Words and Things

Why everyone interested in law should see Coyote vs Acme

Litigation settlements and public policy

Communications technology, human nature, and law

When a (proper) coroner’s inquest is preferable to a public inquiry

Why Trump’s lawsuit against the BBC is not going well for him

On the early release of prisoners

"The best time to fix a roof is..."

No, the Justice Secretary does not need to be a lawyer

Another new Prime Minister...

A judgment for the ages, and my Prospect article

Trump's most extraordinary abuse of court comes to an end

Suppose They Held a By-election and Nobody Came

Would you like this to be a daily law and policy blog again?

On FIFA overturning the Balogun suspension

Constitutional change and a new Prime Minister

For those of you interested in lore and culture

Independence day

The worst Prime Minister vs the worst mistake by a Prime Minister

How a county council has obtained an injunction against those hoisting flags on the public highway

Getting rid of six Prime Ministers in ten years is a sign of a working political system

What is a Memorandum of Understanding?

Some preliminary thoughts on the Court of Appeal decision on Palestine Action

Law is not magic, and prohibitions are not spells

The Rwanda relocation scheme ends in a mess

The Trump slush fund appears to have been aborted - but the real problem about the 'settlement' remains

How a new court Order means Trump's slush fund is now in peril

Marilyn Monroe, the Hollywood studio system, and the law of contract

The two interesting legal challenges to the Trump legal "settlement" slush fund

The odd setting up of what appears to be a corrupt slush fund for the allies of President Trump

Must Prime Ministers fail?

Changing Prime Ministers mid-term and the constitution

The Chagos Islands are an index of British international weakness

The purpose of processes and policies and law in government is not to make things better, but to stop things being even worse

Trump is suing his own government for $10 billion

Making sense of the week which was

Robbins Nest

The decision of a Prime Minister

"How can we get rid of you?"

Why Melania Trump's statement is a fascinating exercise in text and performance

The silences after a threat of genocide

Why weren't officers' war crimes concerns reported to the military police at the time?

How Trump has created a situation he cannot get out of

The Mueller report was a turning-point where United States history failed to turn

Why the United States attack on the school in Minab matters

The prospect of "executive orders" being used by an incoming illiberal government

How the Palestine Action proscription case and the botched prosecution of Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh show how the Home Office, the police, and the prosecutors, are not taking terrorism law seriously.

What is not happening with constitutionalism in the United States and the United Kingdom

The curious section 3 of the new National Security Act

But what about international law – continued.