Legal Cheek Journal

When can duties be contracted out?

Judges need to stop being so vanilla — and stop meddling in our sex lives

The United Nations couldn’t have got this any more wrong if it’d tried

Conviction rates are depressingly low

The background to this week’s human rights showdown explained

Supreme Court ruling could lead to an influx of immigration

There’s no excuse, now is the time to fight for legislative reform

The current law can’t cope with the social media phenomenon

Co-habiting couples are on the up, and they need property rights too

Taking a vehicle and killing someone with it is no longer enough to be convicted of aggravated vehicle taking

What is Islamic finance? And why is it so great?

Nods to free speech, but has a detrimental impact on businesses

Now it’s your turn to write

Excessive discretion runs counter to criminal justice goals