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Oreva Olakpe - South-South Migrations and the Law from Below

Beyond Migrant Marginality in International Law

In this post for A Good Read, Ayesha Pattnaik reviews Oreva Olakpe’s book, South-South Migrations and the Law from Below (Hart, 2024).

Christopher Whelan - Lawyers on Trial

Legal Ethics Across Borders

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Trevor Clark reviews Christopher Whelan’s book, Lawyers on Trial: Hired Guns or Heroes? (Hart, 2024).

Pierre Legrand: Negative Comparative Law

Comparative and Socio-Legal Studies: Joining Forces?

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Florian Grisel reviews Pierre Legrand’s book, Negative Comparative Law: A Strong Programme for Weak Thought (CUP, 2022).

Alice Panepinto - Truth and Transitional Justice

Towards Local Truth

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Hakeem Yusuf reviews Alice Panepinto’s book, Truth and Transitional Justice: Localising the International Legal Framework in Muslim Majority Legal Systems

Roger Cotterrell - Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies

Why Care About Socio-Legal Theory?

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Clare Williams reviews Roger Cotterrell’s book, Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies: Intersecting Fields (Routledge, 2024).

Rasheedah Phillips - Dismantling the Master's Clock

Race, Time, and Quantum Physics

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Emily Grabham reviews Rasheedah Phillips’s new book, Dismantling the Master’s Clock: On Race, Space, and Time (AK Press, 2025).

Cressida Auckland - Values and Disorder in Mental Capacity Law

Putting ‘Values’ Back in Mental Capacity Law

In this post for A Good Read, Dr Urania Chiu reviews Cressida Auckland’s monograph, Values and Disorder in Mental Capacity Law (Cambridge University Press, 2024).

Lynette J. Chua and Mark Fathi Massoud - Out of Place: Fieldwork and Positionality in Law and Society

The Power and Pain of Positionality

In this post for A Good Read, Dr Ellie Whittingdale reviews Chua and Massoud's edited collection, Out of Place: Fieldwork and Positionality in Law and Society (Cambridge University Press, 2024).

Conor Heaney - Contemporary Capitalism and Mental Health: Rhythms of Everyday Life

Rhythm as Method

In this post for A Good Read, Dr Jess Connolly-Smith reviews Conor Heaney's new book, Contemporary Capitalism and Mental Health: Rhythms of Everyday Life (Edinburgh University Press, 2024).

Claerwen O’Hara and Tamsin Phillipa Paige - Queer Encounters with International Law and Queer Engagements with International Law

Que(e)rying International Law

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Senthorun Raj reviews O’Hara and Paige's collection, Queer Encounters with International Law and Queer Engagements with International Law (Routledge 2024, 2025)