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O'Brien - Politics and Administrative Justice

A Post-Liberal Critique of Administrative Justice

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Michael Adler reviews Nick O'Brien's new book, Politics and Administrative Justice (Bristol University Press, 2023)

Judith Townend and Lucy Welsh - Observing Justice

In Search for Open Justice in Digital Criminal Processes

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Naomi Creutzfeldt reviews Judith Townend & Lucy Welsh's book Observing Justice: Digital Transparency, Openness and Accountability in Criminal Courts (BUP, 2023)

Kalyani Ramnath - Boats in a Storm

On A Sea of Paper

In this post for A Good Read, Shruti Iyer reviews Kalyani Ramnath's book, Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942–1962 (Stanford University Press, 2023)

Lucy Welsh - Access to Justice in Magistrates' Courts

A Magistracy without Majesty

In this post for A Good Read, James Campbell reviews Lucy Welsh's book, Access to Justice in Magistrates’ Courts (Hart, 2022).

Silvana Tapia Tapia - Feminism, Violence Against Women and Law Reform

How Rights-based Penality Leads Nowhere

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Linnea Wegerstad reviews Silvana Tapia Tapia's new book, Feminism, Violence Against Women, and Law Reform: Decolonial Lessons from Ecuador (Routledge, 2022).

Russell Sandberg - Subversive Legal Education

Subversive Legal History belongs in Law Schools

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Nick Cartwright reviews Russell Sandberg's new book, Subversive Legal History: A Manifesto for the Future of Legal Education (Routledge, 2022).

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).

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).

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).

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).