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During the later Blair years, the prime minister's own aides would sometimes raise an eyebrow and mutter the word 'respect'
During the later Blair years, the prime minister's own aides would sometimes raise an eyebrow and mutter the word "respect". Their boss's swansong agenda...
Current demands for slashing red tape to increase startups and ease employment are familiar remedies for recessions (No fault dismissal proposals set to be shelved, 22 May). But we know they are wrong. Birch's 1970s study showing relative increases in small firm employment...
• David Green SFO chief admits errors in Icelandic bank inquiry
• Vincent Tchenguiz may claim at least £100m damages
The new boss of the Serious Fraud Office has promised to consider dropping an investigation into Mayfair property tycoon Vincent Tchenguiz, who alongside his brother...
The position of undocumented young Americans like José Godínez-Samperio is absurd. The path to citizenship is overdue
José Godínez-Samperio graduated top of his class at the Florida State college of law. He's charming, clever, industrious – an all-American kid. But unlike the 2000 or so other...
A pillar of postwar society has been shattered by the legal aid cuts: that's why a strike is now on the cards
Just imagine the home secretary had stood up in front of the Police Federation last week and announced not just 20% in...
Veteran of war crimes tribunals, Ben Emmerson, is frontrunner for top legal post in election to be held on 25 June
MPs aiming to claw back powers from Europe have secretly interviewed candidates to become Britain's next judge at the European court of human rights.
The interviews...
The asbo is dead – but a brace of souped-up new jargon is no shortcut to solving the problem of antisocial behaviour
'Antisocial behaviour" – was ever a phrase so pervasive? Umpteen home secretaries pledged to solve this terrible blight – to protect the "decent" and...
The favourite to be UK's next judge at the European Court of Human Rights says security alone won't defeat terrorists
Ben Emmerson QC has been watching a lot of French movies in the evenings recently – without subtitles. The favourite to become Britain's next judge at...
Popular appetite for salacious moralising has abolished the old distinction between a court of law and the court of public opinion
Earlier this week, as the trial of Rajat K Gupta for insider trading got underway, Gupta's lawyers began his defense by saying that the...
The government should now accept its responsibilities under the human rights convention. Any other reaction will significantly harm the rule of law
The grand chamber of the European court of human rights has ruled that states must allow for at least some prisoners to...
Human rights judges give UK six months to comply, but offer some autonomy to ministers to choose which inmates to exclude
Prisoners in the UK must be given the right to vote, the European court of human rights (ECHR) has ruled, though ministers may determine which...
Only 60 out of 1,600 inmates admitted as staff report kitchens failing to work and problems with lights and showers
Only 60 inmates have so far been moved into a new showpiece £150m privately run prison because it is breaking down just four weeks after it...
Join us to discuss the Equality Act 2010, how it has affected councils and how good authorities are at promoting equalities. Join our panel from 12pm on Wednesday
Among its many responsibilities, local government must show how it is advancing the equality agenda within council boundaries....
Judge Berman wisely balanced misapplied hate crime verdicts in the Clementi case against Ravi's actual but lesser offences
In March, Dharun Ravi was convicted of four counts of bias crimes, in addition to invasion of privacy and witness-tampering charges. Particularly since these charges arose from Ravi's...
Opposition activists in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, have been arrested by police after skirmishes broke out during demonstrations to demand improved human rights conditions
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