All articles by Joshua Rozenberg – Page 4
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OpinionLife means life: populism v pragmatism
Is the prospect of a whole life order more likely to deter a killer than a very long fixed term?
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OpinionA law officer blocking access to the courts
Why should the attorney general be able to stop the Charity Commission trying to clarify the law?
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OpinionIt’s hard to see Putin getting away with this
Russia must immediately suspend the military operations in Ukraine that it began on 24 February, the International Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday. Both countries must refrain from any action which might aggravate or extend the dispute between them, the United Nations court decided by a majority of 13 votes ...
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OpinionProsecuting war crimes in Ukraine
International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan QC has wasted no time in launching an investigation into war crimes in Ukraine.
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OpinionJudges on the up: tipping winners is tougher now
Who will succeed Lord Lloyd-Jones as the Welsh justice at the Supreme Court?
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Opinion‘Mercy killings’ – no getting away with murder
New guidance for use in suspected 'mercy killings' will not decriminalise homicide.
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OpinionRaab’s resonant rights reformation
How serious is Dominic Raab about strengthening the credibility of human rights?
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OpinionRaab shows his hand on rights revision
We can revise the Human Rights Act ‘in a smarter way’ without touching on core fundamental rights, Dominic Raab promised MPs last week.
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OpinionSecrets and spies
Ministers rejected call for greater oversight of UK’s Secret Intelligence Service after foreign agent crossed ‘red lines’, Sir Brian Leveson tells the Gazette.
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OpinionLeading from the front on family court transparency
Sir Andrew McFarlane's plans should increase public confidence without reducing confidentiality.
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OpinionWill the latest Assisted Dying Bill get through?
There is still uncertainty over the responsibilities that the proposed legislation would impose on the judiciary.
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OpinionDominic Raab and the ‘democratic deficit’
Should we give our judges new powers to strike down laws that violate fundamental liberties?
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OpinionHong Kong, gender identity and Lord Reed
When transgender people want new identity documents, what conditions should they have to meet?
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OpinionJudicial independence under threat – in the EU
The case of Spanish examining magistrate Baltasar Garzón underlines the importance of judicial independence.
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OpinionJulian Assange: peering through the murk
If Assange is extradited to the US and convicted of any of the charges he faces there, the US government will let him serve his sentence in an Australian prison.
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OpinionA pragmatist seeking to restore high ideals
Arch-pragmatist Karim Khan QC is the ideal prosecutor for the International Criminal Court.
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OpinionA constitutional ‘linchpin’ that came loose
Some 15 years after it was brought into force, the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 is now up for grabs.
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OpinionJustice is not about victims versus offenders
Andy Burnham’s prescription for a criminal justice shakeup is well-intentioned but mostly wrong-headed.