Unwritten Law
- Author Rib Davis
- Publisher BBC Audio
- Publish Date 11 May 2023
- Run Time 5 hours and 55 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Crime and criminology, Legal history, True crime.
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What to expect
Eight dramatised documentaries of landmark trials that changed the law
What do you do when a judge sentences your child to be beaten?
If someone who has been stabbed dies after refusing a blood transfusion, is it a straight case of murder?
How did a murder case end up changing the law for battered women who kill?
In this gripping series, Helena Kennedy, celebrated human rights lawyer, broadcaster and civil liberties expert and playwright Rib Davis bring to life eight groundbreaking twentieth century trials. With the help of a full cast they reveal how the British legal system has been influenced by powerful, human stories that redefined the law to better reflect our modern society.
A Case of Blasphemous Obscenity - Mary Whitehouse brings a libel case against the editor of Gay News, for publishing an allegedly obscene poem.
A Bunch of Twigs - The parents of four 15-year-old boys, sentenced to be birched, launch an appeal against corporal punishment.
The Case of The Ladies' Directory - What is moral? Publishing information on how to contact sex workers brings Fredrick Shaw to court on moral grounds.
85 Burglaries and a Phone Tap - Who's listening? The trial of eight people in 1978 leads to a much more important investigation into State secrecy.
I've Only Just Learnt To Cry - The tragic story of Emma Humphries, who in 1985 was tried for the murder of her boyfriend.
Only a Phase - A group of young men in 1970s Belfast appeal to the British Government for gay rights.
Breaking the Chain - A young Jehovah's Witness is stabbed and dies. The court must decide if it was murder or if she contributed to her own death by refusing a blood transfusion.
On Self Deliverance - Murder or 'mercy'? An organisation finds itself in court after offering practical help to those wishing to commit suicide.
Presented by Helena Kennedy
Written by Rib Davis
First Broadcast BBC Radio 4, 10-31 July 1998 (Series 1) and 1-22 December 1999 (Series 2)
© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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