New UK Supreme Court

NPR's Morning Edition of July 17, 2009 has a story entitled "Independent High Court Ushers Britain Into New Era". The piece is not just about the "new" Supreme Court soon to replace the judicial committee of the House of Lords - it speaks more generally about constitutional questions, especially separation of powers issues.

4 min. 41 sec., no transcript, but a fairly detailed (628 word) presentation. .mp3 or NPR MediaPlayer

Two interesting lectures from Georgetown Law School in January Second Annual International Law in Context Lecture: The Struggle for Law: Some Dilemmas of Cultural Legality by Roger Cotterrell - the links to the video or audio (.mp3) are here Jan 17, 2008, 1h18 min, no transcript The British and United States Legal Systems, with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (U.S. Supreme Court) and Baroness Hale (U.K. House of Lords)- the links to the video or audio (.mp3) are here Jan 24, 2008, 1h25min, no transcript the latest on the reforms in the British legal system and how the Law Lords do their job - very good!