Battle of Ideas 2014
Festival weekend: Liberty & Law
Saturday 18 October: 10.00-11.30
Legal Challenges Pit Theatre
Judge rule: is the law taking over politics?
Defending Everyday Liberties Frobisher 1-3
From Yid Army to Green Brigade: free speech for football fans?
Saturday 18 October: 12.00-13.00
Legal Challenges Pit Theatre
‘Cinderella law’: criminalising parental authority?
Defending Everyday Liberties Frobisher 1-3
Computer says no? Vetting, barring and child protection revisited
Saturday 18 October: 14.00-15.30
Legal Challenges Pit Theatre
Victims' law: therapeutic justice or moral crusade?
Saturday 18 October: 16.00-17.15
Legal Challenges Pit Theatre
Judgement by our peers: is the jury out?
Defending Everyday Liberties Frobisher 1-3
Policing the night-time economy: killing the lads’ night out?
Technological Innovation Frobisher Auditorium 2
DRIP by drip: have we given up on privacy?
Saturday 18 October: 17.30-18.45
Legal Challenges Pit Theatre
Community Treatment Orders: the psychiatric ASBO?
Sunday 19 October: 11.00-15.00
Festival Attractions 2014 Art Space C
Free Speech Read-a-thon
Sunday 19 October: 16.00-17.15
Biomedical Battles Pit Theatre
Belgium’s ‘right to die’ for children: a slippery slope?

Judgement by our peers: is the jury out?

"Some of the freest speech I have enjoyed in years."
Baroness Ruth Deech QC, crossbench peer; chairman, Bar Standards Board

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