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Multiple publication; multiple reform?

Tue, 10/25/2011 - 06:45
At common law, the rule in Duke of Brunswick v Harmer (1849) 14 QB 185 established that each individual publication of a libel gives rise to a separate cause of action, subject to its own limitation period; hence, if the same publication is read many years later, that is a new publication giving rise to [...]
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Better angels, undesirable devils, and the judicial pay amendment

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 22:03
Earlier this evening, I did an interview on The Last Word with Matt Cooper on Today fm concerning next Thursday’s referendum to amend the Constitution to add a mechanism to allow judges’ salaries to be reduced. The arguments in favour of the principle are very strong: as a matter of fairness and balance, when other [...]
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Bugs and Beasts Before the Law

Mon, 10/24/2011 - 07:40
In Isn’t it funny, how a bear likes honey?, I considered the conviction of a Macedonian bear for theft of honey and criminal damage to a beekeeper’s hives; and in Are some goats more equal than others? I noted that a goat was being held on suspicion of committing an armed robbery in Nigeria. Now [...]
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For consumers, three is a magic number

Wed, 10/19/2011 - 13:05
Like the old joke about buses, you wait for ages, then three come along at once. So it is with consumer protection initiatives. There have been three in the past week. First, the EU Commission last week proposed a new Directive on Consumer Rights, which would merge various existing Directives and update and modernise EU [...]
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Philosophical questions about fascism and free speech

Mon, 10/17/2011 - 07:00
Last Tuesday, in the My Education Week column in the Irish Times, Paddy Prendergast, the Provost of Trinity College Dublin (and thus my boss) wrote a diary of his working week. This is how his entry for Wednesday, October 5th, began (with added links): I meet with the Senior Dean and Dean of Students to discuss [...]
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