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Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age
History & The Arts

Trouble in paradise: The Dutch golden age

...laws that science and philosophy can discover. Everything else is a matter of private conscience. The TTP immediately caused a scandal, with one contemporary describing it as a book ‘forged in hell by the Devil himself’. Copies were impounded and burnt. But its arguments about democracy, freedom of speech and religious toleration would transform Europe, influencing...
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Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland
Society, Politics & Law

Sex workers’ labour struggles in Scotland

...law should have no place in sex work. Apart from employment law!” Both Carmen and Matilda take issue with the idea that in order for sex workers to be able to advocate for better working conditions that they must love their jobs (Mac & Smith, 2018). I’m sure there are people reading this who despise their job, however employment rights and safety at work still apply...
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The formation of exoplanets
Science, Maths & Technology

The formation of exoplanets

...laws of planetary motion. In particular Kepler’s third law, which is a consequence of Newton’s law of gravity, states that the square of the orbital period is proportional to the cube of the orbital radius (assuming circular orbits, which is generally the case), i.e. P2 ∝ a3. As long as the orbiting particle has a mass that is small compared to that of the star,...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)
Money & Business

Enacting European Citizenship (ENACT)

...law in Europe. CoE enforces the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) through the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). It also works with the EU bodies such as the EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship and the European Court of Human Rights. The ECI may prove, in time, to be a stimulus for active democratic participation in the EU. But...
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Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Teaching citizenship: work and the economy
Education & Development

Teaching citizenship: work and the economy

...law and enforced by legal sanction...Teaching citizenship: work and the economy: 5 Child labour: a case study - An interesting, controversial but important topic in the debate about corporate social responsibility and Global Corporate Citizenship is the issue of child labour. According to estimates released in April 2002 in Every child counts: New global estimates on...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
The psychology of cybercrime
Health, Sports & Psychology

The psychology of cybercrime

...law struggled to address online criminality, as existing laws did not always fit the online crimes. However, in some cases (e.g. revenge porn), specific laws have now been developed (Nigam, 2018) to address these more effectively. There is information about the way in which these crimes are being tackled in jurisdictions across the world on the Centre for Internet &...
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Level 3: Advanced 6 hrs
What is politics?
Society, Politics & Law

What is politics?

...law to ratify Russia’s takeover of Crimea from Ukraine, Russia’s first territorial expansion since the Second World War. The act was widely condemned by world leaders, as well as by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), as an illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory. The African-American civil rights movement Nonviolent protest and acts of civil disobedience...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs
Environmental management and organisations
Nature & Environment

Environmental management and organisations

...laws and regulations needed major review. In summary, the event was not a natural disaster that was ‘unavoidable’. Far from being natural disasters, reports on the events described above tend to agree on the major causes – poor design, failure of management structures, poor operating standards, poor maintenance, and poor decision making in the lead up, duration and...
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Level 2: Intermediate 15 hrs