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Weird cases...
Wednesday, 16th December 2009 - 14:32

It’s hard to find a better demonstration of the “truth is stranger than fiction” proposition than Weird Cases, a collection of funny and bizarre turned into a book by Open University Law Professor Gary Slapper.
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Human Rights Act: A 90-second lecture
Monday, 30th November 2009 - 09:11

Human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti explains the ins and outs of the Human Rights Act in this 90-second lecture.
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Weird Cases: the cat that ate the evidence
Friday, 25th September 2009 - 08:13

Professor Gary Slapper is Director of the Centre for Law at the OU. Here, he writes about the curious case of a cat that ate evidence...

 
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Podcast on Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act
Wednesday, 15th July 2009 - 14:00

In a recent talk, Professor Gary Slapper reflected on the UK’s new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act.
 
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Lord Sumner: a 'vice-like grip of legal principles'
Thursday, 30th April 2009 - 14:26

Gary Slapper, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre for Law at the OU, shares his thoughts on Antony Lentin’s vivid biography of Lord Sumner The Last Political Law Lord: Lord Sumner
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Weird Cases: the writ hits the fan
Thursday, 19th February 2009 - 17:07

The law is not only concerned with things of high intrinsic value. Occasionally people sue over items whose worth is high but not immediately obvious.
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Weird cases: good news for democracy
Friday, 26th September 2008 - 11:37

The Romanian Constitutional Court has just quashed an attempt by the legislature to make the news media broadcast equal measures of good and bad news.
 
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