Not so long ago I travelled to Dumfries, Scotland, the first leg of the trip being on an Emirates A380. This was my first time on the world’s biggest passenger plane. But no silk pyjamas for me; no business class; no opera on the screen, subtitled or otherwise. Actually, given my destination, perhaps I could have been forgiven for a wee bit of Presbyterian preaching.
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James Allan is the Garrick Professor of Law at the University of Queensland. His new book is published in Australia by Connor Court Press.
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