Publishers, Agents and J K Rowling: When freedom of belief, expression and equality collide
Battles continue to rage over the comments recently made by J K Rowling, in relation to trans rights and women’s safety. The remarks themselves are part of a much wider theatre of ideological war around sex and gender, and for our purposes, a discussion for another...
Toads, marijuana and ritual drugs: Criminal Law and Religious Freedom
A heartbreaking and bizarre story hit recently the headlines, when Nacho Vidal, a Spanish actor, found himself facing criminal charges following the death of a man at his Valencia home. The deceased had inhaled a substance derived from poison secreted by the...
Skeletor, Elmer McCurdy and Human Remains: When and why should law step in?
During our time in lockdown, we have watched unprecedented amounts of television in the evenings, in the process discovering a variety of unexpected features of US culture. Firstly, it turns out that Twinkie Bars are in fact a species of cake rather than chocolate...
Men’s Rights Movement, Equality Law and Human Rights
Earlier this year, we wrote about Trad Wives, a group of women wanting to embrace what they believe to be a “traditional” interpretation of femininity. This time, we are exploring a different phenomenon, but one which shares some common features with Trad Wives:...
Human Rights, Religious Minorities and the Arts
With the world in lock-down, millions of people are seeking to fly, in their imaginations, through stories. Books, films and television are a life-line to another reality and provide some much needed escapism in these challenging times. Interestingly, narratives set...
Covid-19 and Religious Freedom
This year Jews and Christians have had their usual expectations for Passover and Easter turned upside down, and given the aggressive trajectory of the Covid-19 development, the same looks set to be true for Ramadan later this month. Nevertheless, faith communities...
Constitutional Culture: NHS and the Right to Healthcare
The slogan “Protect our NHS” has been at the forefront of the British response to the coronavirus pandemic. Whilst gratitude and support for the heroic efforts of doctors, nurses and countless other healthcare workers has been, quite rightly, a global phenomenon, in...
Europe, Coronavirus and Clashes of Constitutional Culture
In what must surely have been a deliberate piece of political iconoclasm, Boris Johnson declared on Sunday that there was indeed such a thing as society, repudiating the infamous contrary assertion by Margaret Thatcher. What does society actually mean though, in...
Naturism and Hate Crime: The Bare Facts
We have had a few weeks away from our blog, and have come back to find ourselves in the midst of the Coronavirus lockdown. We have made a conscious choice not to talk about the pandemic itself, at least this week, and probably in the overwhelming majority of posts...
Faith groups, sexual abuse and Civil Law as a gate-keeper
Distressingly, there have been more media reports about sexual abuse in faith groups this week. The focus this time is on claims being brought by over 20 former Jehovah’s witnesses for sexual abuse which they suffered whilst they were members of the group. A number of...
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