YouTube, Facebook, and the responsibilities of intermediary gatekeepers
In my previous post, I argued that, as a matter of principle, the controversial American anti-Islamic video should not be censored. The most obvious form of censorship comes from government action, Continue Reading
The Muppets and Contract Law
I've recently had the great good fortune to see The Muppets (2011) (imdb | official site | wikipedia). Like the recent classic movie Shrek Forever After, it is very much a movie about contract law: Continue Reading
Freedom of expression in the crosshairs
In the aftermath of the attempted assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords and the murder of six other people in Arizona last week, a fierce debate has broken out over the heated political Continue Reading
Another Top 10 Online Free Speech Resources
As regular readers of this blog will know, the right to freedom of expression - broadly interpreted - is one of my main areas of research and teaching. Many of my favourite internet resources Continue Reading
Too many guides, not enough style
My previous post on the advent of the Irish Law Journal led to some quite interesting discussion about the nature of citation styles and how crowded the market for legal journals in Ireland is. By Continue Reading
Is Apollinaire obscene? The ECHR says: no!
When I was growing up, I read a children's book called The Arabian Nights, an innocent version of the Islamic classic One Thousand and One Nights. Perhaps surprisingly, a group of Egyptian lawyers Continue Reading
A Proper Scrabble in today’s Irish Times editorial
An editorial in today's Irish Times : Proper Scrabble QUIXOTRY: According to Webster’s, “Quixotism, or visionary schemes”. And 365 Scrabble points for Michael Cresta on a record-breaking Continue Reading
Have you bought a haunted house? Who you gonna call?
If not Ghostbusters, then perhaps your lawyers. They would probably consider at least two situations. First, in the context of the formation of contracts, a misrepresentation is a false statement Continue Reading
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