The impossibility of justice: habeas corpus as a paradigm

A key rhetoric justifying the existence of the modern nation-state focuses on its potential – through the ‘Rule of Law’ – to be more just than any other system of organised political power. Rule... Full story

Deaths with interruption

Bangladesh, with more than 85 deaths for every 10,000 registered motor vehicles, has one of the highest rates of fatal road accidents in the world, around 50 times higher than the rate in most western countries. This is cruel, indeed. However, the Nobel prize winning writer, Jose Saramago, wrote in his... Full story

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