LawNewsIndex was founded in 2011 as a way of archiving the changes in the UK justice system as observed through the Twitter/X account @thelawmap. The ongoing archive has collated thousands of news articles covering each day since December 2011. Since July 2026, a new weekend feature comprising essays, comments and original creative writing on an eclectic range of subjects is being published as 'The Sunday Editorial' from a range of writers:
The complete list of Editorials published on Sundays as part of LawNewsIndex -
'A Lyric Essay on the European Eel', an original creative lyric on the need to preserve the critically endangered European eel, by Suzanne Iuppa, 9th August 2026
'Beyond Licence to Kill: What John Buchan and Ian Fleming Reveal About Justice, Morality and the Stories We Need', Taz Rahman, 2nd August 2026
'Utilitarianism in an Age of Permanent Crisis', an introspective on John Stuart Mill's utilitarian political philosophy in light of 20th century scholarship from John Rawls and Karl Popper, by Taz Rahman, 26th July 2026
'Why Henry David Thoreau Still Matters in the 21st Century', an essay on Thoreau's environmentalism, and developing an intellectual framework for challenging existing laws that goes against the grain of equality and climate justice, by Taz Rahman, 19th July 2026
'Football and the National Temper', contextualising George Orwell's 1945 essay The Sporting Spirit and how football masks the need for identity politics, by Taz Rahman, 12th July 2026
'In Defence of Decency in a Polarised Age', the need for maintaining decency and pursuing progressive values in a social media age of polarisation and fundamentalism, by Taz Rahman, 5th July 2026
