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Regulating Relationships: Emotional Abuse and Violence
27 February 2013 3:29 PM | No CommentsAt a recent Manchester Salon event, Helen Reece and Anna Percy discussed new domestic violence legislation that expands the definition of DV to include 'emotional abuse' and 'coercive control'.
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Nude Norms: The Curious Case of the Castro
21 January 2013 3:25 PM | No CommentsChris Ashford and Sara Mohammadzadeh note how sexual freedom has shifted from the radical narrative of the 70s to the more cautious and homogenous attitude of the twenty-first century.
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“I can’t imagine why you would want to watch this…”
25 November 2012 11:03 AM | No CommentsJane Fae argues that the real danger to individual freedom lies in the sub-legal level: the legal establishment's view of what the law OUGHT to say.
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Extreme Pornography: Legal Theory, Institutional Reality
27 August 2012 4:15 PM | 5 CommentsFollowing the Simon Walsh case, Nick Cowen challenges the arguments of those academic legal theorists who claimed the objections to the 'extreme pornography law' were overwrought or unjustified.
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Reflections and Future Legal Directions After #porntrial
10 August 2012 12:32 PM | No CommentsChris Ashford was an expert witness in R v Walsh. He reflects here on the potential legal implications of the case.
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The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage
09 May 2012 1:09 PM | No CommentsChris Ashford notes that, despite politics on both sides of the Atlantic being dominated by the subject of same-sex marriage, most politicians remain frustratingly vague about their views.
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Israel-Palestine Archive
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Should We Stop Teaching the Holocaust in Schools?
Posted on January 24, 2012 | 1 CommentAs the annual Memorial Day approaches, Charles Brickdale asks if schools should stop teaching children about the Holocaust. -
Israel, Palestine and the Hierarchy of Suffering
Posted on November 12, 2010 | No CommentsRiver Wolton attended the 2005 Women in Black conference and reports on her time in Jerusalem and the West Bank. -
Reflections on a Visit to Shderot
Posted on December 22, 2009 | 3 CommentsYvonne Green reports on her recent visit to Shderot. -
The Case of Tzipi Livni
Posted on December 21, 2009 | 1 CommentSean McHale discusses the recent attempt to indict Israeli Foreign Minister for alleged war crimes during last year’s War on Gaza. -
Puzzled in Gaza
Posted on December 19, 2009 | 5 CommentsYvonne Green travelled to Gaza in January 2009, weeks after the Israeli army's most recent attack on the area.
