Scotland and a second independence referendum: what is the legal situation?
Mar 14, 2017 07:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
Nicola Sturgeon, Scotlands first minister, has announced her intention to hold another Scottish independence referendum in the wake of the UKs vote to leave the European Union. Campaign badges are being looked out and...
How to cut Australia's $48 billion crime bill
Mar 14, 2017 07:10 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Crime costs Australia almost A$48 billion per year. In anyones language, that is a public cost that needs to be addressed urgently. Fortunately, we now have an abundance of research findings that tell us how we can do...
NYC Suing Verizon Over Fiber Shortage, 1M Homes Will Not Get FiOS
Mar 14, 2017 07:02 am UTC| Technology Law
Verizon was supposed to roll out its Fiber internet to households in New York City, offering super-fast internet connection to over 3.1 million households. However, it seems the carrier is unable to meet this requirement,...
Racism is still rampant in South Africa. But is criminalising hatred the answer?
Mar 13, 2017 07:09 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Recent events in South Africa show that it is a society still grappling with its racist history, 23 years after apartheid officially ended. Combating hatred is an ongoing project. The states most recent response to the...
The House health plan: Here's how the numbers don't add up for the poor
Mar 13, 2017 05:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
House Republicans introduced the American Health Care Act (AHCA), their proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA, also known as Obamacare). At a press conference, Speaker Paul Ryan called this bill an...
Why is it still so hard for patients in need to get medicinal cannabis?
Mar 10, 2017 03:24 am UTC| Health Law
This week the federal government granted its first license for an Australian company to grow and harvest medical marijuana. This follows Australias amending of the Narcotic Drugs Act 1967 to legalise the production and...
Uber Flip-Flops On Anti-Regulation App, To Ban Greyball
Mar 09, 2017 23:51 pm UTC| Technology Law
It seems Travis Kalanacks company has been pretty busy in trying to get around US laws for years. After trying to ram its self-driving cab test through the California DMV a while back and failing miserably, it has had to...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight