The Panama Papers and material law

Ressel, J. (2016) The Panama Papers and material law. Law, Culture & Ideas Blog. 03/05/2016

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Item Type:	Article
Abstract:	The article discusses the Panama Paper leaks and argues that the revelations tell us that if we believe in the principle of rule of law as an agent of social justice, we cannot accept ‘law-light’ a reduced conception of law as the technocratic handmaiden of the market. We must not accept law devoid of any real material significance, law as nothing but an entertaining and to some degree interesting and intellectually challenging abstract game of social chess. To do so would mean we pay a too high a price in human pain, un-freedom, inequality and suffering.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Panama Papers, social justice, financial regulation, inequality
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General) > K201 Jurisprudence. Philosophy and theory of law > K321 Schools of legal theory > K366 Sociology of law. Sociological jurisprudence H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance > HJ2240 Revenue. Taxation. Internal revenue. > HJ2336 Tax exemption
Creators:	Ressel, James
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	University Faculties, Divisions and Research Centres - OLD > Faculty of Business & Law > Law Faculties > Faculty of Business & Law > Law
Date:	3 May 2016
Date Type:	Publication
Journal or Publication Title:	Law, Culture & Ideas Blog
Volume:	03/05/2016
Language:	English
Status:	Published / Disseminated
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/8823

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