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Critical criminology and the social sciences
Society, Politics & Law

Critical criminology and the social sciences

...law, sociology and critical criminology. Using the global financial crisis of 2007-8 as a case study, the course will then provide you with an insight into how academics working in some of these different disciplinary backgrounds make sense of a similar topic in different ways. The course will conclude by considering the place of critical criminology within the social...
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Level 2: Intermediate 6 hrs
What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?
Society, Politics & Law

What did it mean to be found guilty by joint enterprise?

...law to be changed. Gloria Morrison had never heard of joint enterprise when her son’s best friend, Kenneth Alexander, was arrested following the murder of Michael Campbell in 2005. “I knew he hadn’t committed a murder…so I thought he was going to be fined. I didn’t actually attend court,” she says. Yet weeks later, to the disbelief of all who knew him, Kenneth...
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Article 10 mins
The Passionate Advocate
Society, Politics & Law

The Passionate Advocate

...Law at The Open University is joined by Frances Gibb, Legal Editor of the Times, to discuss the role of personality and rhetoric in the 21st century court room... Introduction: The passionate advocate A short introduction to this album. The Passionate Advocate Do you want your advocate to be passionate? And should judges be emotional? These are very important questions...
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Audio 13 mins
OpenMinds: Open and Shut Cases – Professor Simon Lee’s Inaugural lecture
Miscellaneous

OpenMinds: Open and Shut Cases – Professor Simon Lee’s Inaugural lecture

...Law at The Open University. His interest in human rights and contribution to the peace process in Northern Ireland provides material for his inaugural lecture. He will begin by tracing diverse sagas where much of the media and the public mistakenly assume that a case is open and shut, looking back at his own immediate comments on the conviction of Winston Silcott in 1987...
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Article 5 mins
Green Brexit?
Society, Politics & Law

Green Brexit?

...law? Jenny Jones (JJ): We clearly need international action to deal with Climate Change and the EU has been one of the main drivers of Europe’s transformation towards a low carbon economy. However, the UK can continue to coordinate with the EU as we hit our own legal targets to reduce greenhouse gases by 80% by 2050. The only thing stopping us, as always, is the British...
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Article 10 mins
Ethics in real life
History & The Arts

Ethics in real life

...with The Open University's Derek Matravers. Plagiarism and copyright law Nigel Warburton explores with the author, Maureen Duffy, the ethics of plagiarism and copyright law. Business ethics Derek Matravers talks to The Open University's Anya Shaefer about business ethics, comparing the profit maximisation view of business with the corporate social responsibility model....
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Audio 48 mins
Making Faces
Health, Sports & Psychology

Making Faces

...law enforcement agencies to produce images of criminal suspects at very short notice at crime scenes revolutionising the process of identification. To find out more, follow the research links... Making Faces Open University cognitive psychologist Graham Pike describes how his interest in facial compositing has led to a collaboration resulting in a computer based tool,...
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Video 2 mins
Could Donald Trump use his pardons to derail the Russian investigation?
Society, Politics & Law

Could Donald Trump use his pardons to derail the Russian investigation?

...laws. Those laws prohibit foreign nationals from “directly or indirectly” making “a contribution or a donation of money or other thing of value … in connection with any Federal, State, or local election.” Damaging information on an opponent could certainly be considered a “thing of value” during a campaign. Not everyone agrees that Trump’s son, son-in-law...
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Article 5 mins