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As magistrate numbers continue to fall Joshua Rozenberg goes to Bradford to meet one of 300 who sit on the bench there. Would the system of lay magistrates - with no legal qualifications - be invented today? The answer is an intriguing one. Also in the programme: do the police now need a code of conduct on ethics and social media? And the small square of land on the Arabian Peninsula where English common law holds sway. Producer: Tim Mansel Editor: Richard Knight.
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