Legal affairs
How legislation changes society, and how society changes legislation
Shaping the future
Is the world becoming a more dangerous place? The struggle for the future is a struggle between power and freedom.
Learn'd friends
The meticulous note-taking of the legal system leaves a fascinating historical trail in legal documents.
Shifting the costs
Patients were sometimes the losers as the NHS tried to save cash moving them from hospitals to homes.
Your place in the world
Taking responsibility, rather than feeling guilt, can be at the heart of your power in the interdependent world.
Stopping the stopping
Parking tickets are more than a nuisance, they raise difficult questions about targets and outsourcing. Are we parking mad?
Bank charges in the balance
Have banks been picking their customer's pockets? The High Court is charged with setting a precedent.
Playing the markets; spreading the blame?
Is the press a little too keen to label Jerome Kerviel a rogue trader?
Balancing acts
Although Rowan Williams' discussion of sharia and UK law has polarised opinion, there are precedents for balancing religious and civil law.
The business of barristers
"...they are there to protect their clients’ interests fearlessly even if that client is personally unpalatable to them." What is the role of the barrister?
Setting the bar
"...they should have the common touch and remember that they are a public servant..." What makes a good barrister?
Judging the judges
"...you do not, or should not have personal opinions or beliefs...you are there to embody and enforce the law..." What makes a good judge?
Seen to be done
"...adoption of precedent operating properly is a very important precondition of justice..." What makes the legal system just?
Future justice
"...maybe we wouldn't see so much horse hair and 18th century court dress..." In court in 10 years' time.
Content last updated: 04/08/2006
