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Bedroom tax 5hr 47min ago

Grants Shapps accuses United Nations housing rapporteur of political bias

11 Sep 2013: Conservative party chairman's letter to UN lambasts Raquel Rolnik for her recommendation that bedroom tax should be axed
Bedroom tax 8hr 6min ago

Grants Shapps accuses United Nations housing rapporteur of political bias

11 Sep 2013: Conservative party chairman's letter to UN lambasts Raquel Rolnik for her recommendation that bedroom tax should be axed
Comment is free 8hr 55min ago

Michael Le Vell: the CPS had little choice but to prosecute

11 Sep 2013:
Julian Norman: Following the actor's acquittal, there have been claims of a witch-hunt, yet a complainant's word has to be taken as evidence
Comment is free 9hr 13min ago

We need lawmakers to enact the people's will on gun control

11 Sep 2013:
Monte Frank: After Sandy Hook, there is a public consensus on gun safety measures like background checks. Congress, get some courage
Judiciary 9hr 35min ago

Do judges really need more oversight?

11 Sep 2013: Joshua Rozenberg: New regulations are about to speed up complaints against judges, but Lord Carlile is calling for a new inspectorate
Europe 10hr 44min ago

European Commission should be democracy watchdog for EU, chief says

11 Sep 2013: José Manuel Barroso says he will unveil plans to allow commission to police EU states, before laying into British Tories
European court of human rights 12hr 11min ago

Human rights court rejects new attempt to extradite terror suspect to US

11 Sep 2013: Grand chamber of human rights court rejects appeal by UK government over Haroon Aswat because of his mental illness
Crown Prosecution Service 12hr 37min ago

Michael Le Vell has not been part of witch-hunt, says prosecutor

11 Sep 2013: Nazir Afzal, CPS national lead on child sexual exploitation, says each case is assessed on merits regardless of who suspect is
Comment is free 12hr 38min ago

Mike Bloomberg's fact-free defence of stop-and-frisk

11 Sep 2013:
John Eterno and Eli Silverman: The mayor and NYPD chief Ray Kelly claim that without the discredited tactic, New York will be overrun by crime. Baloney
Michael Cohen: On politics, domestic and foreign 12hr 54min ago

Obama's Syria address: do we look that dumb?

11 Sep 2013:
Michael Cohen: The president marred his chance to lay out a principled position to the American people with patronising dog-whistling
India 14hr 3min ago

Delhi rape trial: defence cites Gandhi in plea against death penalty

11 Sep 2013: Lawyers for four men convicted of gang-rape and murder refer to independence leader during hearing ahead of sentencing

Special report: how India's other half lives
April Jones 14hr 8min ago

Prisoner admits attacking child killer Mark Bridger in jail

11 Sep 2013: Juvinai Ferreira pleads guilty to attacking Bridger, who was convicted of murdering five-year-old April Jones
India 16hr 34min ago

Delhi rape trial: prosecutors demand death penalty for convicted men

11 Sep 2013: Common man will lose faith in judiciary if harshest punishment is not given, prosecutor tells court
First thoughts 16hr 42min ago

Bedroom tax is a human rights issue

11 Sep 2013: Giles Fraser: First thoughts: The UN special investigator's shock over bedroom tax exposes the low status social rights are afforded in Britain
Kenya 17hr 25min ago

Kenya's deputy president William Ruto denies murder at ICC

11 Sep 2013: First serving government official to stand trial at Hague court is charged with orchestrating violence after 2007 election

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Latest from Joshua Rozenberg

Syria intervention: is there a new constitutional convention?

Joshua Rozenberg: Does decision to seek approval of MPs for military action signal a shift in power from government to parliament?
Syria intervention: it may not be wise, but using force may be lawful

Joshua Rozenberg: The strongest legal argument in favour of military strikes is humanitarian intervention

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Guns and kids: the youngest casualties of America's infatuation with firearms

Ana Marie Cox: Dear NRA, are you really going to tell me that 'guns don't kill children; children kill children'?
Syria: thank Congress's resistance to war for the chance of a diplomatic deal

Mark Weisbrot: The military intervention party has powerful advocates, including President Obama, but Congress has heard the American public
Obama's best option on Syria is to listen to Congress

Barbara Lee: I credit the president for heeding calls for Congress to debate Syria. Now, I hope he hears our alternatives to military action

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Courage of Zimbabwe human rights lawyer captured in film

Rebecca Lowe: Filmmaker says Beatrice Mtetwa's use of the rule of law is 'her means of resistance against the regime'

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Five tips for new law students | Birju Kotecha

5 Sep 2013, 9:00 BST:
Birju Kotecha: Studying for a law degree is not just about learning jargon, Red Bull all-nighters or becoming a lawyer - here's how to make the most of it