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Affordable access to law books could help not just practitioners, but also litigants forced to represent themselves in court.


"....in principle at least, the two main sources of English law – legislation and court decisions – are public documents and should be available to all. However, in practice, things are not so straightforward...." 


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Court broadcast of judges remarks to be allowed

Television cameras are to be allowed into criminal courts in England and Wales for the first time.

Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke said he would end the ban to improve public understanding of justice.

Broadcasting will be initially allowed at the Court of Appeal, with a plan to expand to crown courts.

Only the judge's sentencing remarks will be broadcast, rather than footage of offenders, victims, witnesses and jurors.

More on the story at BBC News

Research Ethics Guidebook

Developed by a team at the Institute of Education with support from the Researcher Development Initiative.  Guides researchers through the main issues and offers advice on writing research proposals, getting ethics committee approval and dealing with issues arising during fieldwork. See http://www.ethicsguidebook.ac.uk

Lexis Legislation updates now on Twitter!

News from LexisNexis:

"The Legislation team at LexisNexis are happy to announce the launch of our UK legislation Twitter feed @legislation_LN, the fastest way to find out about LexisLibrary.  They will be tweeting daily on new legislation and developments of particular interest, including the commencement of Acts, summaries of the HSSI weekly update and much more. Follow us at:

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