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The body in antiquity
History & The Arts

The body in antiquity

...law court speech or when you were addressing the assembly in Athens or something you weren’t particularly interested in the truth. You were simply interested in persuading people. And if you could suggest that your opponent had all kinds of unpleasant sexual habits you weren’t particularly interested in sexual habits per se but you were interested in what those sexual...
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Level 3: Advanced 5 hrs
How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences
Society, Politics & Law

How arguments are constructed and used in the Social Sciences

...Law in Britain until just before the war, that kin had obligations to support members of their family who were on hard times. Digby Anderson So that the State could step in and give some assistance but would then seek to have that paid for by any kin with the money to pay? Professor David Marsland Yes. And it was a perfectly commonsensical assumption which socialists have...
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Level 2: Intermediate 1 hr
Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)
Society, Politics & Law

Brexit: What’s this fine mess you’ve gotten us into? (Apologies to Laurel and Hardy)

...Laws its predictions cannot be tested empirically [as would be the case for physical system hypotheses] because the degrees of freedom are massive. Economic systems evolve often at high speeds and their structures are constantly reconfigured. However, provided you make a whole range of very strong assumptions (such as the abolition of time, for example) you can dress up...
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Article 10 mins
10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn
History & The Arts

10 incredible people whose stories you'll find on OpenLearn

...laws of coverture. According to these, on marriage, a man and woman became a single legal entity and, as a result, a husband acquired rights over all of his wife’s property. Wives lost any power to enter into contracts or to make wills as independent people. Husbands, but not wives, could sue for divorce." To find out more about Caroline Norton make sure you check out...
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Article 15 mins
Key historic LGBTQI+ figures
Education & Development

Key historic LGBTQI+ figures

...laws that more or less made her an outlaw. Jackie started singing with Nashville Gospel Groups and performing on the radio when she was just a teenager. She then joined a travelling carnival and her success as a performer led to her sharing the stage with various soul legends and having a rich career in the 1960s. Jackie only recorded one live album which was released in...
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Article 20 mins
Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century
Science, Maths & Technology

Preparing for your digital life in the 21st Century

...law. Several questions came to mind when I read this. Does that mean I can’t legally put the music onto my MP3 player? Can the US Federal Bureau of Investigation extradite and punish me (a UK citizen who bought the CD in the UK) if I do? Should I return the CD to the place I bought it from and ask for my money back? Or will I be in trouble only if I distribute copies of...
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Level 1: Introductory 10 hrs
Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century
History & The Arts

Health, disease and society: Scottish influence in the 19th century

...Law hospitals (regarded by most practitioners as a low-status post) despite a clear aptitude for research. Her doctoral thesis won the Edinburgh Gold Medal in 1937, but she did not take up the offered post at the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital to pursue research in neurology. Whether this was a consequence of male opposition, lack of desire or the impact of marriage...
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Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Historical perspectives on race
History & The Arts

Historical perspectives on race

...law defined white as anyone ‘who has no trace whatsoever [not one drop] of any blood other than Caucasian’. This racist view was controversial at the time; it indicated an official position that race could not be determined by physical skin colour, but would be defined by state officials intent on preserving established systems of power based on white
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Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs