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New book confronts homophobia
Research carried out by a sociologist at The University of Nottingham features in a new book which helps to explain how homophobia is defined and experienced across Europe. ‘Confronting Homophobia in Europe' illustrates the findings of a European wide research project -‘Citizens in Diversity: A four-nation study of homophobia and fundamental rights'- which looked at the homophobia and fundamental rights in the four member countries: Italy, Slovenia, Hungary and the UK.

Ever your affectionate Father, Charles Dickens
A letter written in 1868 by Charles Dickens, the bicentenary of whose birth falls today, to his son Henry, who had newly arrived at Cambridge, reveals a touching concern for Henry's welfare in matters physical, moral and spiritual.

Is third party funding effectively regulated in the UK?
A study shows that the market for litigation funding, otherwise known as third party funding, is firmly established for commercial disputes in the UK and is extending into cases involving ordinary citizens, such as personal injury and group actions.

Courts endangering religious freedom, academic claims
Religious freedom in Europe and North America is being endangered by the courts, an Oxford University academic has claimed in a new book.

More feel ’English’ than ’British’ in England
Voters living in England have become more assertively 'English' and place much greater emphasis on their English rather than their British identity, according to a joint University report.

Promoting legal capability in the UK
A new framework, produced by the Personal Finance Research Centre (PFRC) at the University of Bristol and Law for Life, aims to improve public legal education so that more people are aware of their legal rights when faced with law-related issues in everyday life, such as consumer complaints, discrimination at work or debt problems.

Guantánamo ten years on - necessity or troublesome legacy?
Guantánamo ten years on - necessity or troublesome legacy? In 2002, the United States of America opened a detention camp at a military base on a part of Cuba.

Legal aid reforms to save less than predicted
The Government will save less than half of the £270 million it predicts through the proposed reforms to legal aid, and planned cuts will actually result in additional costs for the taxpaper by shifti

Lecturer visits Africa to see fruit of his labours

New facility is moot point for legal beagles

Ruthless Oxford cruises to Varsity victory

Known and unknown: great travellers of the Pacific
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire tells the story of the Pacific Islanders and their early interactions with Western travellers from the viewpoint of the Islanders themselves and sets the arrival of Westerners within a context of existing voyages within the region.

New research project examines rights of suspects in police custody across Europe
A new €330,000 research project examining how the rights of suspects in police custody vary across Europe has been launched at the University of Warwick.

Understanding Welsh law
Leading Welsh lawyer Emyr Lewis has been appointed as a Senior Fellow in Welsh Law at Cardiff University's Wales Governance Centre.

Citizenship debate kicks off popular London lecture series

BBC radio programme focuses on the history of the University of Glasgow
BBC Radio Scotland's landmark radio series on Scottish Universities will this week focus on the University of Glasgow.

University of Glasgow to feature in landmark BBC radio series "The Scottish Intellect"
The history, traditions and ethos of the University of Glasgow form a major element of a landmark six part BBC Radio Scotland series to be broadcast each Wednesday afternoon at 1405, beginning on Wednesday 14 September 2011.

Ten years on from 9/11, research calls for counter-terrorist policing to be held accountable
A decade after the global tragedy of 9/11, a groundbreaking pan-European research project led by the University of Birmingham is calling for increased accountability and tougher legal restrictions on surveillance and detection technologies.