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University of Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

A Good Read

Andrew Boon - Lawyers and the Rule of Law

The Rule-of-Law Myth and Its Advocates

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Sida Liu reviews Andrew Boon's new book, Lawyers and the Rule of Law (Hart, 2022).

by Sida Liu | 6 December 2023
Melissa Crouch - Women and the Judiciary in the Asia Pacific

The Promising Paradox of Women and the Judiciary

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Erika Rackley reviews Melissa Crouch's edited collection, Women and the Judiciary in the Asia-Pacific (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

by Erika Rackley | 8 November 2023
Adébísí - Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge: Reflections on Power and Possibility

How to Decolonise Legal Knowledge for All?

In this post for A Good Read, Dr Shailesh Kumar reviews Folúkẹ́ Adébísí's book, Decolonisation and Legal Knowledge: Reflections on Power and Possibility (Bristol University Press, 2023).

by Shailesh Kumar | 11 October 2023
Pavone - The Ghostwriters

The Judicial Construction of Europe, from the Bar and the Bench

In this post for A Good Read, Dr Florian Grisel reviews Tommaso Pavone's book, The Ghostwriters: Lawyers and the Politics behind the Judicial Construction of Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

by Florian Grisel | 13 September 2023
Series - Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution

Social Care Detention in the Post-Carceral Era

In this post for A Good Read, Dr Ezgi Taşcıoğlu reviews Lucy Series' book, Deprivation of Liberty in the Shadows of the Institution (Bristol University Press, 2022).

by Ezgi Taşcıoğlu | 16 August 2023
Bloomer and Campbell - Decriminalizing Abortion in Northern Ireland

Abortion Rights Activism and Law Reform in Northern Ireland

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Zoe L. Tongue reviews Fiona Bloomer and Emma Campbell's edited collection, Decriminalizing Abortion in Northern Ireland (Bloomsbury, 2022).

by Zoe L. Tongue | 19 July 2023
Raj - Feeling Queer Jurisprudence

Decoding the Affective Life of Law

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Aleardo Zanghellini reviews Senthorun Raj's book, Feeling Queer Jurisprudence: Injury, Intimacy, Identity (Routledge, 2020).

by Aleardo Zanghellini | 21 June 2023
Suresh - Terror Trials

Truth and Technicalities in Terror Trials

In this post for A Good Read, Ayesha Pattnaik reviews Mayur Suresh's new book, Terror Trials: Life and Law in Delhi’s Courts (Fordham University Press, 2022)

by Ayesha Pattnaik | 24 May 2023
Thompson - Quiet Revolutionaries

A Model of Feminist Legal History

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Rosemary Auchmuty reviews SLSA prize-winner Sharon Thompson's new book, Quiet Revolutionaries: The Married Women's Association and Family Law (Bloomsbury, 2022)

by Rosemary Auchmuty | 26 April 2023
Falciola - Up Against the Law

Co-Conspirators? Radical Lawyers Who Chose to Work in and beyond the Law

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Linda Mulcahy reviews Luca Falciola's new book, Up Against the Law: Radical Lawyers and Social Movements, 1960s–1970s (University of North Carolina Press, 2022)

by Linda Mulcahy | 29 March 2023
Grabham - Women, Precarious Work, and Care

Why Flexibility Fails Precarious Workers

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Joanne Conaghan reviews Emily Grabham's new book, Women, Precarious Work, and Care: The Failure of Family-Friendly Rights (Bristol University Press, 2021).

by Joanne Conaghan | 22 February 2023
Front cover of Erwin Chemerinsky' book, Presumed Guilty

The Books We Don’t Recommend but Can’t Stop Thinking about

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Patrick Schmidt reviews Erwin Chemerinsky's new book, Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights (Liveright, 2022).

by Patrick Schmidt | 25 January 2023