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...out about The Open University's Law courses. From CSI to Law and Order, Line of Duty and Midsomer Murders, there is huge public fascination with crime and the criminal justice system. Especially when things come to a climactic ending and jurors decide on a defendent’s fate. But how much do jurors get it wrong? Will the jury convict an innocent person, or might they free...

...out some flashcards that were designed to facilitate grassroots constitutional conversations. The women used the cards with great gusto. Everyone had a say. Conflicting views, passionate beliefs, witty provocations, and uncertainties were laid out loud and clear. Everyone listened. Afterwards, the women suggested ways to improve the cards . Everyone said they looked...

...out about thinking and emotions, not just the dry ‘facts’. And when we say ‘people’ we can, maybe must, include ourselves too. What nearer first-hand source do we have? Far from being seen as an essentially low-level, lazy, self-indulgent or even narcissistic method, as it might have been in the past, this approach has actually become quite fashionable within...