The Legal Microscope

Exploring Law and Current Affairs Rigorously

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  • The Family’s Common Good

    Does the family have a common good? If so, what is the basis of the family’s common good? I think these questions are particularly useful to inquire into for a few reasons. The family’s common good, as the primordial society without which political society could not exist, may provide lights about the common good of…

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About the Legal Microscope

Here I will examine law and policy under the proverbial microscope.

My approach is comparative, particularly with a view to putting the United Kingdom and United States in dialogue.

Besides being comparative, my thinking is interdisciplinary. I make a serious and critical use of philosophy, which enriches my discussion of law. For, indeed, justice cannot exist without wisdom.

My main interest is constitutional law, theory and current issues of public policy. However, I have discussed other areas including commercial, contract, and intellectual property law as and when occasion has arisen.

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