Richard Calnan has written a column on jurisprudence for RE: since the magazine was first published, in 2011.  He is a partner with Norton Rose Fulbright in London, Visiting Professor at UCL and an author with Oxford University Press. He writes on jurisprudence from an English law perspective.

 

 

Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

Richard Calnan's leavetaking | Issue 21 | 2022
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

If I promise to do something, then I ought to carry it out | Issue 20 | 2022

Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

Secession | Issue 19 | 2021 | Where's it all going to end?

Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

The law of unintended consequences | Issue 18 | 2020 | What's in a name?
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

The gift to be simple | Issue 17 | 2020 | The case of the snail in the ginger beer bottle
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

Law reform | Issue 16 | 2019 | we all need to keep up with change; even better if we can anticipate it—and be involved in the process
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

Sir George Jessel | Issue 15 | 2019 | the best judges can help to mould the law—and to clarify and simplify it
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

Conceptual reasoning and the law | Issue 14 | 2018 | what is important is what the parties have actually agreed
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

Limiting the powers of (unelected) judges | Issue 13 | 2018 | who judges the judges?

Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

Form and substance | Issue 8 | 2015 | in most cases, parties are free to agree what they want
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

Property and obligation | Issue 7 | 2014 | the distinction between 'owning' and being 'owed'
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

The meaning of words | Issue 6 | 2014 | Oliver Wendell Holmes and Tom Stoppard ('I don't think writers are sacred, but words are')
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

Lord Denning | Issue 5 | 2013 | few have matched his clarity or his brevity
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

Justice Cardozo | Issue 4 | 2013 | how do judges decide cases?
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

Lord Devlin | Issue 3 | 2012 | what is the role of a judge?
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

On rights and privileges | Issue 2 | 2012 | we still need Hohfeld, almost a century on
Richard Calnan on jurisprudence

Calnan on jurisprudence

John Stuart Mill | Issue 1 | 2011 | how far should the state impinge on individual liberty?