I’ve had a very, very nice blawg break, cycling among the mountains of Austria, swimming, doing the tango, drinking Weißbier and playing German word games, among other things. Not really thinking about law, and not blogging.

If you read German though, you might be interested in this article by the editor of the daily Der Standard arguing for restraint and respect for human rights in reporting cases like that of Josef F. in Amstetten. The Austrian quality papers, Der Standard and Die Presse, and the news magazine Profil, all simply call him Josef F. so as to protect the identities of his victims. You can read his name quite openly in British papers, as I discovered on reading the Guardian on my return to Blighty.

I’m not really back: I’m living the high, jet-setting blogger’s life at the moment and, having been released from both marking and lecturing until later in May have decided to off the the States this weekend… There may be some blogging lite from there – but I wouldn’t count on it.

2008-05-08T11:30:00+00:00Tags: , |