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Episode 26 – “Call My Agent!”: Agency Law in Context

August 22, 2025August 11, 2025 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Your gowned crusaders explore the concept of agency, its legal implications, and its relevance in everyday life. We discuss how agency allows individuals and companies … Read more

Tags agency, agents, AI, authority, commercial transactions, contracts, fiduciary duties, law, legal relationships, risks

Episode 25 – Contracts

August 22, 2025August 3, 2025 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Contracts are at the heart of our economic system.  They are also dear to the hearts of many lawyers, who see contract law as embodying … Read more

Tags common law, contract, justice, law, legal system

Episode 24 – Torts, Snails and Ginger Beer!

August 3, 2025July 19, 2025 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Torts basically are civil wrongs.  The law of torts provides remedies for people who have suffered some kind of harm at the hands of another … Read more

Tags civil wrongs, law, negligence, neighbour principle, torts, trespass

Episode 20 – Punishment: I Sentence You To Listen To This Podcast!

August 3, 2025March 17, 2025 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Everyone agrees that Crime and Punishment go together. But that’s where the agreement ends. There are multiple aims of punishment: to inflict retribution (an eye … Read more

Tags Crime, criminology, deterrence, justice, law, penology, punishment, recidivism, restorative justice

Episode 19 – It’s A Crime! Criminal Law in Context

August 3, 2025March 3, 2025 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Most people are fascinated by crime, at least if they are at a safe distance from it.  It is the stuff of popular culture and … Read more

Tags Crime, criminal law, justice, law, legal system, murder, punishment, theft

Who Ya Gonna Trust? Fiduciaries and the Law

August 3, 2025September 12, 2024 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Who should I trust?  If your answer is no one, the world would be a more difficult and expensive place.  Wherever someone does something on … Read more

Tags equity, fiduciaries, fiduciary, law, trusts

Episode 11 – (At last they ask) What is Law?

August 3, 2025July 29, 2024 by Emeritus Professor Stephen Bottomley and Emeritus Professor Stephen Parker

Any competent lawyer should be able to say what is the law on a given topic in their area of expertise.  However, most lawyers find … Read more

Tags jurisprudence, justice, law, legal system, positivism, rules

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