Constitutional Affairs

‘Turkey’s membership would mean a European Union bordering on Iraq and Syria’

The leader of Norway’s Progress Party, Siv Jensen, has a good chance of winning next year’s election. In an interview with Standpoint editor Daniel Johnson, she explains her views; Bruce Bawer explains the background to her meteoric career

‘Mr Obama subscribes to the European critique of the Bush administration, but the self-abasement that the critics demand from America is as implausible as it is undesirable’

‘Gordon Brown needs to be warned that everyone, even Prime Ministers, must obey the law’

The acquittal of Greenpeace activists who vandalised a power station reveals a legal loophole vulnerable to political exploitation

The Eagle and the Crown: Americans and the British Monarchy by Frank Prochaska

‘Is there an absolute measure to settle the argument on limits of freedom of speech? No. Each law-making democracy must decide for itself’

Suddenly, the Conservatives are in tune with voters across the continent – and can lead the way to a more democratic EU

A proposed revision of the laws governing murder may appease women’s pressure goups but endanger justice

As the UN General Assembly begins its 63rd session, the Human Rights Council makes a mockery of UN Ideals.