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| Programme Catalogue - Details: 19 January 1990 | 19900119 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 26 January 1990 Previous in series: 08 December 1989 Broadcast history 19 Jan 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 26 January 1990 | 19900126 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 02 February 1990 Previous in series: 19 January 1990 Broadcast history 26 Jan 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 02 February 1990 | 19900202 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 09 February 1990 Previous in series: 26 January 1990 Broadcast history 02 Feb 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 09 February 1990 | 19900209 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 16 February 1990 Previous in series: 02 February 1990 Broadcast history 09 Feb 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 16 February 1990 | 19900216 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 23 February 1990 Previous in series: 09 February 1990 Broadcast history 16 Feb 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 23 February 1990 | 19900223 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 02 March 1990 Previous in series: 16 February 1990 Broadcast history 23 Feb 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 02 March 1990 | 19900302 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 09 March 1990 Previous in series: 23 February 1990 Broadcast history 02 Mar 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 09 March 1990 | 19900309 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 27 April 1990 Previous in series: 02 March 1990 Broadcast history 09 Mar 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 27 April 1990 | 19900427 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 04 May 1990 Previous in series: 09 March 1990 Broadcast history 27 Apr 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 19900504 | 19900504 | 04 May 1990 Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 11 May 1990 Previous in series: 27 April 1990 Broadcast history 04 May 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 19900511 | 19900511 | 11 May 1990 Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE IN LUXEMBOURG Previous in series: 04 May 1990 Broadcast history 11 May 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: The European Court Of Justice In Luxembourg | 19900518 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 22 June 1990 Previous in series: 11 May 1990 Broadcast history 18 May 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 22 June 1990 | 19900622 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 29 June 1990 Previous in series: THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE IN LUXEMBOURG Broadcast history 22 Jun 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 29 June 1990 | 19900629 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 06 July 1990 Previous in series: 22 June 1990 Broadcast history 29 Jun 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 06 July 1990 | 19900706 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 13 July 1990 Previous in series: 29 June 1990 Broadcast history 06 Jul 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 13 July 1990 | 19900713 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 20 July 1990 Previous in series: 06 July 1990 Broadcast history 13 Jul 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 20 July 1990 | 19900720 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 27 July 1990 Previous in series: 13 July 1990 Broadcast history 20 Jul 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 27 July 1990 | 19900727 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 26 October 1990 Previous in series: 20 July 1990 Broadcast history 27 Jul 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 26 October 1990 | 19901026 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 02 November 1990 Previous in series: 27 July 1990 Broadcast history 26 Oct 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 02 November 1990 | 19901102 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 09 November 1990 Previous in series: 26 October 1990 Broadcast history 02 Nov 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 09 November 1990 | 19901109 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 16 November 1990 Previous in series: 02 November 1990 Broadcast history 09 Nov 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 16 November 1990 | 19901116 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 23 November 1990 Previous in series: 09 November 1990 Broadcast history 16 Nov 1990 19:20-20:05 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 23 November 1990 | 19901123 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 30 November 1990 Previous in series: 16 November 1990 Broadcast history 23 Nov 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 30 November 1990 | 19901130 | Producer: G. BUTLER Next in series: 25 January 1991 Previous in series: 23 November 1990 Broadcast history 30 Nov 1990 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 19 January 1996 | 19960119 | Producer: S. COATES Next in series: 02 February 1996 Previous in series: 08 December 1995 Broadcast history 19 Jan 1996 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 02 February 1996 | 19960202 | Producer: S. COATES Next in series: 16 February 1996 Previous in series: 19 January 1996 Broadcast history 02 Feb 1996 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 16 February 1996 | 19960216 | Producer: S. COATES Next in series: 23 February 1996 Previous in series: 02 February 1996 Broadcast history 16 Feb 1996 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| Programme Catalogue - Details: 23 February 1996 | 19960223 | Producer: S. COATES Next in series: 01 March 1996 Previous in series: 16 February 1996 Broadcast history 23 Feb 1996 20:50-21:15 (RADIO 4). | |
| 20020405 | Marcel Berlins explores the legal issues of the day. As the House of Lords prepares to review religious offences, this edition asks whether a law of blasphemy is still necessary. | ||
| 01 | 20021004 | The cases, the courts and the lawyers - Marcel Berlins's weekly look at developments in the law and how they affect our lives. | |
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| 03 | 20021018 | The cases, the courts and the lawyers - Marcel Berlins's weekly look at developments in the law and how they affect our lives. | |
| 20021122 | The cases, the courts and the lawyers - Marcel Berlins's weekly look at developments in the law and how they affect our lives. | ||
| 20021129 | The cases, the courts and the lawyers - Marcel Berlins's weekly look at developments in the law and how they affect our lives. | ||
| 20030131 | Marcel Berlins and guests debate David Blunkett's proposed legislation which would allow juries to be told about a defendant's previous convictions. | ||
| 20030214 | With Marcel Berlins. As the prospect of human cloning draws closer, science is racing ahead of current law. What legal gaps have opened up and how important is it to fill them? | ||
| 20030221 | Marcel Berlins explores the legal issues of the day. The US fast food industry is facing multiple lawsuits from people alleging that it is responsible for making them fat. | ||
| 20030314 | Convicted criminals have won compensation in courts for injustices they have suffered. Marcel Berlins asks if the law is becoming too concerned with offenders rather than victims. | ||
| 20030328 | Marcel Berlins explores the legal issues of the day. Is our criminal justice system concentrating too much on the victim, and is this leading to miscarriages of justice? | ||
| 20030530 | The legal series returns in which Marcel Berlins tackles the big legal issues and the everyday ones without long words, small print or expensive fees. | ||
| 20030606 | Marcel Berlins takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | ||
| 20030613 | The cases, the courts and the lawyers: Marcel Berlins' weekly look at developments in the law and how they affect our lives. | ||
| 20030627 | Another edition of the legal series in which Marcel Berlins tackles the big legal issues and the everyday ones, without the small print or expensive fees. | ||
| 20030725 | The cases, the courts and the lawyers. Marcel Berlins' weekly look at developments in the law and how they affect our lives. | ||
| 20031003 | The cases, the courts and the lawyers - Marcel Berlins's weekly look at developments in the law and how they affect our lives. | ||
| 20031010 | Marcel Berlins takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | ||
| 20031017 | The cases, the courts and the lawyers - Marcel Berlins's weekly look at developments in the law and how they affect our lives. | ||
| 20031024 | Another edition of the legal series in which Marcel Berlins unpicks the complexities of the law and examines its impact. | ||
| 20031031 | Another edition of the legal series in which Marcel Berlins unpicks the complexities of the law and examines its impact. | ||
| 20031107 | Another edition of the legal series in which Marcel Berlins unpicks the complexities of the law and examines its impact. | ||
| 20031114 | Is treatment better than punishment? In this special edition, Marcel Berlins visits Liverpool to examine the ideas behind Britain's first Community Justice Centre. | ||
| 20031121 | Marcel Berlins takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | ||
| 20031128 | The cases, the courts and the lawyers - Marcel Berlins's weekly look at developments in the law and how they affect our lives. | ||
| 01 | The Data Protection Act | 20040130 | Marcel Berlins returns with the first in a new series of the weekly investigation of our law, and asks if confusion over how the Data Protection Act works can be resolved to ensure fair trials and maintain public confidence. |
| 02 | 20040206 | Marcel Berlins takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | |
| 03 | 20040213 | The Home Secretary claims that plans for a national victims' fund will support people whose lives are ruined by crime. Marcel Berlins asks how victims will be helped and if they will be persuaded to report crime and help secure more convictions. | |
| 04 | Burial Space | 20040220 | Shortage of burial space is intensifying, yet any proposed reforms to the law need to take account of human sensitivities. Marcel Berlins investigates. |
| 05 | Inquests | 20040227 | are being reopened into a number of high profile deaths - including that of the Princess of Wales - but the way such hearings are conducted and the decisions they can reach have barely changed in modern times. Marcel Berlins asks if public concern about its scope means the time has come to radically overhaul the inquest system. |
| 06 | 20040305 | Animal researchers are seeking a new law to control threatening behaviour by anti-vivisectionists who insist on their right to committed protest. Marcel Berlins asks if special legislation is the right approach or if it may lead to more problems than it solves. | |
| 07 | Tradition | 20040312 | Marcel Berlins asks whether we really understand the powerful legacy of tradition in our legal system and how, rightly or wrongly, it influences our courts today. |
| 08 | 20040319 | If the effect of reforms to legal aid is to deprive areas of the country of proper cover, do we run the risk of miscarriages of justice? Marcel Berlins investigates. | |
| 09 | 20040326 | As Marcel Berlins bids farewell to the programme he has presented for over 15 years, he considers how the law and its practice have changed and what the future holds for justice. | |
| 01 | 20040528 | Law in Action returns with a new look. Taking over the reins from Marcel Berlins is barrister and writer Clive Coleman who brings a lively approach to the week's legal issues and controversies. Does the law work? What do House of Lords judgments mean? And how does the legal system affect you and me? The series starts by asking is the legal aid system close to collapse? | |
| 02 | Good Samaritan' Laws | 20040604 | This week, should citizens have a legal obligation to intervene to try and prevent crimes they witness? Many European countries already have so-called 'Good Samaritan' laws, would similar legislation work in England and Wales? |
| 03 | The Inns Of Court | 20040611 | Clive Coleman presents the series looking at developments in the law and how they affect our lives. This edition explains the mysteries of the Inns of Court. |
| 04 | 20040618 | Clive Coleman with Radio 4's analysis of the week's legal issues and controversies with the second in a series of reports looking at how our legal system really works. This week's programme examines the practice of "Taking Silk," whereby barristers are promoted to Queen's Counsel. Does the system favour the best and the brightest, or does it encourage favouritism with senior legal appointments being decided on "a nod and a wink"? | |
| 05 | Divorce Laws | 20040625 | With Clive Coleman. As controversy rages over the divorce laws, are Family Courts putting the rights and interests of mothers above those of fathers and children? |
| 06 | 20040702 | Clive Coleman with the series looking at developments in the law. This edition looks at the probation service, where staff say that morale is low and the system is in chaos. | |
| 07 | Language Of A Bygone Age | 20040709 | This week, why do Courts still use language of a bygone age when the government says it wants to make the system more accessible? What do those legal professionals who use it in Court think about having to talk in this way? And what do defendants, victims, press and public think? Should use of language be included in Sir David Clementi's review of our legal system? |
| 08 | 20040716 | Clive Coleman presents Radio 4's analysis of the week's legal issues and controversies. With the prisons full to bursting, the Courts are sentencing more people to community service. For most of us, this conjures up images of people doing public good, helping the needy perhaps or working on under funded public projects. But what's the reality? Do those serving these sentences actually complete them? And are there real benefits to them and to the community? | |
| 09 | 20040723 | Clive Coleman with Radio 4's analysis of the week's legal issues and controversies. This week, why have lawyers got such a bad image? Many people think of them as slick, overpaid and manipulative. Is this perception unfair? If so, what are lawyers doing to try and change it? | |
| 10 | 20040730 | Clive Coleman with the series looking at developments in the law and how they affect us. This edition looks at the forthcoming change in admission policy for secondary schools. | |
| 01 | Corporate Killing | 20041001 | This week, what's happened to the Government's manifesto pledge to reform the law on corporate killing? Law in Action finds out if worries about government bodies being sued are the source of all the delays. |
| 02 | 20041008 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | |
| 03 | 20041015 | This week, will plans for new environmental courts lead to a change in the legal climate? | |
| 04 | 20041022 | Another edition of the legal series in which Clive Coleman tackles the big legal issues and the everyday ones - without long words, small print or expensive fees. | |
| 05 | 20041029 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | |
| 06 | 20041105 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | |
| 07 | 20041112 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | |
| 08 | 20041119 | Another edition of the legal series in which Clive Coleman tackles the big legal issues and the everyday ones - without long words, small print or expensive fees. | |
| 09 | 20041126 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | |
| 20050128 | Radio 4's weekly cross examination of the law and legal system returns for a brand new series. Each week, presenter Clive Coleman looks behind the headlines to analyse the major legal stories. | ||
| 01 | 20050204 | Radio 4's weekly cross examination of the law and legal system returns for a brand new series. Each week, presenter Clive Coleman looks behind the headlines to analyse the major legal stories. | |
| 02 | 20050211 | Radio 4's weekly cross examination of the law and legal system returns for a brand new series. Each week, presenter Clive Coleman looks behind the headlines to analyse the major legal stories. | |
| 03 | 20050218 | Radio 4's weekly cross examination of the law and legal system returns for a brand new series. Each week, presenter Clive Coleman looks behind the headlines to analyse the major legal stories. | |
| 04 | 20050225 | Clive Coleman looks behind the headlines to analyse the week's major legal stories and controversies. And also unpicks the complex world of international law. | |
| 05 | 20050304 | Clive Coleman looks behind the headlines to analyse the week's major legal stories and controversies. And also unpicks the complex world of international law. | |
| 06 | 20050311 | Clive Coleman looks behind the headlines to analyse the week's major legal stories and controversies. | |
| 07 | 20050318 | Clive Coleman looks behind the headlines to analyse the week's major legal stories and controversies. | |
| 08 | 20050325 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | |
| 20050527 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | ||
| 20050603 | Clive Coleman analyses the major legal stories and uncovers the ones that haven't yet hit the headlines. | ||
| 20050610 | Presenter Clive Coleman analyses the major legal stories and uncovers the ones that haven't yet hit the headlines. | ||
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| 20051111 | Clive Coleman analyses the major legal stories and uncovers the ones that haven't yet hit the headlines. | ||
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| 20051125 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | ||
| 20060131 | Barrister Clive Coleman cuts through the legal jargon to explain what's really happening with the law - and how it affects our everyday lives. | ||
| 20060207 | Barrister Clive Coleman cuts through the legal jargon to explain what's really happening with the law - and how it affects our everyday lives. | ||
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| 20060228 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | ||
| 20060307 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | ||
| 20060314 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | ||
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| 20060620 | Clive Coleman analyses the major legal stories and uncovers the ones that haven't yet hit the headlines. | ||
| 20060627 | Clive Coleman analyses the major legal stories and uncovers the ones that haven't yet hit the headlines. | ||
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| 20060711 | Clive Coleman analyses the major legal stories and uncovers the ones that haven't yet hit the headlines. | ||
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| 20061003 | Clive Coleman takes a lively look at the legal affairs of the moment. | ||
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| 20070130 | As Tony Blair prepares to leave office, David Blunkett, Dominic Grieve, Lord Goodhart and Baroness Kennedy join presenter Clive Coleman to assess the Prime Minister's legal legacy. He's brought us ASBOs, the Human Rights Act and more than 1,000 new criminal offences. Has any of it made a difference? | ||
| 20070206 | This week, how changes to the law are making it more difficult for unmarried couples who live together to avoid some of the rights and obligations of marriage. | ||
| 20070213 | Clive Coleman looks at how the law on children's evidence has changed in the 20 years since the Cleveland scandal. | ||
| 20070220 | Clive Coleman visits new community criminal courts in Liverpool and Salford and asks Lord Falconer about his plan to extend the model to other parts of England and Wales. | ||
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| 20070327 | Clive Coleman presents a special programme recorded in front of an audience at Queen Mary, University of London. He is joined by Andrew Gowers, former editor of the Financial Times and the author of the government's review of intellectual property law, to discuss theft of music, pictures and ideas, one of the fastest growing areas of crime and legal disputes. | ||
| 20070529 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. | ||
| 20070605 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. | ||
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| 20070626 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. | ||
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| 20070731 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. | ||
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| 20071016 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. | ||
| 20071023 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. | ||
| 20071030 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. | ||
| 20071106 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. | ||
| 20071113 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. | ||
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| 20080205 | Clive Coleman reports on the tension between government and judiciary in Pakistan. | ||
| 20080212 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. In an age of proliferating blogs and podcasts, he looks at what the law permits the media to report and asks if the law on contempt should now be scrapped. | ||
| 20080219 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. As ministers pledge to review the laws on coroners and their courts, he asks how inquests today should work. | ||
| 20080226 | As celebrities trade more on their private lives and fears grow about the security of personal data, Clive Coleman asks where the law on privacy is heading. | ||
| 20080304 | As courts take more notice of pre-nuptial agreements, he asks if they are now essential for everyone, however wealthy. | ||
| 20080311 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. He examines the process of judicial review, how it works and how it will change our lives in the future. | ||
| 20080318 | Clive Coleman looks at the legal issues in the news. He asks how the prosecution of sexual offences can be made more effective and what changes to the law are needed. | ||
| 20080325 | He explores the law on defamation. | ||
| 20080527 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. He asks if forensic scientific evidence is given too much weight in prosecuting crime. | ||
| 20080603 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. He asks why universities and students are using the law on everything from attendance at lectures to what clothes are worn to seminars. | ||
| 20080610 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. The legal process depends upon accurate recollection of events, but just how reliable are our memories? Clive asks whether we need to reform the law to allow for human fallibility. | ||
| 20080617 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news. He asks what the police and prosecutors can do to get frightened witnesses to give evidence in court. | ||
| 20080624 | Points of law in criminal cases are often decided in the absence of jurors. Clive explores what goes on before a trial and what prosecution and defence reveal to one another. | ||
| 20080701 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at the legal issues in the news and tackles the issue of who should be allowed to plead insanity. As more mentally ill people enter the justice system, Clive asks if the law is as up-to-date and fair as it should be. | ||
| 20080708 | Our senior judges may be independent, but are they sufficiently in touch with public opinion? How are they perceived by the public and what changes may be necessary? | ||
| 20080715 | In an exclusive interview, he talks to Lord Bingham, former Lord Chief Justice and Master of the Rolls, the judge who has perhaps done more than any other person in the past 15 years to shape British law. | ||
| 20080722 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at legal issues. He looks at the function of county courts, who deal with much of the sharp end of human life, from mortgage repossessions to domestic violence. | ||
| 20080729 | Clive Coleman takes his weekly look at legal issues. He asks if there can be a right to food and how might such a right be enforced. |