Michael Mansfield QC to speak at Keele University 25/11/09

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One of Keele University’s most famous alumni is to lift the lid on his high profile legal career at a free public lecture.
Michael Mansfield QC, who studied History and Philosophy at Keele in the early 1960s, has represented clients in some of the most controversial legal cases the [...]

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Keele alumnus Michael Mansfield QC to publish memoirs

One of Keele University’s most famous alumni is to publish his memoirs and lift the lid on his high profile legal career.
Michael Mansfield QC, who studied History and Philosophy at Keele in the early 1960s, has represented clients in some of the most controversial legal cases the country has seen, including: Barry George, accused of [...]

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Sentencing by judges or sentencing by numbers?

Controversial new sentencing guidelines and overcrowding in prisons are to come under the spotlight at a public lecture at Keele University this month.
Judge Roger Dutton, who sits as a circuit judge in Cheshire, will give the lecture “Sentencing by judges or sentencing by numbers” on Tuesday, May 26, at 6.30pm in the Westminster Theatre on [...]

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Should the law respect religion?

Professor Tony Bradney, Law at Keele University, gave the latest lecture in the University’s programme of Inaugural Lectures for 2008/2009, on Wednesday, 18 March, in the Westminster Theatre on the Keele campus. The title of the lecture was “Should the Law Respect Religion?”.
Professor Bradney said: “Adherence to institutionalised religion has significantly declined in Great Britain.  Individuals sometimes [...]

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New President of the Society of Legal Scholars

Professor Fiona Cownie, of Keele University, has taken up the Presidency of the Society of Legal Scholars in its centenary year. She is one of only five women appointed to the post – all in the last 10 years.
The Society of Legal Scholars, which is the largest and oldest association of academic lawyers in the [...]

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