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The film was finally granted an uncut 18 certificate in 1995 a considerable time after its video release in all the other major international markets, which did not prove too disconcerting for Quentin Tarantino who was reported to be delighted that the delay had given the film an extended theatrical life in the UK. [18] [85] 1993–1994 The ...
In another case the UK based academic publisher Equinox was forced to remove a peer reviewed academic article from its publication International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law. [51] The article "charlatanry in forensic speech science" was a metastudy of lie detector research and came to the conclusion that lie detectors don't work. [52]
The common law offence of blasphemy was repealed in 2008. The last person to be imprisoned for blasphemy in the UK was John William Gott in 1922, for comparing Jesus Christ to a clown . [ 18 ] The next blasphemy case was in 1977, when Mary Whitehouse brought a private prosecution ( Whitehouse v.
In modern case law it has been consistently accepted that it "is a principle of legal policy that [UK] law should conform to public international law." [ 145 ] The House of Lords stressed that "there is a strong presumption in favour of interpreting English law (whether common law or statute) in a way which does not place the United Kingdom in ...
The phrase Fundamental Laws of England has often been used by those opposing particular legislative, royal or religious initiatives.. For example, in 1641 the House of Commons of England protested that the Roman Catholic Church was "subverting the fundamental laws of England and Ireland", [3] part of a campaign ending in 1649 with the beheading of King Charles I.
Marco Bellocchio’s drama “Kidnapped” that reconstructs the true tale of a Jewish boy who was kidnapped and forcibly raised as a Christian in 19th century Rome, has opened strongly in Italy ...
politics.co.uk news roundup; Q&A: Religious hatred law (BBC News, 9 June 2005) New effort to ban religious hate (BBC News, 11 June 2005) Blackadder's revenge hits the hate bill (The Sunday Times, 9 October 2005) Protest over religious hate (BBC News, 11 October 2005) Christian group may seek ban on Qur'an (The Guardian, 12 October 2005)
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