banks – The Laws of Rule

A Case of Counterfactuals

Posted on 08/03/201210/03/2012 by markbtaylor

Iceland’s former prime minister is in court for things he didn’t do. To be precise, he is charged with four counts of not doing what he should have done, under the laws on ministerial responsibility. Herdis Sigurgrimsdottir explains. The case of former Prime Minister Geir Haarde is as intriguing as it is unprecedented. The principle…

Biting the Hands that Fed Themselves

Posted on 15/02/201127/11/2012 by markbtaylor

“We just don’t have the legal tools” said Professor Yusif Qasim of the law faculty at the University of Cairo last week. He was speaking to a reporter about the possibility of recovering funds that may have been stolen from the Egyptian treasury and tucked away in a foreign bank account. “It could be a…