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Do clothes maketh the man?

According to the Adages of Erasmus, 'vestes virum facit', which is often rendered in English as 'clothes maketh the man'. Two different stories in today's Irish Times brought this adage to mind. In Continue Reading

Report of the Working Group on a Court of Appeal

I've written about this report twice already. The first occasion was when a committee chaired by Ms Justice Susan Denham of the Supreme Court was established to consider the necessity for a new Irish Continue Reading

Plans for an Irish Court of Appeal?

Some time ago, in a similarly titled post, I discussed the establishment of a committee chaired by Ms Justice Susan Denham of the Supreme Court which was to consider the necessity for a possible new Continue Reading

Is DC v Heller a Roe v Wade for our times?

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state. For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and Continue Reading

A footnote to Election 2007

Now that An Taoiseach (the Prime Minister) has put us out of our misery and finally called the long-awaited general election, all Bills currently pending will fall with the outgoing DÃ¡il (Lower Continue Reading

Hat tips – Political Advertising; Privacy

This message is by way of catching up with two important developments this week, and thanking those fellow bloggers who brought them to my attention. First up, political advertising. (more...) Continue Reading

Fair Use – Recalibrating the balance in Fair Dealing

This is a call to arms; or at least, a call for legislation which would radically recast EU copyright law. Intellectual property law and policy are all about innovation, both encouraging it and Continue Reading

“You can’t fire me; I’ve got tenure!”

Last night, MGM movies showed the 1984 movie Teachers, about a lawyer who sued her high school for graduating an illiterate pupil. It starred JoBeth Williams as the lawyer; Nick Nolte as the Continue Reading