Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president, has been found guilty of 11 charges of aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone. But is this justice, punishing the leader who ordered these crimes to occur, or should the men who carried out the actual crimes also be held liable for what they have done?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/26/charles-taylor-guilty-war-cr...

If you are looking for a brief break from studying for exams, but don't want to feel guilty about abandoning law for any lengthly time, then take a look at All About Law's new article on weird laws that are soon to be repealed in the UK.

http://www.allaboutlaw.co.uk/index.php/news/britain-the-land-of-weird-laws

It is soon to be illegal to do any of the following:
- ride a cow whilst intoxicated
- to eat a swan without the Queen's permission
- to fire a cannon within 300 yards of a house
- to wear a suit of armour whilst entering the Houses of Parliament (or to take in weapons)

The Guardian has just published a list of the injunctions and superinjunctions that have been taken out in the past five years. Of course, many of these are well known anyway, as the newspapers would not exactly hold back in publishing these kinds of details.

Sunday: a holy day to the religious public, that awkward day at the end of the weekend when you don’t really know what to do, for the non-religious. With George Osborne allegedly close to announcing emergency legislation to allow longer trading on Sundays during the Olympics, the issue has been raised as to whether this is a positive step, which recognises the needs of the largely atheist British society and of course boosts the economy, or whether it is the final nail in the coffin of protecting Sunday as the day of rest and family time.