International Law

The Perils of Liberal Moralism: On Syria and Thomas More

Law is inevitably informed by morality, but it is not the same thing as morality. When we forget this, when we insist that what is wrong must be unlawful, or that it must be lawful to punish every wrong, we undermine the rule of law. Robert Bolt teaches this lesson memorably in A Man for … Read more

One Lawyer’s Quest to Vindicate Jesus in Court

Here’s a rather silly story brought to my attention recently.  It should tell us something about how very silly lawyers’ views of morals and the law have become in recent years.  According to Religion News Service, among others, one Dola Indidis, a lawyer in Kenya, has petitioned the International Court of Justice to nullify the … Read more

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