Public Order Offence in UK Law
- Racially Aggravated Public Order Offence: Sufficiency of Partial Racial Hostility
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Hate crimes and the law: Introducing caste hatred as a public order offence
The UK government has been provided with evidence that minorities who are of South Asian origin suffer discrimination based on ‘caste’ which is a particular characteristic of Indian sub-continental...
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Allowing Free Speech and Prohibiting Persecution—A Contemporary Sophie's Choice
This article considers the approach of three distinct common law jurisdictions to the problems faced by courts when an individual's right to freedom of expression is invoked as a defence to a low-l...... ... is invoked as a defence to a low-level public order offence. The contrasting approach of courts ... ...
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Managing the Unmanageable
This article analyses the current context and the use of the public order offence of ‘riot’ held in s. 1 of the Public Order Act 1986. It examines the historical roots of the statutory offence and ...... ... Article Managing the Unmanageable: The Offence of Riot in England and Wales Ashley Jane Lowerson ... the current context and the use of the public order offence of ‘riot’ held in s. 1 of the ... ...
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Affray and Legislative Intent: Cautionary Tales
In comparison with other doctrinal areas of criminal law relatively little has been written on public order infractions, specifically the offence of affray. A revival of interest in this topic has ...
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The interaction between FSA enforcement action and compliance culture: A help or a hindrance?
The use of public discipline by the FSA, usually accompanied by the imposition of a fine, has become familiar to readers of the financial press. To date the assumption has been that the use of publ...... ... failure, expectations gapThe use of public discipline by the FSA,usually accompanied by the ... is proportionate to the offenceand in order to have maximum effect should bedelivered ... ...
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To Bribe or Not to Bribe — A Less than Ethical Dilemma, Resolved?
Bribery of public officers has been an offence under Canada's criminal law since its codification in 1892. That offence and a collection of other little‐used provisions are intended to serve as a b...... ... product, but its perversion.'1 Bribery of public officers has been an offence under Canada's ... admitted to bribing foreign officials in order to obtain large government contracts. For many ... ...
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The criminal careers of those imprisoned for hate crime in the UK
Hate crime research has increased, but there are very few studies examining hate crime offenders. It is, therefore, difficult to determine to what extent those who perpetrate this offence might be ...... ... to what extent those who perpetrate this offence might be different from those who have not ... clearly true when those who had committed public order hate crime were compared with other public ... ...
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Index to Volume 73: Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4
... ... Football banning orders ... public order offence ... Administration of drugs and ... ...
- Index to Volume 69: Part 1
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