Guardian Law

Great to see that the Guardian has today launched dedicated law pages. A welcome counterpoint to the more business-orientated Times law pages.

There’s some good content there too, particularly a 30-minute video in which the US death penalty is put on trial - with Lord Phillips, no less, sitting in judgment. Good for discussion of sentencing issues, particularly around retribution and deterrnece. Of course, we don’t have capital punishment here, but the Privy Council still occasionally hears death penalty cases in its capacity as the last appeal court for some Commonwealth countries.

Afua Hirsch’s blog also looks like it could become a must-read, particularly if it can keep unearthing gems like the one below:

New MoJ Site [24 Jan 2012]
Jury trial under threat…again! [17 Jan 2012]
R v Dobson & Norris [4 Jan 2012]
Sentencing Stats [28 Oct 2011]
Sentencing - LIVE! [5 Sep 2011]
Judges reading the Riot Act [19 Aug 2011]
A landmark case for the jury [20 Jul 2011]
Sentencing Reform Podcast [8 Jul 2011]
Poor set to suffer most from legal aid cuts [28 Jun 2011]
Jury trial and the internet [16 Jun 2011]
Government set to axe sentencing reforms? [8 Jun 2011]
Rehab, not revenge… [19 Apr 2011]
Silk… [23 Feb 2011]
Deterrence [26 Jan 2011]
Free interactive resource! [25 Jan 2011]
Judge for Yourself [23 Jan 2011]
Breaking the Cycle of reoffending [20 Jan 2011]
Sentencing Green Paper [8 Dec 2010]
Twitter Joke Trial [22 Nov 2010]
A “rehabilitation revolution” [26 Jul 2010]
The parole board [20 Jul 2010]
“Prison Works”... or does it? [30 Jun 2010]
Magna Carta [22 Mar 2010]
“I feel as if they have ripped out my heart” - victim’s justice? [17 Mar 2010]
You Be The Judge [10 Mar 2010]
The Angola 3 [10 Mar 2010]
Are juries fair? [21 Feb 2010]
Community Payback - Video clip and worksheet [15 Feb 2010]
Juries and the web [26 Jan 2010]
Edlington, the age of criminal responsibility and youth sentencing [24 Jan 2010]
Coroner’s Courts [24 Jan 2010]
Juries and mental illness [11 Jan 2010]
First criminal trial without a jury for 400 years to go ahead next week [8 Jan 2010]
Great story for English Legal System revision generally… [7 Dec 2009]
New Youth Justice Site [4 Dec 2009]
Reform of libel law [22 Nov 2009]