A Short Legal History of the Credit Crunch – Part 2 of 4

A Short Legal History of the Credit Crunch – Part 2 of 4

With the Credit Crunch in the finance sector now causing deleterious effects in the ‘real’ economy (see Part 1), concerned Finance Directors (“FDs”) turned to their relationship banks with a view to agreeing how best to muddle through what appeared to be a temporary...
Bearing Justice

Bearing Justice

The ‘domino effect’ is a remarkably crude mechanical metaphor which once again implicitly informs mainstream characterisations1See for example: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12204971 of the revolutions in play in Tunisia, Egypt, and to a lesser degree...
Anomie: On civil and democratic disobedience

Anomie: On civil and democratic disobedience

Greek Minister for Public Transport Reppas stated last week that the government will not let ‘Greece exposed to the risk of international disrepute and marginalization, destinations of countries characterized by anomie. The attack on the social acceptability of the...