Against the Death Penalty
The state should not assume the right to end the lives of its citizens at will.
Ralph Leonard
· 9 min read
Law
A collection of 68 posts
Feminism and Free Speech
Victoria’s proposed hate speech legislation forces feminists to choose which is more important to them: the restriction of misogynistic speech, or the protection of their own political speech.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 5 min read
Stop Decriminalising Crime
When a gap opens between what the law punishes and what society believes should be punished, people lose respect for the law and are more likely to violate it.
Paul H. Robinson
· 11 min read
Ukraine Goes to Court
Ukraine has therefore pursued multiple legal avenues in response to the aggression.
Emiliano Polo
· 9 min read
Is Sanity Returning to the Australian Gender Debate?
There have been numerous incidents of vociferous trans activism in Tasmania, yet it was still possible to pass sensible legislation.
Holly Lawford-Smith
· 6 min read
Victim Blaming Revisited
Exploring biases and criticisms in the perception of crime victims, from robbery to rape.
Richard B. Felson
· 6 min read
A Murder in Namibia
How two bungling American assassins travelled over 7,000 miles to settle a grudge, and then turned their trial into a nine-year circus.
Dan Kowalski
· 15 min read
Where Does ‘Wokeness’ Come From?
Opponents of wokeness sometimes say that “facts don’t care about your feelings.” But the federal judiciary does.
Richard Hanania
· 7 min read
The Aboriginal Voice to Parliament: Wrong in Principle, Disastrous in Practice
We should not make race the organising principle of a new chapter of our Constitution.
Ramesh Thakur
· 19 min read
The Peculiar Silence in the Students for Fair Admissions Decision
Are racial preferences in university admissions really dead?
Ethan Blevins
· 7 min read
It Doesn’t Make It Alright
The SCOTUS decision on affirmative action has ended a hypocritical and incoherent policy.
Andrew Hammel
· 15 min read
Samantha Geimer and Emmanuelle Seigner in Conversation
The two women most directly affected by the 1977 Polanski scandal discuss guilt, shame, feminism, #MeToo, the media, and the search for truth and understanding.
Peggy Sastre
· 29 min read
The Fragility of the Caste-Oppression Hypothesis
Empty claims of caste discrimination in the West have damaging legal, reputational, and social consequences.
Prakash Shah
· 9 min read
Remembering Rumpole
John Mortimer’s fictional barrister was—like his creator—a rogue redeemed by a fierce commitment to the presumption of innocence.
Kevin Mims
· 19 min read
Dismantle DEI Ideology
The disgraceful scenes at Stanford are a flawless embodiment of how diversity doctrine distorts academic life and constrains decision-making.
Heather Mac Donald
· 16 min read