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15 November 2022YEAR 1
‘Law and Business students moot the relationship between criminal damage and the Convention right to freedom of expression‘
As part of the Flamank Society Mooting Programme, each evening this week has seen first year LLB and BBL students on their feet, arguing a mock legal appeal to the Supreme Court concerning the fictional prosecution of Mrs Gertrude Lush for alleged criminal damage to a statue glorifying a Cornish slave trader. Arguing the case for and against conviction, students consistently impressed our resident moot judge, Senior Lecturer and former barrister Nick Pointon. ‘The legal acumen, confident advocacy and wonderful personalities on display made for a very enjoyable and intellectually stimulating series of moots – these first years are going places!’
Law Mentors
Below is a list of professionals who you can applied to be mentored by. Click the link on their name to be taken the the Handshake website, where you can learn a bit more about their background and responsibilities – you can also apply to be mentored by them using the same link.
YEAR 1
This week in British Politics and Government we explore the extent to which national and local media reflect and share the plurality of views of people in the UK. We consider the relationship between an open and honest national and local press, and democratic engagement, and consider the ways that language and emotions are used in the media to help to shape our world-views.
In Political Communication … Political divides: debate and deliberation
We explore ways of understanding entrenched political divisions. We will look at the theory of agonism and the importance of preserving the opportunity for people to exercise their political passions as respectful adversaries. We will watch The 8th | (the8thfilm.com) and analyse the Together for Yes campaign in the run up to the abortion referendum in Ireland.
We have an additional academic skills support session where we will complete a self-assessment exercise for your first essay and explore how your work is graded and how you can use grading criteria to understand your strengths and areas to improve in your writing.
YEAR 2
This week in Comparative Politics we explore the impact of different constitutional frameworks on democratic consolidation. Recent analyses point in the direction of a much stronger correlation between democratic consolidation and pure parliamentarianism. However, what does the presence of ‘excellent outliers’ tell us? With the help of coalition formation theories, we also grapple with the issue of the growing participation of radical right-wing populist parties in government in Western European democracies. What are the reasons for the cooperation between mainstream right and radical right-wing populist parties? What is the role played by corruption among elites in these developments?
We will watch a documentary on the significance of the Panama Papers.
This week (on Monday 14th) it is time to submit your essay.
Wednesday 16th November – 5:00pm – DM Lecture A
The Politics department are pleased to present four films, which examine the politics of communication. Screenings will be followed by discussion. All politics students are welcome, it should be listed on your timetables. Free pizza will be supplied but bring your own beverage.
This week’s film as selected by Dr Karen Scott, is the 8th. The 8th is a 2020 documentary film about the campaign to repeal the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which gave equal rights to the lives of a pregnant woman and her unborn child. Consequently, the repeal of this amendment repealed the ban on abortion. Described as ‘highly watchable’ by Ed Power from the Irish Times, this is not one to be missed!
We are pleased to announce the launch of Earth Humanities – a new interdisciplinary project dealing with issues of extractives by bringing together a range of different perspectives from the arts, humanities, social and environmental sciences. Earth Humanities engages with urgent issues of climatic and environmental change. We are particularly interested in the challenges posed to Arts and Humanities researchers by the concept of the Anthropocene.
Originating in the European Enlightenment and now merged with modernity’s belief in continued progress and economic growth, many societies of the West and Global North have become distracted, disconnected if not ignorant of their roles in perpetuating colonial modalities of extraction.
We are open to ideas and contributions for the next chapter coming soon!
To find out more, click the link here or email Nicola Whyte (N.M.Whyte@exeter.ac.uk).