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December 10 2020

International Human Rights Day

Today, Thursday 10 December, is International Human Rights Day. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) was proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations at Paris on 10 December 1948. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world, it was intended as a benchmark the significance of […]

November 26 2020

The Rule of Law and the Law of Rules: Justice under Covid-19

Comment, Essay, News

From The Cambridge Humanities Review we publish this interesting, and topical, article by Francis Fitzgibbon QC. Referring specifically to English law, but entirely relevant in Scotland also – where the creation and amendment of law by secondary legislation is an equally real, and equally problematic, issue – the article is an enlightening study of the […]