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  • 8 Dec 2011
    UK government could face legal action over solar power cuts

    The UK Government could eventually face legal action over its plans to more than halve solar subsidies, the European Commission has confirmed.

  • 12 Aug 2011
    Punishing rioters’ and looters’ families

    Many people are angry and frightened at the rioting that has caused such damage in cities across England. Some favour harsh punishments. Ideas which have become popular include cutting off welfare benefits to those convicted and evicting their families from social housing. Wandsworth Council has reportedly already applied to the courts to evict a tenant whose son was involved.

  • 8 Aug 2011
    Lockerbie verdict a tragedy for Scottish justice, says Jim Swire

    The verdict in the Lockerbie trial that convicted Ali al-Megrahi is a tragedy for Scottish justice, says Jim Swire, who lost his daughter in the bombing.

  • 31 Jul 2011
    Legal Aid changes threaten human rights claims

    New laws will make it impossible for people in poor countries to seek justice in British courts for human rights breaches by UK multinationals, say campaigners.

  • 30 Jul 2011
    Legal Davids and Goliaths

    Thirty-three Peruvian farmers have recently received out-of-court settlements for the alleged torture they suffered after protesting against a UK mining company’s proposals to set up camp on their land.

  • 4 Jul 2011
    Legal aid bill threatens access to justice

    The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill passing through the UK Parliament has been widely criticised. It aims to cut the cost of legal aid by making it far less widely available. But critics have pointed out that this will result in injustice to all but the rich, and have drastic longer-term costs.

  • 13 Jan 2010
    US faith and secular leaders issue joint statement on law and religion

    A group of diverse leaders from religious and secular organisations has issued the most comprehensive joint statement of current law to date on controversial legal issues concerning church and state.

  • 9 Jul 2009
    Politics has a new voice of pod

    Democratic change and civil liberties, with a local, legal and non-party twist, is the focus of a new politics podcasting and newsletter initiative.

  • 11 Feb 2009
    Christianity and the practice of justice

    Christian thought has contributed a great deal to ancient and modern conceptions of justice, says Puck de Raadt, reviewing a recent book by Nicholas Sagovsky. But justice is at heart a matter of community and action.

  • 17 Oct 2008
    Suing God, Jeremy Vine Show, BBC Radio 2, 17 October 2008