U.S. Supreme Court

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has handed down the last of its decisions for the 2010 term, PBS's Newshour has a summary of the Supreme Court's year with Marcia Coyle, a legal journalist, and Tom Goldstein, a lawyer who often argues cases before the Court.
9:21 min, transcript available

European Court of Human Rights

The BBC Radio 4's Decision Time has a programme examining the European Court of Human Rights - available for only two more days. Also available (for six more days), the programme from 22/06 on changing strike laws.
45 min., no transcript.

Solicitors

The internet site of the English publication The Lawyer has three short videos presenting firms of solicitors : Egorov, Puginsky, Afanasiev & Partners, specialised in Russian matters,  Harneys, an offshore legal practice, and Hickman & Rose, criminal justice and human rights specialists.
5 to 7 min.,  no transcript.

John Mikhail on Universal Moral Grammar

The blog Philosophy Bites (podcasts of top philosophers interviewed on bite-sized topics...) has just posted (June 4) an interview with Georgetown law professor John Mikhail on Universal Moral Grammar. One of the questions treated was "Do children have an innate pre-disposition to make certain sorts of moral judgement?" Mikhail's new book, Elements of Moral Cognition: Rawls' Linguistic Analogy and the Cognitive Science of Moral and Legal Judgment, was published in May, 2011.
20 min. no transcript

Shakespeare and the Law/the Law and Shakespeare

Several of Shakespeare's plays have inspired mock trials or legal arguments in the U.S. Last year a court composed of several real Supreme Court justices and other federal judges decided whether Henry V was justified in his slaughter of French prisoners of war. C-Span's recording of the event, Judgment at Agincourt, is here. An article about the event is found here.
1h 49min, no transcript
In 1997, litigants argued a case involving the inheritance rights of the Shakespearean character and historical figure, Richard III, who was accused of ordering the murder of his two nephews. Chief Justice Rehnquist, Justice Ginsburg and Justice Breyer comprised the tribunal which decided the case. C-Span's recording of the event is here.
1h 13 min, no transcript.
In 1994, the trial of Hamlet for the murder of Polonius was held and can be seen here.
2h 9 min, no transcript.

Superinjunctions

Law in Action on BBC's Radio 4 is back with a program about superinjunctions.
30 min. no transcript