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Jubilee Handbook

 A biblical roadmap for the 21st centuryThe way we think about our culture's political, economic and social problems is flawed and confused. Society is not made up of distinct elements we can treat in isolation from each other. How we view one idea - the state; property ownership; the economy; the...

Guy Brandon   Posted: 26 June 2012   2 comments

Keywords: Crime & Justice, Finance & the Economy, Government & Foreign Affairs, Sex & Families, Worldviews & Culture,

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Marriage Evidence Prevails

The following statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice Jonathan Djanogly, announcing the Government’s response to the Law Commission’s report 'Cohabitation: the financial consequences of relationship breakdown', is to be welcomed: The Law Commission published its...

John Hayward   Posted: 12 September 2011   No comments

Keywords: Crime & Justice, Sex & Families,

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English Riots: A Sign of The Times?

So, Parliament has been recalled in response to rioting in England to allow MPs to 'stand together in condemnation of these crimes and to stand together in determination to rebuild these communities.' Supposedly, the riots were sparked three days ago by the killing on 4th August of twenty-nine-year-old...

John Hayward   Posted: 9 August 2011   1 comment

Keywords: Crime & Justice, Government & Foreign Affairs,

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Family-Friendly Sentencing?

Appeal judges have freed Wayne Bishop, initially sentenced to eight months imprisonment for burglary and dangerous driving, in the interests of Mr Bishop's five children, aged between six and thirteen, for whom he was the sole carer for five nights a week. After he was sent to prison a month ago, the...

John Hayward   Posted: 28 May 2011   7 comments

Keywords: Crime & Justice,

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Property Rights Dilemma

The Supreme Court is to determine justice in the following case. However, delivering what might be perceived as justice for the couple concerned could undermine common justice for all. Which should most influence their decision? Miss Jones and Mr Kernott began a relationship in 1980. Five years later,...

John Hayward   Posted: 9 May 2011   No comments

Keywords: Crime & Justice, Sex & Families,

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Christians Need Re-education

On Monday two High Court judges ruled that homosexual rights 'should take precedence' over the right not to be discriminated against on religious grounds, albeit under very limited circumstances. Eunice and Owen Johns had previously raised four of their own children and provided foster care for nearly...

John Hayward   Posted: 1 March 2011   4 comments

Keywords: Crime & Justice, Education, Sex & Families,

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New Legal Rights for Unmarried Couples

I was interviewed earlier by LBC on Nick Ferrari's breakfast show about the call from Britain’s most senior family judge for cohabiting couples who split up to get new legal rights to share property and money. Sir Nicholas Wall insists that any legal changes would not undermine the institution...

John Hayward   Posted: 3 February 2011   No comments

Keywords: Crime & Justice, Sex & Families,

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English Law to catch up with Biblical Law?

After quite a long wait (pallets first stuck at docks, next mistakenly sent to Coventry, then delivery down the narrow streets of Cambridge attempted by a 44-tonne truck!), you will probably have seen that we have taken delivery of Jonathan Burnside’s latest and excellent book: God, Justice and...

Alan White   Posted: 26 January 2011   No comments

Keywords: Crime & Justice,

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The Working Prison

It is sixteen years since Jubilee Centre published Relational Justice: A Reform Dynamic For Criminal Justice, during which time the prison population has increased from around 49,000 to 85,227 (as at December 3rd). In fact, England and Wales has the second highest prison population in Western Europe,...

John Hayward   Posted: 9 December 2010   2 comments

Keywords: Crime & Justice,

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Remember, Remember...

Last weekend I took the family, en route to see the treasures from Sutton Hoo at the British Museum, to Parliament Hill in Hampstead Heath, from where some believe Guy Fawkes' fellow conspirators stood looking towards parliament waiting for it to explode. So, on the day when many of us will be marking...

John Hayward   Posted: 5 November 2010   No comments

Keywords: Crime & Justice, Finance & the Economy, Government & Foreign Affairs, Lifestyle Issues, Sex & Families,

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