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The study of law is essentially about learning how to use a
handful of databases of relevant statutes and case law, and
about a few simple rules. For teaching purposes only, an
imaginary unreality is assumed in which
there is rule of law and equality of all before the law, at such
level and prevalence that is a qualifying threshold to membership
of the post modern European Union super state - and that we can therefore
neglect the study of bribery procedures.
This module is being developed, entirely free of 'aid', by
students and teaching assistants at the Kumasi campus.
We begin with the laws and related practices of what was the
main neo-colonial power, before a patchwork of Halliburtonstans
sprawled across areas rich in fossil fuels and narcotics and
along pipeline routes, became the
preferred and prevalent imperial flavour :
English law
British and Irish legal information database
Internet
information skills for lawyers (an online tutorials) is
provided by Social Sciences Information Gateway (SOSIG). The
tutorial is free and takes you round the key legal resources
available for lawyers.
A Guide to the UK
Legal System by Sarah Carter, Law Librarian at the
University of Kent at Canterbury, and
Guide to Irish
Law by Dr. Darius Whelan, lecturer in law at the Institute
of Technology, Tallaght, Dublin, are two comprehensive and
innovative papers published on the USA LLRX Librarian's site.
The papers describe the respective legal systems as if to a
lawyer or student of law from another country, making full use
of legal sources and resources on the web.
LawDictionaries.com
provides links to free online law dictionaries and other useful
tools for law students and practitioners.
The Proceedings of the
Old Bailey is "A fully searchable online edition of the
largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people
ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal
trials held at London's central criminal court." it is coming
online in stages, with the first stage, 22,000 trials, from
December 1714 to December 1759, available now. "The Proceedings"
is the name of the original published version. Here is what it
says about these: "The Proceedings contain accounts of trials
which took place at the Old Bailey. The crimes tried were mostly
felonies (predominantly theft), but also include some of the
most serious misdemeanours. The first published collection of
trials at the Old Bailey dates from 1674, and from 1678 accounts
of the trials at each session (meeting of the Court) at the Old
Bailey were regularly published. Inexpensive, and targeted
initially at a popular rather than a legal audience, the
Proceedings were produced shortly after the conclusion of each
sessions and were a commercial success. With few exceptions,
this periodical was regularly published each time the sessions
met (eight times a year) for 160 years. In 1834 it changed its
name, but publication continued until 1913." The site is
beautifully prepared, with the full text available as well as
digital images of the original reports. There are also some
pictures from legal material of the time together with an
extensive Introduction. There is a particular section for
schools, with the site obviously seen as material for school
projects. The project is funded by various grants so that access
can be free.
Semple Piggot Rochez, as
well as providing full Law Degrees also offers a large amount
(4,500 pages) of course materials without charge. Most of the
material is in pdf format.
The Incorporated Council
of Law Reporting, the non-profit-making body which prepares
The Law Reports and The Weekly Law Reports, offers a free
"Student Newsletter" with articles on law reporting and selected
case summaries.
European Law
WTA/law
Update 19-08-05 : This action research cycle is slowly grinding to a halt in
the face of 'education' establishment hostility (rooted in and perpetuated by
the fact that nobody is getting 'dashed' to facilitate free 21st century net
mediated education), and related gradual degradation of what was a mickey mouse
'broadband' service to begin with.
At this time, a project manager or student at Kpoly, can only occasionally access a Yahoo mailbox, almost never
access Google Groups, very seldom access his/her (Yahoo)
Geocities personal web site to maintain it and develop basic
html coding skill, use of VideoSkype has become completely impossible even at weekends,
and the graphics that are an essential component of
http://kumasipolytechnic.net/kpolytrendtrade2.htm for
example will not load.
Whether or not there is deliberate top-down sabotage/subversion,
is something the reader will decide for him/herself in the light of inbuilt
experience/prejudices/preconceptions, but in either event reality does nicely illustrate why 21st century education vehicles in neocolonially governed parts of the world must by adaptable and unencumbered
- the next phase of SoACT's action research
focus will necessarily
shift away from subverted white elephant official resources to
guerrilla informal teaching venues and commercial cafes.
Update 27-08-05 : With immediate effect and without warning, the minimal real-time toolset
(Yahoo messenger plus cam) that had survived Polytechnic service degradation, is
blocked by the neo-colonial stooges who populate an anti-education
'education'/political establishment.
Shakra - a struggle for free universal education
To be Contd.
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