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Entries by Natasha Kuilak Mellersh from 06/2012

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Blackwater Appeal -- What Does This Mean for the Accountability of Private Military Firms?

| Posted 06.08.2012 | World
Read More: US Supreme Court, Private Military Firms, Privatisation, Blackwater, Private Security Contractors, International Law, Private Military Security Contractors, Iraq, Accountability, Private Military Companies, Nisour Square, Blackwater Iraq, World News

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to dismiss the manslaughter and weapons charges against the four defendants Paul Slough, Evan Liberty, Dustin Heard and Donald Ball and has declined to comment.

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Should the Government Intervene in the Judicial Process?

| Posted 06.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Politicisation of Judges, Right to Family Life, Right-to-Family, European Convention on Human Rights, Financial Independence, Theresa May, Article 8, Immigration, UK Politics, UK Politics News

For May to publicly criticise the work of judges for not being in line with the governments policies seems a  little worrying as surely judges should be expected to act within the framework of the law rather than according to the interests of the government.

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Access to Law Anyone?

| Posted 06.12.2012 | UK
Read More: Case Law, Law, Reported Cases, Legal Aid, Legal Aid Bill, Case Law Databases, Access to Law, Laspobill, Laspo, UK News

Everyone should have the ability to understand and to access the law. The legal system of England and Wales takes pride in the quality of its judiciary and seeks to ensure that everyone is equal before the courts.

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German Agency Wants to Snoop Social Networks to Analyze Creditworthiness

| Posted 06.12.2012 | Technology
Read More: Debt, Creditworthiness, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Facebook, Data Protection, Privacy Law, Social Networks Creditworthiness, Internet Privacy, Schufa, Technology News

The proposal raises serious concerns over assessing a person's reputation from information found on the web.

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Bogeymen and Blanket Surveillance

| Posted 06.18.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Human Rights, Ccdp, Security Industry, Black Boxes, Freedom, David Davis, Theresa May, Communications-Capabilities-Development-Programme, Breach of Privacy, Julian Huppert, Surveillance, Internet Law, Blanket Surveillance, Privacy, Parliament, UK Tech News

Despite warnings from digital rights groups, privacy advocates and experts in the tech world, the government has gone ahead with their plans for blanket surveillance measures on the internet, including controversial practices such as deep packet inspection.

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Judging Judges - Is There a Need for Greater Judicial Scrutiny?

| Posted 06.23.2012 | UK
Read More: Supreme Court, Public Debate, Judicial Activism, Equality, Judges, Contempt of Court Act, Scrutiny, Judicial Studies, Contempt of Court, Jury, Independence, Gender, Female Judges, Judiciary, Legal System, Judicial Appointments, Justice, Diversity, Bame, UK News

Establishing judicial studies as a respectable and rigorous academic field could not only increase public understanding and interest in the judiciary, but it could also serve to improve the quality and openness of our legal system.

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