Zizek on Equity & Trusts… well almost…

Zizek on Equity & Trusts… well almost…

Equity is something of a problem. Aside from the blatant patriarchy of the Presumption of Advancement or Common Intention Constructive Trusts, it is often a little difficult to smuggle critical (legal) theory into an Equity and Trusts course. A long time ago now,...
Resonance and the Egyptian Revolution

Resonance and the Egyptian Revolution

What has coalesced as a powerful, unstoppable force on the streets of Egypt is resonance: the assertive collective empathy created by multitudes fighting for the control of space. Resonance is an intensely bodily, spatial, political affair, materialized in the masses...
Withdrawing Consent

Withdrawing Consent

For the last month, we have been witnessing, in Tunisia and Egypt, the first revolution of the twenty-first century. We are indeed fortunate to live in the presence of such a world-making event, even if we are not in the streets together with those who are making it a...
A Short Legal History of the Credit Crunch – Part 4 of 4

A Short Legal History of the Credit Crunch – Part 4 of 4

The suffering spreads Our notional executive’s assumption about how industry would help the banks and the economy out of the Credit Crunch was in one element correct.  Borrowers had bailed out the banks, but it was only by means of workers’ redundancies, the stripping...