Here's what Iain has to say, so far:So far, more than fifty blogs from all over the political spectrum have encouraged their readers to vote. They have voted for 443 different blogs. The top 100 is broken down as follows...Conservative blogs 20Right Wing blogs 9Libertarian blogs 6Labour blogs 16Left Wing blogs 13Lib Dem blogs 8Media blogs 11Non Aligned blogs 11Green blogs 2Humour blogs 1Plaid Cymr...

Just a quick update on voting in the Top 200 blogs list for the 2008-9 Guide to Political Blogging.So far, more than fifty blogs from all over the political spectrum have encouraged their readers to vote. They have voted for 443 different blogs. The top 100 is broken down as follows...Conservative blogs 20Right Wing blogs 9Libertarian blogs 6Labour blogs 16Left Wing blogs 13LibDem blogs 8Media blo...

Normally I quite like "the Law west of Ealing Broadway". The Magistrate applies the Law as it should be applied - fairly and with discretion. On occasions, however he gets a little onanistic about "the Law" - a habit of all who serve that great priesthood in the theocracy in which we live. That is the legal profession and assorted hangers on, who mistake "the Law" for Justice. Because something is...

The rule of law is a legal concept which includes a number of interrelated principles. First, protecting the rule of law ensures that no one is above the law. Thomas Paine stated in his pamphlet Common Sense (1776): "For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other."

While there has been much talk of law in the last year, there seems to have been little or no discussion of what law is actually for. As the nature of policing, the punishment of offenders, and even law itself, is steadily changing, now would seem to be a good time to remind ourselves of its nature and purpose, and, more especially, to probe the ideology that underlies law in Britain today.  ...

The government's law reform expert, the Law Commission, warns that a loophole means some kidnappers may not face the full force of the law.

It’s come round quick to that time of the month when we look at the newest (and newish) socialist, left and labour movement blogs to have burst into being. I make it 22 blogs all told. Understandably with the high profile student occupations blogs in some way related to anti-cuts protesting are starting to come

One of the most important aspects of the rule of law is that we are all entitled to use the law to our best advantage. The most obvious example of this is probably tax law in which there is a clear difference between minimising your tax liability by taking advantages of exemptions allowed by law (known as tax avoidance) and simply fiddling the figures thereby not paying tax that is due by law (tax...

Just as respect and support for law are an indispensable basis of the rule of law in the national arena, so progress in strengthening international law is going to depend on developing the same attitudes within the global polity. Needed...

LibDem blogs is the cental pillar of the Lib Dem blogosphere. Its communual nature is emblematic of the LibDems. Everybody gets a fair whack and new blogs get the prominence they wouldn't otherwise achieve. Yes, I suppose I could create a Google reader list to track the blogs I want to view, but I would miss the new ones and interesting posts which pop up unexpectedly from some quarters.Ryan