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 56 media items.
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''Brexit' and EU Social Policy: What has the EU done for me?': Catherine Barnard
In his speech at Chatham House on 10 November 2015 (https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-ministers-speech-on-europe), the Prime Minister David Cameron outlined those...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Wed 18 Nov 2015
''Brexit' and EU Social Policy: What has the EU done for me?': Catherine Barnard (audio)
In his speech at Chatham House on 10 November 2015 (https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/prime-ministers-speech-on-europe), the Prime Minister David Cameron outlined those...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Wed 18 Nov 2015
'Brexit: Legally and constitutionally, what now?': Mark Elliott
In the early hours of 24 June 2016, the result of the UK referendum on EU membership was announced. By a narrow but clear majority the vote was to leave the European...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Fri 24 Jun 2016
'Brexit: Legally and constitutionally, what now?': Mark Elliott (audio)
In the early hours of 24 June 2016, the result of the UK referendum on EU membership was announced. By a narrow but clear majority the vote was to leave the European Union....
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Fri 24 Jun 2016
'Can Free Movement of Workers be Stopped?': Catherine Barnard
'How can the government stem the tide of migrant workers coming to the UK?'. This question has been asked with increasing vigour by those who perceive immigration as a threat...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Thu 6 Nov 2014
'Can Free Movement of Workers be Stopped?': Catherine Barnard (audio)
'How can the government stem the tide of migrant workers coming to the UK?'. This question has been asked with increasing vigour by those who perceive immigration as a threat...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Thu 6 Nov 2014
'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
'Dogs, Daughters and "Disinheritance" in the Supreme Court': Brian Sloan
In Ilott v The Blue Cross [2017] UKSC 17 (http://ukscblog.com/new-judgment-ilott-v-the-blue-cross-ors-2017-uksc-17/) the Supreme Court considered the competing claims of the...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Wed 29 Mar 2017
'Dogs, Daughters and "Disinheritance" in the Supreme Court': Brian Sloan (audio)
In Ilott v The Blue Cross [2017] UKSC 17 (http://ukscblog.com/new-judgment-ilott-v-the-blue-cross-ors-2017-uksc-17/) the Supreme Court considered the competing claims of the...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Wed 29 Mar 2017
'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
'Human Rights in the United Kingdom: Where Now?': Mark Elliott
Prior to the 2015 general election, the Conservative Party undertook in its manifesto to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and to enact a British Bill of Rights. In this video,...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Fri 22 May 2015
'Human Rights in the United Kingdom: Where Now?': Mark Elliott (audio)
Prior to the 2015 general election, the Conservative Party undertook in its manifesto to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and to enact a British Bill of Rights. In this video,...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Fri 22 May 2015
'Is EU Criminal Law a Threat to British Justice?': John Spencer
In eurosceptic circles it is widely stated that European criminal justice threatens to undermine the basic values of the common law, and this is put forward as a reason why the UK...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Mon 2 Dec 2013
'Is EU Criminal Law a Threat to British Justice?': John Spencer (audio)
In eurosceptic circles it is widely stated that European criminal justice threatens to undermine the basic values of the common law, and this is put forward as a reason why the UK...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Tue 3 Dec 2013
'Is France now ungovernable?': John Bell
In the first round of the French Presidential election, Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen progressed to the runoff on 7 May, notwithstanding...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Tue 25 Apr 2017
'Is France now ungovernable?': John Bell (audio)
In the first round of the French Presidential election, Centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron and far-right leader Marine Le Pen progressed to the runoff on 7 May, notwithstanding...
Collection: Law In Focus
Institution: Faculty of Law
Created: Tue 25 Apr 2017