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Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection
Society, Politics & Law

Better regulation or austerity politics? Undoing social protection

...law enforcement. The effects of this initiative have been staggering. Between 2003/04 and 2014/15: Food hygiene and food standards inspections fell by 15% and 35% respectively, while there were 35% fewer food prosecutions. In relation to occupational health and safety, inspections by both the national regulator, the Health and Safety Executive, and local health and safety...
Modern slavery
Society, Politics & Law

Modern slavery

...Law on the development of the domestic system of human rights protection...This free course, Modern slavery, is designed to develop an understanding of the international system of human rights protection in relation to modern slavery, but also encourage an appreciation of the influence of International Human Rights Law on the development of the domestic system of human...
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
An introduction to crime and criminology
Society, Politics & Law

An introduction to crime and criminology

...law-abiding citizen who has never knowingly committed a crime. But, if you have been involved in some of the above ‘incidents’, you may not have even registered them as being ‘criminal.’ It would also be likely, then, that you probably don’t consider yourself to be a ‘habitual criminal’ or ‘persistent offender’. Yet crime, often thought of as an...
Inside the International Criminal Court
Society, Politics & Law

Inside the International Criminal Court

...law... Inside the International Criminal Court:The Court The history of the ICC and how it came into being Inside the International Criminal Court :The Offices An in depth look at each of the 4 departments of the ICC: the presidency, the judicial divisions the office of the prosecutor and the registry. Inside the International Criminal Court: The Barristers QCs and...
A letter that starts the renegotiation process – Cameron writing to Tusk
Society, Politics & Law

A letter that starts the renegotiation process – Cameron writing to Tusk

...laws but merely defines the EU’s overall political direction and priorities. Cameron’s letter outlines objectives, which from their tone do not come as a surprise. However, the document itself is far from presenting a detailed list of renegotiation conditions, Cameron. It boils down to a pandering to Eurosceptic commentators demanding an exemption of the...
UK nuclear industry faces Brexit fall-out
Society, Politics & Law

UK nuclear industry faces Brexit fall-out

...law. In the worst case scenario, legal experts say, the lights could go out in the UK, but they think the more probable outcome is simply that the government will find itself with an expensive industrial problem and an embarrassing diplomatic mess. The unintended consequence for the British nuclear industry of last year’s referendum vote to leave the EU is that the...
Introducing the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematical
History & The Arts

Introducing the Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematical

...laws of mathematics, I have in this treatise cultivated mathematics so far as it regards philosophy. The ancients considered mechanics in a twofold respect; as rational, which proceeds accurately by demonstration, and practical. To practical mechanics all the manual arts belong, from which mechanics took its name. But as artificers do not work with perfect accuracy, it...
Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict
Society, Politics & Law

Scotland’s ‘not proven’ verdict helps juries communicate their belief of guilt when lack of evidence fails to convict

...Law courses. Twenty-six years ago, 19-year-old Scots drama student Amanda Duffy was murdered after a night out with friends. In a landmark trial in 1992, there was only one suspect in the case, Francis Auld. Despite forensic evidence that could link Auld to Amanda’s death, he received a “not proven” verdict, which meant the jury deemed there was insufficient...