Monthly Archives September 2020

September 19, 2020,  Guru in a Bottle  No comments

The New York Times wrote this brilliant tribute to the most important jurist of the 20th Century – Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the former US Supreme Court Judge who died, age 87 after her long battle with cancer.

Ruth Ginsberg wasn’t just a remarkable judge. She was a remarkable human being and an inspiration for all of us in the legal profession. She is simply irreplaceable.

Her legacy will be to follow in her footsteps and always seek truth and justice for those less able to defend themselves against the power of the State. #breakingnews#inspiration#law

The only second woman to serve on the Supreme Court and a pioneering advocate for women’s rights, who in her ...

September 19, 2020,  Guru in a Bottle  No comments

September 15, 2020,  Guru in a Bottle  No comments

As an undergraduate law student, one of the most important legal philosophers we studied in jurisprudence and the theory of law was the British legal philosopher Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832). Bentham is credited with creating the doctrine of utilitarianism, that at its core believes that the purpose of morality is to make life better by increasing the amount of good things and decreasing the amount of bad things in the world. This philosophy is underpinned by the belief in the principle of the ‘Rule of Law’ and in its absence there could be an increase in a lot of bad things in the world.

The principle of the ‘Rule of Law’ can be traced back to Ancient Greece and th...

September 1, 2020,  Guru in a Bottle  No comments

The Manchester United captain and England defender was clear in his own mind he had done nothing wrong and had nothing to apologise for after being arrested, charged, convicted and then, in a bizarre twist, set free during his holiday on the Greek island of Mykonos.

BBC News sports editor Dan Roan was cock-a-hoop about his exclusive interview with Harry Maguire when he returned to the UK last week. BBC News emphasised that Maguire’s conviction didn’t stand because he’d been granted the right of appeal under Greek law, so he was innocent of the charges. You could say this was damage limitation.

But it’s hardly a textbook example of PR success when there are gl...