole’s Swivel-Eyed Loons?
It was flattering to read Fintan O’Toole respond, however oblique, to my criticism of his…
Fintan O’Toole’s Brexit Myopia
As a freshly UK-embedded Irish barrister I am adjusting from confronting Ireland’s problems to addressing…
Review: Rather His Own Man by Geoffrey Robertson
In his autobiography– in itself an unusual exercise for a lawyer – Geoffrey Robertson QC,…
There is Something Rotten in the State of Democracy
On a recent visit to Athens I chanced upon the supposed tomb of Socrates near…
Post-Truth: People of the Lie
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the basis of all morality. Mahatma…
The Towering Qualities Needed in an Advocate
Leonard Cohen’s ‘Tower of Song’ is a short history, and valedictory, to the tradition of…
We Need Another ‘New Deal’ and Umbrella to Unite Under
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), U.S. President between 1933 and 1945, was born to enormous privilege.…
Steve Bannon’s Tour de Farce
Donald Trump’s former confidante Steve Bannon has been on a latter-day American Grand Tour around…
If on a Winter’s Night a Lithuanian Spoke with Leo
The great Italo Calvino’s novel Invisible Cities imagines a conversation between the Mongolian emperor Kubla…
The Qualities Needed in a Judge
The task of ascertaining essential qualities required to be a judge is necessary for the…
The Subversion of Subversion
Professional experience as a criminal lawyer has shaped my appreciation of the interplay between political…
What the Irish Abortion Debate Ignores
The greatest trial lawyer of the last century was undoubtedly Clarence Darrow. He was often…
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Life
Harry Gleeson was wrongfully hanged for the murder of Moll McCarthy in 1941, and fully…
Culture of Complaint
Editor’s Note: The presumption of innocence is a hallowed principle central to the Rule of…