Stories
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The ‘undesirable epileptic’
Abused in her marriage for being 'a sick woman', Aparna Nair looked to history to make sense of the response to her epilepsy. She discovered how centuries of fear and discrimination were often endorsed by science and legislation.
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The island of unclaimed bodies
In New York, those who live and die on the extreme edges of society are buried on an isolated island, often forgotten and unmourned. But recent legal changes aim to reduce stigma and restore their dignity.
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Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
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The joys and failures of audio description
Audio description enhances the experience of watching a film or TV show for people with a visual impairment, but it's not widely available in the UK. Alex Lee explains why.
Catalogue
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The Industrial law journal
Date: 1972-- Books
Labour law in Europe with special reference to the Common Market : a report of a conference held on June 7 and 8, 1962, under the joint auspices of the Federal Trust for Education and Research, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, the Industrial Law Society (British Section of the International Association of Labour Law).
Conference on Labour Law in Europe with Special Reference to the Common Market (1962 : London, England)Date: 1962- Journals
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International labour law reports
Date: 1978-
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Principles of labor legislation / by John R. Commons and John B. Andrews. Prepared in co-operation with the American Bureau of Industrial Research.
Commons, John R. (John Rogers), 1862-1945.Date: [1916]- Books
The Shops acts, 1912 to 1936 / by W.E. Wilkinson.
Date: 1937