Without Prejudice is back in its panel format this week, as Professor Gary Slapper, Director of NYU in London, and barrister and former MP Jerry Hayes join Charon QC and me to discuss:
- why do we need law schools?
- are human rights “left-wing twaddle”?
- the power of the state – has it got too much? and
- Julian Assange’s Supreme Court appeal,
plus, Jerry’s angry about barristers’ cash flow, and what the government’s done to make it worse.
Gary and Jerry both have plenty to say in their own inimitable styles – and I got a word in from time to time too. It was a free-wheeling, edge-of-seat type of discussion, and a lot of fun.
Listen to the podcast here or subscribe through iTunes.
[…] However, at the cost of a few beers in Central London, and certainly infinitely more rewarding, I can strongly recommend ‘More Weird Cases: Comic and Bizarre Cases from Courtrooms around the World”. The link to the downloadable version is here, but it’s a small book which will easily fit in a bag of ‘reasonable’ size. Prof Gary Slapper indeed can be followed here on Twitter; here he is discussing jurisprudence of the State with eminent blogger @charonqc and others, in a recent podcast. […]