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First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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As the number of people in immigration detention increases, Clive Anderson and guests debate if the law is fair to asylum seekers. Show more
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Clive Anderson and top legal experts discuss how the courts are increasingly being used to try to stop government spending cuts. Show more
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Clive Anderson and a panel of legal experts discuss how the law of the sea struggles to achieve justice across three quarters of the surface of the planet. Show more
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Clive Anderson and some of the country's top legal minds discuss legal issues of the day. The first programme explores the controversial interface between the law and religion. Show more
Clive Anderson and guests analyse the legal issues of the day.
45 minutes
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Clive Anderson and guests discuss fears that Britain's libel laws are being used to stifle free speech. Show more
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A study claims a quarter of government databases lead to vulnerable people being victimised. How much information about us is in circulation and what are our rights to access it? Show more
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Will the coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty generate a legal tsunami which will overwhelm British sovereignty? Are we governed by our own laws or the law of Europe? Show more
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Clive Anderson and top legal experts discuss growing concerns that our laws and legal system have grown so complex that even judges are becoming confused. Show more
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Clive Anderson and top legal experts discuss how our courts attempt to resolve disputes over the intellectual ownership of everything from life-saving drugs to sweater designs. Show more
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Civil Court cases, from personal injury to unlawful detention, are increasingly being settled out of court. But can the system afford to give everyone their day in court? Show more
43 minutes
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Clive Anderson and top legal experts discuss concerns that UK planning laws are becoming dysfunctional, failing to protect communities from unwanted and unnecessary development. Show more
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Clive Anderson and guests discuss how proposed Government cuts in the legal aid budget could affect our access to justice. Show more
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Clive Anderson and top legal experts discuss concerns that the law of joint enterprise is causing miscarriages of justice. Show more
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Clive Anderson discusses the new Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act and considers who decides what can be done to an embryo and when, in law, life begins. Show more
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Clive Anderson and top legal experts discuss whether the law strikes the right balance between empowering authorities to prevent terrorism and the need to defend civil liberties. Show more
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Clive Anderson and guests discuss how justice can be achieved in the wake of massive human rights violations in Arab Spring states. Show more
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Clive Anderson asks what the impact would be on British citizens if the government scrapped the Human Rights Act and replaced it with a new Bill of Rights. Show more
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In the wake of recent abuse stories, Clive Anderson and guests discuss the legal liability of organisations for the crimes and misbehaviours of people who work for them. Show more
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Clive Anderson presents the series analysing the legal issues of the day. 2/4: Litigants in Person. An expert panel discuss the pros and cons of representing oneself in court.
