Legislating Against Hatred: The Law Commission Proposals on Extending Existing Hate Crime Legislation
In June of this year, the Law Commission (the law reform body for England and Wales) published a consultation paper entitled ‘Hate Crime: The Case for Extending the Existing Offences’. The current ‘hate crime’ legislation in England and Wales consists of the following: a) the aggravated offences under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 whereby…
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