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Methodological Musings

Using A Lived Linguistic Landscape Approach for Socio-Legal Insight

In this post for Methodological Musings, Alexandra Grey explores linguistic landscape approaches to analyse how language displays reveal power dynamics, using Zhuang in China as a case study.

by Alexandra Grey | 6 November 2024
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Borderlands

From Confession to Conviction: Why Japan’s Criminal Justice System Resists Change

In this Borderlands post, Professor Dimitri Vanoverbeke (Tokyo) reflects upon the case of Iwao Hakamada to explore why and how change does - and does not - take place in the Japanese legal system.

by Dimitri Vanoverbeke | 30 October 2024
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A Good Read

The Power of Emotions: The Affective Nature of International Criminal Justice

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Florian Grisel reviews Jonas Bens' new book, The Sentimental Court: The Affective Life of International Criminal Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2022)

by Florian Grisel | 23 October 2024

Borderlands

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Legal Syncretism: A New Frontier of Constitutional Studies

In this post for Borderlands, Dr Berihun Adugna Gebeye (UCL) argues for legal syncretism as a vehicle to approach and appreciate African constitutionalism.

by Berihun Adugna Gebeye | 2 October 2024
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Audio-visibility and the Law

In this Borderlands piece, Nomi Dave (Virginia) explores the topic of audio-visibility, examining the significance and meanings of that which may be heard and seen in law.

by Nomi Dave | 4 September 2024
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Capturing the Political Character of an Anticorruption Initiative Through Relational Legal Consciousness Research

In this special Borderlands post, our first published in a language other than English, Professor Fabio de Sa e Silva (Oklahoma) reflects upon relational legal consciousness in Brazil's lava jato case

by Fabio de Sa e Silva | 10 July 2024

Methodological Musings

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Talking in Bangla, writing in English: Challenges of Translating interview data to foreign language and its significance for knowledge construction

In this post for Methodological Musings, Arpeeta Shams Mizan reflects on the challenges of translating interview material for research presented to foreign audiences.

by Arpeeta Shams Mizan | 9 October 2024
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A reflection on power dynamics and equality in participatory action research

In this piece for Methodological Musings, Rebecca French (Northumbria) reflects on valuing knowledge in Participatory Action Research.

by Rebecca French | 11 September 2024
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Discourse – more than the languages of law

In this post for Methodological Musings, Bettina Lange discusses discourse analysis as a tool for understanding how various ways of producing knowledge can inform Socio-Legal ordering.

by Bettina Lange | 17 July 2024

Talking about Methods

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Colourism, race and power

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Varona Sathiyah about the complexity of colourism, race and power in the South African context and beyond.

by Varona Sathiyah | 16 October 2024
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Hard to get at Research Groups

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Joseph Patrick McAulay  (Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Oxford) about hard to get at research groups.

by Joseph Patrick McAulay | 18 September 2024
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Queer Legal Geographies

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Kay Lalor (Manchester Metropolitan University) about queer legal geographies. 

by Kay Lalor | 24 July 2024

A Good Read

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Christian Burset - An Empire of Laws

Legal Pluralism and the Making of the Second British Empire

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Sarath Pillai reviews Christian Burset's new book, An Empire of Laws: Legal Pluralism in British Colonial Policy (Stanford University Press, 2023)

by Sarath Pillai | 25 September 2024
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Lawyers in the 21st Century

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Lisa Webley reviews Abel, Sommerlad, Hammerslev, and Schultz's anthology, Lawyers in 21st-Century Societies, Vol. 2: Comparisons and Theories (Hart, 2022)

by Lisa Webley | 31 July 2024
Goodrich - Judicial Uses of Images

Writing Judgments with Pictures

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Leslie J. Moran reviews Peter Goodrich's new book, Judicial Uses of Images: Vision in Decision (Oxford University Press, 2023).

by Leslie J Moran | 3 July 2024
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