MPs who say things in Parliament are absolutely protected from any legal consequences. The officials who tell them what to say aren't. Who'd be a public servant?
Read MoreLaw
The seal basher, and the hang ‘im high club
Twelve months in prison for clubbing to death 23 seals, injuring others, leaves nobody with anything to celebrate.
Read MoreIgnorantia legis neminem excusat
For the Police to act inconsistently with their own governing legislation once is bad. For them to do it twice is even badder
Read MoreTrading Freedoms - Voluntary Unionism or the Right to Silence?
Simon Power needs Act's support to pass the Criminal Procedure (Reform and Modernisation) Bill. Will he tell Act to stuff Heather Roy's Voluntary Student Union Bill where the sun doesn't shine, unless they hold their noses, and support grossly illiberal legislation which does away with the right to silence?
Read MoreYou can Vote for Change ... but why?
By all means let's debate the pros and cons of MMP. But it ain't going anywhere in November.
Read MoreAn offer you can't refuse
Residents of Christchurch's Red Zone now have two offers they can choose from. But they really do have to choose one or the other.
Read MoreWorst. Defence. Ever.
Philip Field is trying to clear his name by arguing that while he acted corruptly, being a corrupt MP isn't against the law.
Read MoreTalking about process and dismissal
Labour has happened across a pretty nifty little parliamentary trick. But it's time to put it away, I think.
Read MoreMighty oaks from little acorns grow
Who would have thought that Ryan Giggs' sexual peccadillos would cause a minor constitutional crisis in the UK?
Read MoreWhen is being tough on crime too tough?
Prisons are not the Tardis - when they fill up, then what do we do? We have to start letting people go.
Read MoreWe don't need a key, we'll break it
Moa brewery will give you beer to break the law. Buy more Moa beer!
Read MoreThat's why flags are such ugly things
Why do our Supreme Court judges hate our glorious war dead so much?
Read MoreHow much democracy is "enough" democracy?
Is Hone Harawira's decision to force a by election a cynical abuse of public money or a noble commitment to accountability? Yes.
Read MoreA sign o' the times
Has Labour managed to stuff up even a pretty good idea? [Turns out no - not as much as I prematurely thought.]
Read MoreKiddies in Court
The Minister of Justice moved swiftly to change the rules on legal aid eligibility following Dame Margaret Bazley's report, but quick-as-a-flash, nothing's been done on her recommendation that creches be set up for kiddies in courts
Read MoreNecessitas non habit legem
There is a dispute out in the sea. The police must be able to arrest someone ... musn't they?
Read MoreThere's glory for you!
There'll be a lot of silliness before National's foreshore and seabed law gets passed. Here's my contribution.
Read MoreJust like the pictures, the quake debate goes on
A Pundit debate about media ethics winds up on telly... So is my argument "spurious"? Has the media overstepped in reporting the Christchurch quake? Some new thoughts...
Read MoreThe proposed Regulatory Responsibility Bill shouldn't be enacted
Why the Government’s proposed Regulatory Responsibility Bill is ill-founded, constitutionally radical, and likelyto hurt democracy.
Read MoreAnd now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong
"Day after day, day after day, we stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean." Could this be Hone Harawira's parliamentary fate?
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