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Ancient customer complaints
Nanni’s dispute with Ea-nǎşir
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Snails in bottles and the law of negligence
Evolution not revolution
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1

June 2024

The playboy and the petroleum mogul
The hidden story behind a famous trust law case
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Katy Barnett
14
Jumping off the judicial ship
Two overseas judges on the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal quit
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Katy Barnett
4
Moths to a flame
A strange and touching story about four trespassing boys
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6
Professionalism in academia
Thoughts on toleration, freedom of speech and academic freedom
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May 2024

Freedom of speech, academic freedom and its limits
Some thoughts
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Katy Barnett
13
Publishing in journals
A guide for early career academics or practitioners
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Katy Barnett
5

April 2024

The lion’s den
The strange phenomenon of self-defeating defamation cases
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Katy Barnett
11
The noisy crickets
Social media, university protesters, and the amplification of shrill voices
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18
When the cow moos, it moos for thee
Thoughts on animals, nuisance and French cows
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4

March 2024

The “irreducible core” of a law school
Thoughts on our mission as an institution
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