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How A Mediation Clinic Can Inform The Curriculum, Dr Leonardo J. Raznovich, Ben Waters
How A Mediation Clinic Can Inform The Curriculum, Dr Leonardo J. Raznovich, Ben Waters
Dr Leonardo J Raznovich
There are many different ways and settings in which the curriculum can be developed to provide clinical legal education to students at university level within the UK. With the assistance of HEFCE research informed teaching funding and after nearly a year of preparatory research, two members of the Legal Studies team, in department of Crime and Policing at Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) in England set up a mediation clinic as a fundamental element of the development of a Qualifying Law Degree. The clinic at Canterbury Christ Church University is unique, not least for the fact that it is the …
Recognition Of Overseas Same Sex Marriages: A Matter Of Equality And Sound Statutory Interpretation, Dr Leonardo J. Raznovich
Recognition Of Overseas Same Sex Marriages: A Matter Of Equality And Sound Statutory Interpretation, Dr Leonardo J. Raznovich
Dr Leonardo J Raznovich
It is accepted that the institution of marriage is more than economic benefits. The availability of marriage to same sex couples in eight western democratic jurisdictions exerts pressure on courts to consider the substance and ethical dimension of marriage across borders. This paper analyses the legal and ethical problems that exclusion of same sex couples from marriage generates in relation to equality and individual freedoms in a democratic society. The paper focuses on the particular case of overseas same sex married couples that seek to immigrate to England. Part I analyses the legal recognition of overseas same sex marriages under …
Legal Studies: How To Narrow The Gap Between Law And Society, Leonardo J. Raznovich
Legal Studies: How To Narrow The Gap Between Law And Society, Leonardo J. Raznovich
Dr Leonardo J Raznovich
The main thesis of this paper is that the teaching of law should take a different approach to that of the current law degree. Students should be equipped with the various knowledge and competences that make them suitable to appreciate not only the theory of law but the interactions between law and society. This paper will conclude that a law degree that follows the socio-legal approach from a critical legal perspective should be the appropriate methodology because it exposes students to the influences and impacts made on legal theory by the social sciences as well as that made on society …
Los Principios Generales Del Derecho Probatorio Y El Proceso Civil, Dr Leonardo J. Raznovich
Los Principios Generales Del Derecho Probatorio Y El Proceso Civil, Dr Leonardo J. Raznovich
Dr Leonardo J Raznovich
This article, written and published for a Spanish speaking audience, provides with a critical comparative overview of the principles of civil procedure and of the law of evidence.
Proyecto De Ley Sobre Juicio Por Jurados, Dr Leonardo J. Raznovich
Proyecto De Ley Sobre Juicio Por Jurados, Dr Leonardo J. Raznovich
Dr Leonardo J Raznovich
This article published in Spanish provides with an assessment of a bill sent to the Argentinean Parliament in order to implement trial by jury for serious criminal matters. It also provides with a historical overview of the institution and with some possible explanations why the Argentinean legislator has been reluctant to fulfill the constitutional mandate of implementing trial by jury for all criminal matters (articles 24, 75 (12) and 118 of the Argentinean Constitution).