CategoryFor the Curious

⏳ 8 min read This week, we travel to Japan—the land of the rising sun. It’s a place where people revere the old traditions, alongside the new. We’ll delve into the Japanese school lunch, a public policy initiative translated into law.

⏳ 9 min read We travel to Mostar in Bosnia & Herzegovina or BiH in short. It’s a magical place with a dark history, where the atrocities of war are still etched into the streetscape.

⏳ 9 min read This week, we’ll travel to a different part of the world. It is a land with no legal identity, recognised only by Turkey and relies on the Turkish postal system for its mail. It also gives us the chance to look at a fundamental aspect of law—property.

⏳ 8 min read Pack your bags once again. We’re visiting the Dalmatian Coast to uncover its history of maritime trade, weights and gold. Yes, you have it—let’s check out Dubrovnik in Croatia.

⏳ 7 min read How do you create a legal system from scratch? This week, we take a final look at the Chinese legal system and the civil law more generally.

⏳ 11 min read Let’s hop over the border to Shenzhen (深圳), China. We’ll start by looking at the influences on the Chinese legal system through the lens of history.