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The biggest problem with using the military to fight rime is that soldiers are not trained for law enforcement, but warfare, using maximum force.
The volatile conditions in the Central African Republic make the administration of justice difficult.
The Verdins principles affect the way offenders with mental health problems are sentenced in a court of law.
With it’s latest reforms, Poland’s leading Law and Justice party is hindering any progress towards a viable judiciary.
The Law and Justice party are making a grab for the Polish capital, by making it massive, but ultimately residents may pay the price.
A popular protest forced the government back down on its proposed ban, but Poland still has savagely restrictive abortion laws.
Australia has become less compassionate, more punitive and more ready to blame individuals for their alleged failings since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.
After years of being hailed as the shining example of post-Communist success, Poland is being depicted going ‘backward.’ What happened? And why is this significant for Europe?
The Netflix documentary about the case against Wisconsin man Steven Avery has everyone talking. What can you do if you smell a rat?
With hardliners taking charge of the government and presidency in Warsaw, the migrant rhetoric is looking worrying. But how much will change in practice?
Andrzej Duda’s Law and Justice party is more anti-Russian and eurosceptic than its main rival.
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Professor of Politics and Contemporary European Studies, University of Sussex
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