Refugees Are a Vital Part of the Modern Nation-State

The refugee crisis has been arguably the news story of the last year. Like every news-story, it has settled down into a tit-for-tat dialectic and has assured its own propagation. What I mean by that is that the big picture is barely even conceived, not to mind discussed, and so the problem, since it is not understood,…

Nonagenerian Arrest Should Be Enough to Put the ‘War Crime’ in a Retirement Home

Disgust at a system of vast oppression is understandable and noble. A legal system enforcing criminal proceedings against ‘war criminals’  is flawed, nonetheless. The arrest of an old woman in Germany should be enough for sensible people to recognise the senselessness of the ‘war crime.’  1. Arrest of Nonagenerian This week there was an arrest of a…

A Journey to the Dark Side of International Law

International law can be shown to be unworkable by invoking a three pronged model of law. While the institution and administration of law do not pose fundamental problems for international law, the third component, the political power wielded, must do so. It is argued that this is not just a problem in practice but in…