by sandydutczak | Dec 22, 2021 | Legal News
In 1647 Parliament passed an Ordinance which resulted in the complete abolition of Christmas celebrations An Ordinance for Abolishing of Festivals [8 June 1647] * “That the said Feast of the Nativity of Christ, Easter and Whitsuntide and all other Festival days,...
by sandydutczak | Nov 16, 2021 | Legal News
The Children Act received Royal Assent on 16 November 1989 At the time of its enactment, the Children Act was designed to be a dramatic departure in relation to the previous legislation as it centred around the fact that children are best cared for within their own...
by sandydutczak | Nov 3, 2021 | Legal News
By Kate Faulkner PhD student at IALS and Legal Research Librarian at the Squire Law Library, University of Cambridge Photo by Charl Folscher on Unsplash In the Preface to Hobsbawm’s autobiography where he apologises (as so many biographers do) for writing a biography,...
by sandydutczak | Oct 31, 2021 | General, Legal News
UN Resolution Condemning Harmful Practices Related to Accusations of Witchcraft and Ritual Attacks (HPAWR) On 21 July 2021 The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted draft Resolution 47 entitled Elimination of harmful practices related to accusations of...
by sandydutczak | Oct 20, 2021 | General, IALS, Legal News
Eric George Irons OBE (1921–2007) Magistrate and campaigner for equal rights Born in 1921 in Jamaica, Eric Irons came to the UK in 1944 to join the RAF. In the 1950s, Irons became an important local community figure, campaigning for better...
by sandydutczak | Sep 29, 2021 | IALS, Legal News, Library, Research
LLM Students at UCL, LSE, King’s College, Queen Mary, SOAS and Birkbeck are eligible to join the national library for legal research If you’re a new LLM student at one of the University of London colleges, there’s already a lot to think about. You might be finding...
