The proposal that poverty ought to be regarded as a violation of human rights and therefore as a condition that ought to be abolished has been presented as 'a new paradigm in the fight against poverty'. In this essay Tom Campbell explores this proposal from a philosophical standpoint, examining how the proposal may be interpreted...

Tom Campbell argues that, outside the confines of a fairly conservative common law methodology, "judicial activism" can be so wrong as to be treasonable. He argues that it is a breach of trust and an abuse of judicial power that undermines the foundations of constitutional democracy.

It is commonplace to say there is a judicial duty of make decisions according to law. But this construction of judicial ethics is threatened by radical disagreement as to what it means to make decisions in accordance with law. In this paper Professor Tom Campbell argues that the legal system must be able to distinguish...