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Fractured Society: The UK, the Relativity of Law, and a New Bill of Rights

From the desk of A. Millar on Fri, 2008-08-15 08:05

The cross-party Joint Committee on Human Rights has said that there should be a new Bill of Rights [pdf] (or Bill of rights and Freedoms) for the United Kingdom, which will apply to both citizens and non-citizens. It will, it is suggested, draw on the “UK’s distinctive [legal] traditions” (p. 42, No. 146), and set out certain rights, such as the right to trial by jury, right to administrative justice, and right to equality (p. 38).

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France: Crime WatchFrom the desk of Tiberge on Fri, 2008-08-15 08:03

Here's an update on crime from Le Salon Beige, quoting the weekly Minute:

The number of acts of urban violence committed in 2007 in France was published discreetly by the Interior Ministry. It totals 93,016, including 37,359 cars burned, or 102 per day! The remainder is divided up as follows: 26,217 trash can fires, 7,955 acts of vandalism against city property (both slight damage and total destruction), 6,856 projectiles thrown (the targets were mainly policemen), 5,658 car chases and 4,101 cases of collective violence against security forces and medics.

The article points out that throwing a projectile is considered an individual act, not a collective one, though from what I've read of crimes, gang violence usually includes projectiles.