John Hampden Grammar School has been awarded a grant of £44,800 by the Heritage Lottery Fund for a student-led project on the history of the school and its role in providing education in High Wycombe since 1893. My researcher, Tim Hewish, is a former pupil of the school and is […]
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Kashmir’s Torture Trail: An update
Last week, after watching the documentary Kashmir’s Torture Trail on Channel Four, I submitted a written question to Alistair Burt, the Foreign Minister for the Indian sub-continent. I asked what assessment he had made of the allegations of human rights abuses made in the documentary and if he would make […]
Read MoreBook review: Tom Bingham’s The Rule of Law
Tom Bingham’s The Rule of Law is a lively and enjoyable short book on a much misunderstood but relied-upon subject. My quick guide to the Rule of Law was inspired by Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty. Perhaps in being contemporary, Bingham reflects the growth of state power since Hayek’s book was published […]
Read MoreBriefly at least, the Great British people joyfully shrugged off the burdens of a pessimistic and despairing elite
Zadok the Priest, I Vow to Thee My Country and Land of Hope and Glory played together on the BBC? A public and press rounding on the Beeb for their lamentable coverage of the Diamond Jubilee? A joy. Occasionally, someone – too often someone frothing at the mouth – will speak or […]
Read MoreArbitrary and capricious power anyone?
Successive governments have incentivised people to buy ‘greener’ cars which use less fuel. Apart from outrageously high fuel duty with 20% VAT on top, the other tool has been Vehicle Excise Duty graded to promote low CO2 cars. Having herded people down this road, apparently the Government now finds it […]
Read MoreThe latest Government stance on Kashmir
Last week, the Foreign Secretary launched the Government’s Human Rights and Democracy Report. The Report is a comprehensive look at the human rights work of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office around the world. The Foreign Secretary has said that 2011 will stand out as a positive year for human rights […]
Read MoreIs the EU maintaining the Rule of Law?
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’s one of […]
Read MoreThe Rule of Law
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 […]
Read MoreThe horror of the European Stability Mechanism
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’t stop us being concerned that our neighbours are headed this way. […]
Read MoreOnline Library of Liberty – Freedom and the Law (LF ed.)
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’s Freedom and the Law: The greatest obstacle to rule of law in our time, contends the author […]
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