Getting Away With Murder? – How Multinational Corporations Can Be Held Accountable For Human Rights Violations
If the story of human rights were a book, 2012 might be seen as the end of one of its most promising chapters. But first we need to go back to the very first page to understand how this tale has unfolded so far. In 1789, the US Congress [...]
Open letter to the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police
Following is an open letter written by Occupy London legal observers to the Metropolitan police and the City of London police in regards to the handling of the eviction of St Paul’s Cathedral on 28 February 2012. The letter details four key [...]
Occupy, Constitutional Law And Social Change
In the mid 19th century, Henry Thoreau coined the term ‘civil disobedience’ when fighting against the American government’s state poll tax – the money from which would be used to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law. He broadly used [...]
Occupy and the Law: The Trial Continues
Now that the dust has settled upon the latest round of legal action between Occupy and those who seek to evict them from the site outside St Paul’s Cathedral, it is, perhaps, appropriate to take a moment in time to reflect upon the present [...]
‘Freemen’ Favour Fiction Over Facts
Law is like life. It begins small and simple and then evolves. The Darwinian struggles to occupy new existential spaces and overcome challenges create new species. Much like ecosystems, young jurisdictions enjoy relatively simple relationships [...]
Libel to Change?
The protestors at the #OccupyLSX camp at St Pauls know all about free expression and censorship. Their chosen site of protest has been a symbol of free thinking for centuries. Dissident pamphlets were sold in the churchyard, and reformist [...]