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Screen capture from a Rialto PD officer's body-worn-camera

First scientific report shows police body-worn-cameras can prevent unacceptable use-of-force

23 Dec 2014

As Obama pledges investment in body-worn-camera technology for police officers, researchers say cameras induce ‘self-awareness’ that can prevent...

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Nicklinson - ̽»¨Ö±²¥Right to Die?

10 Jul 2014

Nicola Padfield explores some aspects of the important decision of the Supreme Court in Nicklinson (R (Nicklinson and another) v Ministry of Justice...

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Jewish refugees from Russia in Liverpool, 1882

Migration: Britain’s hospitable past

10 Feb 2014

In the midst of current controversies over immigration law and policy, Professor Alison Bashford discusses why it's important to recall Britain’s...

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Indian Parliament building (designed by British architect Edwin Lutyens) in 1944

How the Westminster parliamentary system was exported around the world

02 Dec 2013

As an expert in constitutional law, Sir Ivor Jennings played a pivotal role in the establishment of states emerging from British rule in the mid-20th...

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 ̽»¨Ö±²¥Law Faculty,  ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Cambridge

Announcement of the Prathiba M Singh Cambridge Scholarship

30 Oct 2013

Prathiba M Singh, an Indian alumna of the Faculty of Law, has donated a scholarship that will allow other Indian students to complete an LLM at the...

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Professor John Spencer

̽»¨Ö±²¥Defects of Jury Trials

22 Feb 2013

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...

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Jo Miles

̽»¨Ö±²¥Effect of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 on legal aid for family cases

18 Jun 2012

Ms Jo Miles discusses the potential effects of the new Act on access to justice, especially in relation to difficult family law cases.

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Justice sends mixed messages

Children’s evidence cross-examined

16 Mar 2011

Should young children be exposed to the traumatic experience of giving evidence in open court, or does the justice system need to change its approach...

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Ben's Crib

All things being equal

27 May 2010

UK law is different for men and women on issues such as maternity or paternity leave. Dr. Jude Browne’s research asks about whether our gender roles...

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Games!

Praise for research initiative on British Muslims

09 Apr 2010

A Cambridge ̽»¨Ö±²¥-led project which investigated what it means to be a Muslim living in modern Britain has won high praise as a model for future...

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Arctic Sky

Scientists issue warning on future of central Arctic

17 Apr 2009

Scientists have warned that world leaders are in a race against time to make key decisions about the future of international co-operation in the...

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Morning

Land of the (early) rising sun

20 Aug 2008

They say that early to bed, early to rise, makes one healthy, wealthy and wise; but in Japan, it may also be feeding a nationalist revival not seen...

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