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What is Religion - and the Growth of Religious Toleration
History & The Arts

What is Religion - and the Growth of Religious Toleration

...law directly. Because it is essentially a private matter, it is often argued, people who hold different religious beliefs should be able to live together amicably, and provided they do so, governments should not interfere with religion. The absolute right to freedom of belief is not matched by an absolute right to do religion as people think they ought to be able to do....
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A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list
Society, Politics & Law

A post-convention Presidential Campaign reading list

...law of science applies.) The figures aren't in for Clinton yet, but she'll do well to remember that President Carter got a 10 point bounce before facing off Ronald Reagan in 1980, and - even with the power of incumbency - managed to lose. See the full table for the convention bounce at the American Presidency project Understanding opinion polls Now we've had a chance to...
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Diary of a new Life Peer
Society, Politics & Law

Diary of a new Life Peer

...laws that impact people in Wales, then I believe we must be in the room and speak up. When it comes to democracy and how we are governed, we should rip up the playbook and design something much more democratic, open, and modern. I am a supporter of Welsh independence and hope to be part of the journey in developing a modern democracy that works for the people of Wales....
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How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?
Education & Development

How do we explain racial disproportionality in the criminal justice systems in the US and England and Wales?

...Law School students, with law school students across eight universities, collaborated and participated on a project that explored race and policing in the US and the UK. The race and policing project focus was, in part, to explore, analyse, and explain the ways race and racism intersect in public institutions and society more broadly. It has also been to explore their...
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English in the world today
Languages

English in the world today

...Scots, the traditional Germanic language spoken in Lowland Scotland, the Northern Isles and parts of Ulster. Along with Gaelic and Scottish English, this is one of the three main languages spoken in Scotland. It has its roots in the Anglo-Saxon dialects which arrived on the British mainland in the fifth century, so it’s related to English but has developed mostly...
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How can honour killings be stopped?
Health, Sports & Psychology

How can honour killings be stopped?

...law. It also wants consideration of penalties to take account of the violence as an aggravating element. Criminalisation raises concerns about driving the problem underground, and diverting resources away from legal aid and welfare services. Offences introduced on forced marriage and female genital mutilation have so far not yielded any or many prosecutions and...
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10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn
Miscellaneous

10 flabbergasting facts you'll find on OpenLearn

...law enforcement symbol while in France they say 'franchir la ligne jaune' (to cross the yellow line). Emilia Wilton-Godberfforde explains how language idioms are useful for language learners: "There is an expression in French to denote how an individual may have tastes and ways of looking at things that are not shared by others, ‘des goûts et des couleurs, on ne...
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Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?
Society, Politics & Law

Methods in Motion: Is Q still the answer?

...laws, and more as a discipline whose subject matter is tightly bound to the flow of historical, biographical and experiential time. Q methodology allowed me to take snapshots of regions of relative stability amidst the flux. Each narrative version of authenticity could be likened to a whirlpool or eddy, its integrity kept alive by its movement as it is passed from speaker...
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