Now the oil firms involved *and* the Govt. (if not the one that granted the licenses), admit that the Rosebank & Jackdaw North Sea exploration licenses involved an 'error in law' & were approved unlawfully.

The firms (understandably) want this to be set aside so they can continue exploitation of the fields... but, it would send a pretty bad message if the Court confirms the judgement but the Labour Govt. allows them to continue.

What price the Rule of Law?

#RuleofLaw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2dxqd1pyo

Giorgia Meloni’s vendetta against Italy’s judges https://www.politico.eu/article/giorgia-melonis-italy-judges-viktor-orban-hungary-albania-rome-court-russia-war-ukraine/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Lawenforcement #Humanrights #Judiciary #Migration #RuleofLaw #Politics #Asylum #Courts #Media

The end of Pax Americana https://www.politico.eu/article/pax-america-donald-trump-us-elections-president-reelection-deport/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Transatlanticrelations #FromAcrossthePond #U.S.election2024 #Courtdecisions #WarinUkraine #DonaldTrump #Immigration #Commentary #Democracy #Elections #Inflation #RuleofLaw #Security #Tariffs #Media #Trade #Asia #NATO

Of course, most proponents of #RuleOfLaw would object to these outcomes—the Holocaust, slavery, an unrestrained Donald Trump. But all of these are perfectly, completely legal under the constitution of an allegedly liberal democracy!

And thus one of the contradictions inherent to the concept of Rule of Law. Its proponents understand it to mean certain kinds of *outcomes* they associate with “liberal democracy” regardless of the actual laws involved or the legal processes in place for adjudicating and interpreting these laws.

When people advocate for Rule of Law, in other words, they tend to mean “the production of legal outcomes we see as good and just,” not the equal and dispassionate application of actual laws.

I have serious #HumanRights concerns about United Kingdom’s #RwandaBill. Its adoption by the UK Parliament raises major issues about the rights of #asylum seekers and the #RuleOfLaw.
👉 https://go.coe.int/oULaG

Here is a link to my annotated copy of #Maine Secretary of State’s Ruling deciding Trump may not appear on Maine Republican primary ballot because Trump is unqualified to serve as President; the #14thAmendment excludes him because he engaged in #insurrection. My annotations are meant to aid nonlawyers in understanding the key points in the Ruling. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GF44vPmFpzP7a-auX9azWNDkKtdV0qLk/view?usp=drivesdk #RuleOfLaw #LawFedi 1/