Why there is such an enormous demand for drugs in UK prisons
Feb 15, 2017 08:49 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
The BBCs Panorama documentary on HMP Northumberland recently put the problem of drug taking in prisons firmly under the spotlight. The terrible harms that psychoactive drugs create for both prisoners and prison officers...
Why the government should tax unhealthy foods and subsidise nutritious ones
Feb 15, 2017 07:33 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics Law
In an Australian study published today, we show that if the government were to combine taxes and subsidies on a range of foods and beverages, it could substantially improve the health of Australians and potentially free up...
America's always had black inventors – even when the patent system explicitly excluded them
Feb 15, 2017 06:38 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
America has long been the land of innovation. More than 13,000 years ago, the Clovis people created what many call the first American invention a stone tool used primarily to hunt large game. This spirit of American...
How will native tribes fight the Dakota Access Pipeline in court?
Feb 15, 2017 06:35 am UTC| Law Politics
On Feb. 8 the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reversed course and issued an easement allowing the installation of the Dakota Access Pipeline under Lake Oahe in North Dakota. That decision followed a presidential memorandum...
Regulations needed for litigation funders who can't pay out when cases fail
Feb 15, 2017 06:24 am UTC| Law
Access to funding for litigation has become a critical component of class action cases in Australia. This is because it provides the necessary financing for this form of expensive and complex litigation. Yet its...
Cyber Geneva Convention Is A Must, Says Microsoft President
Feb 15, 2017 05:24 am UTC| Technology Law
The Geneva Convention was created in order to make sure that the various nations that agreed to it would adhere to certain rules and practices. With the advent of the internet and the concept of cyber warfare, many in the...
Cheat French Husband Now Wants To Cheat Uber Out Of $48M
Feb 13, 2017 06:27 am UTC| Technology Law
In a rather unusual turn of events, the American cab hailing company Uber is now facing a lawsuit that was filed by a French businessman for supposedly causing him and his wife to divorce. The lawsuit, which is asking for...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects