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	<title>Steve Baker MP &#187; Rule of Law</title>
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		<title>Is the EU maintaining the Rule of Law?</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2012/01/is-the-eu-maintaining-the-rule-of-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In their haste to use ever greater state power to solve the problems caused by excess state power, the European nations intend, it appears, to use an EU institution, the ECJ, to arbitrate disputes under a non-EU treaty. This may seem arcane, but EU matters always are. It&#8217;s one of the reasons democrats and lovers ]]></description>
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		<title>The Rule of Law</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/12/the-rule-of-law/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 09:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Dowsett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please note: this post was written at my request by Michael Dowsett, after yet another European policy which breached the Rule of Law, as classically understood. – Steve The rule of law is a phrase which is widely used but perhaps little understood. Far from being merely the sum total of all the laws passed ]]></description>
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		<title>The horror of the European Stability Mechanism</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/10/the-horror-of-the-european-stability-mechanism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the horror of the European Stability Mechanism: The path on which the EU is embarked is not only profoundly anti-democratic but it also tramples the classical Rule of Law. The benefits of trade are tremendous but that shouldn&#8217;t stop us being concerned that our neighbours are headed this way. The Treaty is here. It ]]></description>
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		<title>Online Library of Liberty &#8211; Freedom and the Law (LF ed.)</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/07/online-library-of-liberty-freedom-and-the-law-lf-ed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 11:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bruno Leoni]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, I am speaking on the financial system at a conference in Bulgaria organised by Istituto Bruno Leoni. The tenor of the conference may be indicated by this abstract of Bruno Leoni&#8217;s Freedom and the Law: The greatest obstacle to rule of law in our time, contends the author of this thought-provoking work, is ]]></description>
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		<title>FT.com &#8211; Why our masters insist on breaking the rules</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/06/ft-com-why-our-masters-insist-on-breaking-the-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jun 2011 10:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bailout]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via FT.com &#8211; Why our masters insist on breaking the rules by Jamie Whyte, a brilliant article on the rule of law and how contemporary politicians are ignoring it: Unlike the kings of yore, modern politicians cannot toss you in prison on a whim. But they can still impose debts on you. And, as with the ]]></description>
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		<title>Financial regulation and the deception of government intervention » The Cobden Centre</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/06/financial-regulation-and-the-deception-of-government-intervention-%c2%bb-the-cobden-centre/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have written today on financial regulation for The Cobden Centre: In the aftermath of the financial crisis, we are now going down a road towards ‘judgement-based’ regulation of financial firms in an attempt to salvage capitalism. It is proposed that firms will be supervised by what amount to shadow management teams of disinterested, public-spirited individuals ]]></description>
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		<title>Ofwat, Water UK, the Consumer Council for Water and The Managerial Revolution</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/11/ofwat-water-uk-the-consumer-council-for-water-and-the-managerial-revolution/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/11/ofwat-water-uk-the-consumer-council-for-water-and-the-managerial-revolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this article, I make the case that we live in a managerial society, one born in the tragedy of the first half of the twentieth century, and that it is this social system which is failing today. I also set out what can be done about it: the future is hopeful. This morning, I ]]></description>
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		<title>Police cannot be trusted with fines, magistrates warn &#8211; Telegraph</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/08/police-cannot-be-trusted-with-fines-magistrates-warn-telegraph/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/08/police-cannot-be-trusted-with-fines-magistrates-warn-telegraph/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:31:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Police cannot be trusted with fines, magistrates warn &#8211; Telegraph: Police cannot be trusted to hand out summary justice and will act as “judge and jury” if given powers to issue more on-the-spot fines, magistrates have warned. In an extraordinary attack, the Magistrates’ Association said it is a “certainty” that officers will misuse powers because ]]></description>
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		<title>The American Museum in Britain, Bath</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/08/the-american-museum-in-britain-bath/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/08/the-american-museum-in-britain-bath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past weekend, we visited the American Museum in Britain. It was thought-provoking: America was of course conceived in liberty but American history, like every nation&#8217;s, is filled with examples of man&#8217;s inhumanity to man. The exhibition began with a wall of quotations from significant figures. These particularly stood out: William Penn (1644-1718): Those people ]]></description>
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		<title>Political power and democratic control in Britain</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/07/political-power-and-democratic-control-in-britain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/07/political-power-and-democratic-control-in-britain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the debate about quangos, I wondered whether anyone had made the case against them based on the Rule of Law. And so I found and added to my reading list Political power and democratic &#8230; &#8211; Google Books: There is a sense in which quasi-government diminishes the role and authority of Parliament as well ]]></description>
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