Department of Law lecture: the independence of law?
Date: Thursday 4 March 2010
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House
Speaker: Sir Ken MacDonald QC
Chair: Professor Jill Peay
Public prosecutors must be free from political influence to command confidence. But if they are not answerable to politicians, how are they accountable to the public for their work?
Ken MacDonald is visiting professor in LSE's Department of Law and was formerly Director of Public Prosecutions.
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