How the law achieved a revolution in land ownership
Much of Irish history has involved struggles over land. Yet these were more commonly legal struggles, rather than military ones. The law...
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Much of Irish history has involved struggles over land. Yet these were more commonly legal struggles, rather than military ones. The law...
The tradition of trial by jury goes right back to Viking times. In medieval Danish towns in England, a custom existed for 12 respectable...
The presumption of innocence is one of the basic principles of justice. It is summed up in article 6.2 of the European Convention of...
We know that human governments often make unjust laws. When we recall the racially discriminatory laws of apartheid South Africa, or the...
Sometimes it’s perfectly legal to stick knives into people. For example, surgeons do it all the time. Also, for example, if a kitchen...
The right to self-defence has been recognised since ancient times. In the first century BC, the Roman, Marcus Cicero (106-53 BC), wrote:...
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