Tonight, Shami Chakrabarti answers YOUR questions on The State of Freedom in Britain. Tweet your Q using #lsefreedom & @conorgearty will ask
Eagerly anticipating @LSELaw's event tonight on 'The State of Freedom' with Shami Chakrabarti and the peerless @conorgearty. #LSEfreedom- Where national security is in issue, how should the judiciary balance deference with the protection of human rights? #LSEfreedom
- We'll ask @libertyhq's Shami Chakrabarti your questions TONIGHT - tweet using #LSEfreedom & @conorgearty may ask it! http://bit.ly/lsefreedom
Tonight Shami Chakrabarti heads up a talk at the LSE examining the state of freedom in Britain #LSEfreedom- Still time to send your questions for Shami Chakrabarti + Niki Lacey - use #lsefreedom & @conorgearty may ask it http://bit.ly/lsefreedom
I will live tweet Shami Chakrabarti and Nicola Lacey on "The State of Freedom in Britain." Commencing shortly. #LSEFreedom
And we're off... @conorgearty introduces Shami Chakrabarti and Nicola Lacey #lsefreedom pic.twitter.com/wcTLHEadnN
chilling at #lsefreedom
excited for #lsefreedom lecture to start with the amazing @conorgearty chairing!
Wine for more than 10 ppl @ #LSEfreedom
Nicola Lacey begins speaking on freedom of members of society #lsefreedom pic.twitter.com/UD6V9YtQFy
Didn't know I should expect stand-up comedy from Prof Conor Gearty this evening @LSEpublicevents #lsefreedom- "Scope of rule in governments like this one has had a negative impact on freedom" says Nicola Lacey #lsefreedom
- “Criminal offences are created by more general statutes... many more are created by regulatory statutes” says Nicola Lacey #lsefreedom
- In 2010, more than 3000 new crimes were listed since late 1990s, says Nicola Lacey #lsefreedom
- Lacey: 3,000 pieces of legislation pass each year, with many of them carrying criminal offences for breach. #lsefreedom
- We need to know more about the law in action, says Nicola Lacey #lsefreedom
- "criminalisation has been pushing the temporal boundaries of which criminal liability kicks in as a complete offence"- Lacey #lsefreedom
- Nicola Lacey quoting from today’s papers on Theresa May’s plans to broaden boundaries on terrorism laws #lsefreedom
- "creation of hybrid offences of civil / criminal law seen alongside de facto criminalisation of groups such as migrants"- Lacey #lsefreedom
- Lacey: We are seeing the de facto criminalisation of immigrants in the UK. #lsefreedom
- "2 main things about the new legislation 1) the remedial structure is distinctive 2) range of enforcement bodies involved"Lacey #lsefreedom
- Lacey: Will the criminal law be for general public interest or will there be preventative orders to benefit privileged? #LSEFreedom
- "as govts become less autonomous on the economy they tend to go for criminal justice as a nice strong policy order"- Lacey #lsefreedom
3 June 2014: The State of Freedom in Britain
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE Shami Chakrabarti, Nicola Lacey, Conor Gearty The British like to believe they are free, but after Snowden, Miranda and the “war on terror”, how true can this be? Are most of us free while those who seek change discover a tenuous grip on freedom?
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