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Conversation about the laws making headlines, and the laws that shape everyday life.

The Law Show is your guide to the law and the legal decisions that have a bearing on everyone in the UK.

Weekly conversation that will give you an in-depth understanding of the law stories making news and the legal decisions that could have a bearing on everyone in the UK. Whether it's unpicking a landmark legal ruling, explaining how laws are made or seeking clarity for you on a legal issue, The Law Show will be your guide.

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The Law Show: Bringing Assad to Justice

Bringing Assad to Justice

09/06/2015

BBC Radio 4 - The Law Show, Bringing Assad to Justice

The prospects of mounting a successful prosecution against Syria's Bashar al-Assad.

How likely is it that a successful prosecution could one day be brought against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad? Joshua Rozenberg investigates.

The civil war in Syria has killed an estimated 200,000 people and forced four million more to flee the country. As far as the United Kingdom and most of the international community are concerned, the person most to blame for the bloodshed is President Bashar al-Assad. 

But what are the prospects of bringing him to justice? A team of investigators is already compiling the evidence needed for a criminal prosecution against him. Joshua Rozenberg speaks to Bill Wiley, the man in charge of the Commission for International Justice and Accountability about its work and the prospects of a successful prosecution. 

Also in the programme: do men get a raw deal when it comes to divorce? One American law firm certainly thinks so. Cordell and Cordell have brought their service that "men can count on" to the UK in an attempt to help men who feel aggrieved.

But how does that tally with the cases before the Supreme Court this week, where two wives are seeking to add to their original divorce settlements? They claim that their former husbands behaved dishonestly. 

And we meet that rare thing - a "sound" lawyer. Dr James Parker tells us about law and "acoustic violence".

Producer: Hannah Barnes.

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