Law In Focus
| Created: | 2012-05-08 17:14 |
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| Institution: | Faculty of Law |
| Description: | Law in Focus is a collection of short videos featuring academics from the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, addressing legal issues in current affairs and the news. These issues are examples of the many which challenge researchers and students studying undergraduate and postgraduate law at the Faculty. |
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This collection contains 16 media items.
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'Deporting Abu Qatada: the European Court of Human Rights, and Governments': David Feldman
There has recently been a great deal of controversy surrounding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to the attempted deportation to Jordan of radical...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Mon 28 May 2012
'Deporting Abu Qatada: the European Court of Human Rights, and Governments': David Feldman (Audio)
There has recently been a great deal of controversy surrounding judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in relation to the attempted deportation to Jordan of radical...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Mon 28 May 2012
'House of Lords Reform': Mark Elliott
The House of Lords Reform Bill, which is currently before Parliament, is the latest of many attempts to reform the upper chamber of the UK Parliament. It is over a hundred years...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Wed 25 Jul 2012
'House of Lords Reform': Mark Elliott (Audio)
The House of Lords Reform Bill, which is currently before Parliament, is the latest of many attempts to reform the upper chamber of the UK Parliament. It is over a hundred years...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Wed 25 Jul 2012
'Householders Who Use Violence on Burglars': John Spencer
At the 2012 Conservative Party conference, new Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announced plans to amend the criminal law to ensure that even householders who react in a way that...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Mon 29 Oct 2012
'Householders Who Use Violence on Burglars': John Spencer (Audio)
At the 2012 Conservative Party conference, new Justice Secretary Chris Grayling announced plans to amend the criminal law to ensure that even householders who react in a way that...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Fri 26 Oct 2012
'Re J - Uncertain Perpetrators in Child Protection Cases': Brian Sloan
Dr Brian Sloan examines the case of Re J (Children) [2013] UKSC 9, in which the Supreme Court considered a child protection case involving a mother who had previously been...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Tue 5 Mar 2013
'Re J - Uncertain Perpetrators in Child Protection Cases': Brian Sloan (Audio)
Dr Brian Sloan examines the case of Re J (Children) [2013] UKSC 9, in which the Supreme Court considered a child protection case involving a mother who had previously been...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Mon 4 Mar 2013
'The Criminal Defence of Marital Coercion': Findlay Stark
Dr Findlay Stark examines the defence of marital coercion, which recently hit the headlines with the trials of Vicky Pryce and former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Mon 25 Mar 2013
'The Criminal Defence of Marital Coercion': Findlay Stark (Audio)
Dr Findlay Stark examines the defence of marital coercion, which recently hit the headlines with the trials of Vicky Pryce and former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Mon 25 Mar 2013
'The Defects of Jury Trials': John Spencer
In the light of the discharge of the jury in the trial of Vicky Pryce, questions have been asked about the value of the jury system. Professor John Spencer discusses the pitfalls...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Fri 22 Feb 2013
'The Defects of Jury Trials': John Spencer (Audio)
In the light of the discharge of the jury in the trial of Vicky Pryce, questions have been asked about the value of the jury system. Professor John Spencer discusses the pitfalls...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Fri 22 Feb 2013
'The Effect of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on Legal Aid for Family Cases': Jo Miles
The legal aid system was created in 1949 as part of the development of the post-war Welfare State, alongside the National Health Service. It provides funding both for legal advice...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Fri 1 Jun 2012
'The Effect of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on Legal Aid for Family Cases': Jo Miles...
The legal aid system was created in 1949 as part of the development of the post-war Welfare State, alongside the National Health Service. It provides funding both for legal advice...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Fri 1 Jun 2012
'Votes for Prisoners? Democracy and the European Convention on Human Rights': David Feldman (Audio)
Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights holding that the UK’s blanket ban on voting by convicted prisoners violates Article 3 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Fri 23 Nov 2012
'Votes for Prisoners? Democracy and the European Convention on Human Rights': David Feldman
Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights holding that the UK’s blanket ban on voting by convicted prisoners violates Article 3 of Protocol 1 to the European Convention on...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Thu 22 Nov 2012
