Heard of #iGavel? Introducing #AyeGavel: A Campaign for Gavels in Scottish Courts In the spirit of innovation and tradition, we are excited to announce the launch of the #AyeGavel campaign, a light-hearted yet meaningful initiative aimed at introducing gavels into the Scottish C...

Heard of #iGavel? Introducing #AyeGavel: A (Light-Hearted yet Meaningful) Campaign for Gavels in Scottish Courts.

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#ScotsLaw #Law #Scotland ^G 🔨⚖️📚

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The gavel and the robe Established and emerging democracies display a puzzling taste in common: both have handed increasing amounts of power to unelected judges. The fourth article in our series on changes in the mature dem...

See also www.economist.com/briefing/199... + www.iclr.co.uk/blog/archive... #igavel #ayegavel #lawsky

This year we may start a pro bono campaign to bring gavels back to Scottish courts. Perhaps coupled with a legal aid initiative. No idea how to achieve that mind you? Anyone able to help? It’s £10 per gavel on Amazon as a starter for ten… #igavel #legalaid #law #scotland #scotslaw

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Thanks @diginomica.bsky.social for sharing. See footnotes in my new thesis www.scotslawblog.com/scots-law/ca... #iGavel ^G

@diginomica.bsky.social just bear in mind gavels don’t exist in the courts of Scotland, England & Wales or NI… #iGavel not on here yet are they? Otherwise really insightful and matches a recent Richard Susskind article in @thetimes.com . Thanks @okeefe.bsky.social for sharing! ^G