The Relevance of Jurisprudence to Law Part 3
The remains of unquestionably the greatest intellect of the nineteenth century, Karl Marx, are buried…
Browsing: Society
The Relevance of Jurisprudence to Law Part 2
In the first part of this series, London-based barrister, who taught Jurisprudence for sixteen years…
The Relevance of Jurisprudence to Law Part 1
This article is a response to Supreme Court Justice Gerard Hogan’s Annual Hale Lecture in…
Guilt and Innocence in the Criminal Justice System Part 2
As the founder of the now seemingly inactive Irish Innocence Project, and co-founder of The…
Fear, Class, and Universal Basic Income
On the April 13 2024, a man stabbed several people in a shopping centre in…
Guilt and Innocence in the Criminal Justice System Part 1
I have just finished representing a client in a murder case and have plenty to…
Assange Case: a partial victory or another ominous step towards extradition?
Anyone watching the agonizing progress of the Julian Assange case proceeding through the U.K. justice…
Applying Hitchens’s Razor: Jim Sheridan and Ian Bailey
Jim Sheridan is a significant figure in the international film industry because of his creativity…
A Whistleblower’s Motive
In a seminal scene at the end of the film Joker (2019) the eponymous character,…
Being Irish
This Ireland exists. And should one travel there and not find it, then they have…
White Christmas
Editor’s Note: Readers of a sensitive disposition may find aspects of this account of drug-taking…
My Team / Your Team
In the first part of his essay concerning his enduring lifelong fandom of Manchester City…
Facilitating the Dirty Business of the State
Both as a lawyer and Supreme Court judge, Louis Brandeis was an inveterate opponent of…
Gay?
In the insular, it felt like it at times, enforced statelet of Northern Ireland, sexual…
Disturbing Developments in Criminal Justice in Ireland
All persons and authorities within the state, whether public or private, should be bound by,…
Covid-19: A Flawed Consensus
Covid is a nightmare from which we are still trying to awake. But whether the…
Weighing up Ireland’s Hate Crime Law
The new so-called Hate Crime Bill [Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate…
Reform of Defamation Law in Ireland
Irish Times journalist Naomi O’Leary wrote an article recently commenting on how journalists are curtailed…
In Memoriam: Moira Woods
Such sad news. Another member of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement is gone. Not just…
Napoli: It Hurts
It’s an exciting time to be Neapolitan right now. Or should I say a supporter…