Constitutional Court of South Africa: Blunting the Impact of Electoral Law on Freedom of Expression
The Constitutional Court of South Africa has undertaken a robust defence of freedom of expression at the time of ...
Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression
The Legality of Mass Surveillance Operations
A court which isn’t a court in name rules on the legality of a government mass surveillance program that may or ...
Reporting Restrictions in Criminal Cases Involving Juveniles
On 3 November 2014 Will Cornick was sentenced to a minimum of 20 years imprisonment for the murder of his teacher ...
'GamerGate' and Gendered Hate Speech
What is ‘GamerGate’? Some say it is a movement demanding higher ethics in journalism, but this post will argue ...
A Human Rights Defence of Hong Kong's Occupy Central
With the Hong Kong Government set on introducing an undemocratic electoral reform in the coming months, Professor ...
Vergara Ruling Poses Problems for Separation of Powers and Academic Freedom
On June 10th, handing down judgment in Vergara v. California, the California Supreme Court struck down three ...
Contributions Caps and the First Amendment
On April 2nd, the United States Supreme Court struck down aggregate campaign contribution limits in federal ...
McCutcheon v FEC: The Harvest of Pernicious Seeds
The US Supreme Court very recently handed down its decision in McCutcheon v Federal Election Commission, ...
The Criminalization of Protests: Repression and Human Rights Abuses in Venezuela
In Venezuela, anti-government protests are being brutally repressed; many demonstrators have been jailed, with ...
The Not-so-paramount Right to Vote
Last week, the Election Commission of India announced the time frame for the general elections to constitute the ...
Managing Secrecy: R (Miranda) v SSHD
Much has already been written about the implications of R (Miranda) v Secretary of State for the Home Department ...
Prosecuting in the Public Interest: CPS Guidelines from Assisted Suicide to Social Media
Although the DPP’s consent is required before a prosecution for assisted suicide can be brought, the discretion ...
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