Why is counter-terrorism a human rights issue? Both terrorism and counter-terrorism are human rights issues. Terrorism is a human rights issue because it involves deliberate attacks on civilians causing death and serious injury – and so engages the right to life and the right to physical integrity. Counter-terrorism is a human rights issue because the […]
JUSTICE Journal – Volume 2, Number 2
December 1, 2005
Contents of Volume 2 Number 2 Editorial The first five years of the Human Rights Act Roger Smith Papers Changing the rules: the judiciary, human rights and the constitution The JUSTICE annual debate Power and accountability: corporate responsibility in the age of human rights Jonathan Cooper Old Wine in New Bottles: Human rights, legal aid […]
Changing the Rules
October 18, 2005
The judiciary, human rights and the constitution Held at Simmons & Simmons the 2005 annual lecture could more accurately be described as a debate. The issues brought to the fore by Roger Smith in his paper, Changing the rules: the judiciary, human rights and the constitution, published in the 2004 annual report, were extensively considered […]
JUSTICE Journal – Volume 2, Number 1
June 1, 2005
Contents of Volume 2 Number 1 Editorial The fertility of human rights Roger Smith Papers Protecting a free society? Control orders and the Prevention of Terrorism Bill Eric Metcalfe Riding the push-me-pull-you in 2004: a year in the life of the Human Rights Act Helen Mountfield Equality and human rights Henrietta Hill and Aileen McColgan […]
JUSTICE Journal – Volume 1, Number 2
December 1, 2004
Contents for Volume 1 Number 2 Editorial Terrorism: the correct counter Roger Smith Papers ‘Representative but not responsible’: the use of special advocates in English law Eric Metcalfe Legal aid: a way forward Roger Smith Prosecuting by consent: a public prosecution service in the 21st Century Ken Macdonald QC Articles The International Commission of Jurists: a […]
Prosecuting by consent
October 19, 2004
A public prosecution service in the 21st Century The Director of Public Prosecutions, Ken Macdonald QC described his vision of the Crown Prosecution Service as a ‘properly empowered … organisation of stature, at the heart of criminal justice’. He did admit that ‘there is a long way to go’ before his vision is realised. Although […]
JUSTICE Journal – Volume 1, Number 1
June 1, 2004
Contents for Volume 1 Number 1 Editorial Constitutional Reform Roger Smith Papers Iraq: the Pax Americana and the law Lord Alexander of Weedon QC Necessity and Detention: internment under the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 Eric Metcalfe Charting the new territory of the EU’s bill of rights Marilyn Goldberg Test case strategies and legal […]
Iraq: the pax Americana and the law
October 14, 2003
The inaugural JUSTICE Tom Sargant memorial annual lecture was given by Lord Alexander of Weedon QC, chair of JUSTICE Council, at the Law Society on 14 October 2003. Marcel Berlins, writing in the Guardian on 20 March 2006, described it as ‘ … a virtuoso performance. Many others have now argued in similar vein, but […]
The Role of the House of Lords in terms of Parliamentary Scrutiny of Legislation
October 9, 2002
JUSTICE annual lecture 2002 given by Lord Williams of Mostyn (then Leader of te House of Lords) on 9 Octover 2002 at the Law Society in London. “The House of Lords is a faithful old hound, toothless, arthritic, sometimes testy, asleep in front of the fire, an object of affection for what he once was, […]
The Evolving Constitution
October 4, 2001
JUSTICE annual lecture 2001 given by Lord Bingham of Cornhill on 4 October 2001. In a comprehensive and insightful speech: he reflected on the principles which underlie our constitution examined more contemporary issues such as the voting system, devolution, and the role of the law lords concluded that the House of Lords should no longer […]