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Computers and Warfare

We shall investigate the implications for the future of international conflict and of national defence. If preparations for the next war have already started, can we tell who is winning?

Transparency in the Family Court: What Goes On Behind Closed Doors?

Who does the story belong to: the family or society? Where and how are the lines drawn? Until relatively recently the Family Court door was closed to all save the parties and professionals involved in the case.

The 30 Years' War (1618-48) and the Second Defenestration of Prague

Professor Wilson will examine the causes, conduct and consequences of the Thirty Years’ War, Europe’s most destructive conflict prior to the two 20th-century world wars.

The Child in the Family Court Room: Whose Child is it Anyway?

In this lecture I will explore whether the family court system is fit for purpose when it comes to dealing with the children at the heart of its deliberations.

The USSR in the Cold War Years

After Stalin’s death in 1953, successive leaders tried to find ways to revitalise the Soviet regime and rethink its promises to the Soviet people. Life within a system no longer based on terror and intense industrial transformation offered citizens strange alternatives.

Dealing with Sex Abuse: How Does the Family Court Assess Risk?

What effect do these cases have on the professionals involved? How does the family justice system confront these emotive and complex cases?

Justice Online: Getting Better?

Joshua Rozenberg reports on what’s been achieved so far and asks whether online justice is just as good.

Vulnerable Clients and The Family Justice System

Do the courts respect diversity or punish it when it comes to parenthood? What disabilities does it encounter? How can the learning disabled parent ensure their voice is heard in court?

What Do Judges Do In The Family Court?

What do judges do in the Family Court? Follow me through a virtual week as a Roving Judge. Learn what goes on behind the scenes: how the family court room works and who is needed to make it work.

A Global History of Sexual Violence

The lecture will explore what we know (and don’t know) about sexual violence from a global perspective. How have people in different periods of history and in a variety of countries understood and responded to assaults?

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