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Banned Books and Freedom of Expression

The right to free expression is severely threatened in many...

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Is the First Amendment the Greatest Right of All?

This lecture discusses a hierarchy of rights. Is the First...

a woman speaks through a megaphone at a protest

Unwritten Laws? Legacies from Antigone and Lycurgus

Sophocles’ Antigone refers to “unwritten laws”, as does Thucydides’ Pericles...

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Writing Laws: Hammurabi to Solon

When and why do written laws emerge in ancient societies...

Etching of Greek scribes

Writing a British Constitution

Recently, the UK has gotten into a muddle over Scottish...

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The US Constitution: A Catalogue of Complaints about Britain

The US Constitution, both in its structural element and the...

Faces of Mount Rushmore

Much Ado About Numbers: Shakespeare’s Mathematical Life and Times

Shakespeare lived in a period of exciting mathematical innovations –...

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Singing the Laws: Ancient Greek Lawgivers in History and Legend

While Lycurgus of Sparta and Solon of Athens are now...

Painting of Lycurgus of Sparta holdaing scroll

Human Rights Law: Bringing Power to the Powerless

This lecture looks at the power given to advocates in...

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Unsafe Haven: Burmese Refugees in Malaysia

Documentary photographer Greg Constantine on examples of the persecution and...