The Law’s Making of Work

The Law’s Making of Work

In this post for A Good Read, Francesca Barp reviews Zoe Adams' book, The Legal Concept of Work (Oxford University Press, 2022).

by Francesca Barp | 23 April 2025

Jaime Lindsey - Reimagining the Court of Protection

Unheard Voices in the Court of Protection: Reimagining Justice for the Vulnerable

In this post for A Good Read, Viktoriia Hamaiunova reviews Jaime Lindsey’s book, Reimagining the Court of Protection (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

by Viktoriia Hamaiunova | 26 March 2025

Agata Fijalkowski - Law, Visual Culture, and the Show Trial

Expanding the Archive of Show Trials

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Minou Arjomand reviews Agata Fijalkowski’s book, Law, Visual Culture, and the Show Trial (Routledge, 2023).

by Minou Arjomand | 26 February 2025

Encounters with Justice

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Isobel Roele reviews Valérie Hayaert’s new book, Lady Justice: An Anatomy of an Allegory (Edinburgh University Press, 2023).

by Isobel Roele | 29 January 2025

Marital and Institutional Decoupling in China

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Anna High reviews Ethan Michelson’s book, Decoupling: Gender Injustice in China’s Divorce Courts (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

by Anna High | 18 December 2024

David Graeber and David Wengrow - The Dawn of Everything

What if the State Isn’t Inevitable?

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Dominik Krell reviews David Graeber and David Wengrow's new book, The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity (Penguin Books, 2022).

by Dominik Krell | 20 November 2024

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

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

Abel et al - Lawyers in 21st Century Societies Vol 2

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

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