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The Misrule of Law

Professor Thomas Grant KC · Gresham College

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About

The law has been used to impose religious and moral conformity and uniformity of thought at many times in history, perhaps most (in)famously in the trial of Socrates and the heresy trials of Giordano Bruno and Galileo. More recently the obscenity laws and equality legislation have challenged the limits of free speech. This lecture will explore how law has been used to respond to and try to delimit the expression of unpopular or challenging ideas.

Lectures

  1. Free Thinking and the Rule of Law 2021-11-22 · YouTube
  2. Terror and the Rule of Law 2022-01-24 · YouTube
  3. Segregation and the Rule of Law 2022-03-21 · YouTube

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Institution
Gresham College
Speaker
Professor Thomas Grant KC
Year
2021
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Law
Source
Gresham College
Licence
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