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Central to our concept of democracy is counting all votes equally. Who would support an election rule in which we add up all the votes and declare the person who came in second the winner? But that is exactly what can—and does—occur under the electoral college. In 1876, 1888, 2000, 2016, and, arguably, 1960, the […]
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The journey towards caring for cultural heritageI have been interested for many years in how the UK looks after cultural heritage by law and ethical principles. I came to adopt the framework of care, in some ways by accident. The term ‘caring’ started for me as a way of explaining the wide range of activities […]
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Kathleen Stock identifies as a philosopher of (expert on) sex and gender identity partly on the grounds that she has spent years (let us take her word for it) thinking, researching, and building careful and comprehensive arguments about these issues. She also says, ‘it’s not hate speech to say males can’t be women’. But this […]
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The passage of the Chinese Civil Code in 2021 was a monumental event both for China and the international community. Yet, it is a daunting task to present a scientific account of the Code to a readership in both worlds. It is difficult for private law experts in the West to truly understand Chinese law […]
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In 2001, Chinese legislators introduced public welfare trusts to encourage the public to participate in charitable endeavours, drawing on the experiences of Japan and South Korea. However, despite being in existence for twenty years, the success rate of public welfare trusts in China has been low, with only twenty trusts being established. To address this […]
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The Nordic welfare states have a modern history marked by involuntary sterilisation and castration. Such practices have targeted different kinds of marginalised groups and people, whose sexuality and reproduction were considered inappropriate: poor women, exhausted mothers, people with disabilities, Romani people, sexual offenders, homosexual men and trans people. In light of the Nordic states’ embrace […]
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The conventional premise for embracing law in the context of economic reform calls for a modern legal system as a prerequisite for economic development. The premise suggests that economic exchange between unfamiliar parties requires reliable and uniformly applicable norms and institutions, to protect the rights of economic participants and provide credible commitments for growth (secure […]
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Many of our interactions with other people are structured by formal or informal agreements: we agree to work for a company for a set wage, we pay other people to fix our car or to dry-clean our clothes, we agree to meet a friend for lunch, and spouses and neighbors may take turns picking […]
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