A Day in the Life of a Magistrate
Legal magazine programme. As magistrate numbers fall, Joshua Rozenberg goes to Bradford to meet one. Would the system of lay magistrates be invented today?
As magistrate numbers continue to fall Joshua Rozenberg goes to Bradford to meet one of 300 who sit on the bench there. Would the system of lay magistrates - with no legal qualifications - be invented today? The answer is an intriguing one.
Also in the programme: do the police now need a code of conduct on ethics and social media? And the small square of land on the Arabian Peninsula where English common law holds sway.
Producer: Tim Mansel
Editor: Richard Knight.
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- Tue 24 Feb 2015 16:00大象传媒 Radio 4
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