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ANATOMY OF THE LAW:
FRIEND OR FOE?
Edward O’Claire
Anatomy of a Fall is one of the most remarkable films to have leapt onto screens in recent memory. There’s a lot of interesting stuff going on under the surface but if you only cared whether I liked it or not then you can turn off your TV set now... GIMPED AND GUILTY
Daniel CoxTo William Wallace, “freedom” was just an interesting sound to wail whilst getting your head lopped off (Spoilers). To the modern man, it's more than mere rhetoric...PENAL PALAVA
Edward O’ClairePrisons are in crisis… again. They haven’t not been in crisis for as long as anyone can remember. Well, there was a time when they were doing okay. But that was because no one was allowed to leave the house except for wine and cheese parties run by/for the government...‘THE JURY: MURDER TRIAL’ REVIEW
Seth CoxThe TV series that, according to The Guardian, shows ‘all that’s wrong with Britain's judicial system’ and, according to me, shows all that’s wrong with The Guardian...
NICKED SHOP
Nicked Journal Issue 1: Uncovering Legal Absurdities
ISBN: 978-1-3999-8235-1
180 x 250 mm, 86 pages
South West England
Biannual
Editor: Seth Cox
Assistant Editor: Edward O’Claire
Designer: Daniel Cox
Our first issue ‘uncovering legal absurdities’ explores why it is that courthouses are intent on keeping us lot, the public/rabble/dirty masses, out. From awkward sight lines in the public galleries to censorious stares from Court Ushers, lack of decent parking to airy-fairy legal jargon; blatantly, we are not wanted in our courthouses. If that isn’t enough reason to go to your local and make a nuisance of yourself for a day or two, I don’t know what is. This issue also involves a bloke losing his fingers to a chainsaw, another bloke losing his life to Lollardy and an old Lady giving a talk under the tallest cathedral spire in England.
Postage is currently UK only, however please do drop us an email if you’re not UK based and interested.
“Nicked journal celebrates the absurdity of the trial by looking at the sheer ridiculousness of the unobserved, and seemingly unremarkable, cases which pass through our courts every day. The aim is simple, to encourage readers to take to the public gallery in their masses. To fidget, to scoff, and to smile wryly from the sidelines as lawyers and judges muddle through contradictory evidence, unhelpful witnesses, and ludicrous arguments in an attempt to find the truth and the law. The honest and conversational commentary of nicked journal turns the mundane into a monumental farce to engage and inspire a new generation who are actually interested in the law, that thing that we live our lives by. Or don't...”
“Nicked Journal is a big pile of shit.”