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How does a Bill move through Parliament?
Society, Politics & Law

How does a Bill move through Parliament?

...law? In order to become an Act of Parliament a Bill will have to be passed by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Do all Bills start in the House of Commons? A Bill may start in either the House of Commons or the House of Lords, with the exception of Finance Bills which always start in the House of Commons. A Finance Bill is introduced by the Government...
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Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life
Science, Maths & Technology

Planetary Protection: Space Governance and the Search for Life

...law’ (for the role of soft law, or non-binding norms, in International Law see Shelton, 2000); for space law specifically see Marboe, 2012). This means that there is no formal, legal obligation for States to abide by these guidelines, however there is a strong consensus that they should. States can, through legislation, create a legal obligation for companies and other...
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The Passionate Advocate
Society, Politics & Law

The Passionate Advocate

...Law at The Open University is joined by Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of the Times, to discuss the role of personality and rhetoric in the 21st century court room... Introduction: The passionate advocate A short introduction to this album. The Passionate Advocate Do you want your advocate to be passionate? And should judges be emotional? These are very important questions...
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Heritage in war
History & The Arts

Heritage in war

...law – in this case, the ‘laws of armed conflict’ and states have attempted to include in these law restrictions on the treatment of cultural heritage. Current law is based on the 1954 ‘Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict’, which was supplemented by two protocols (in 1954 and 1999). Articles 4.1 and 4.2 are as...
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OpenMinds: Open and Shut Cases – Professor Simon Lee’s Inaugural lecture
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds: Open and Shut Cases – Professor Simon Lee’s Inaugural lecture

...Law at The Open University. His interest in human rights and contribution to the peace process in Northern Ireland provides material for his inaugural lecture. He will begin by tracing diverse sagas where much of the media and the public mistakenly assume that a case is open and shut, looking back at his own immediate comments on the conviction of Winston Silcott in 1987...
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What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...law to be changed. Gloria Morrison had never heard of joint enterprise when her son’s best friend, Kenneth Alexander, was arrested following the murder of Michael Campbell in 2005. “I knew he hadn’t committed a murder…so I thought he was going to be fined. I didn’t actually attend court,” she says. Yet weeks later, to the disbelief of all who knew him, Kenneth...
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Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...law, sociology and critical criminology. Using the global financial crisis of 2007-8 as a case study, the course will then provide you with an insight into how academics working in some of these different disciplinary backgrounds make sense of a similar topic in different ways. The course will conclude by considering the place of critical criminology within the social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
The People on the Notes: Adam Smith
History & The Arts

The People on the Notes: Adam Smith

...Scot ever to appear on a Bank of England note. But controversially, Smith is not a unifying figure – although maybe he should be. He is widely hailed as the inventor of modern economics, and in the 20th century he became something of a hero for proponents of free markets. A think-tank dedicated to the pursuit of economic liberalism bears his name, and Margaret Thatcher...
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