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Challenging the Norm: Debating minimum age to hold high-ranking public offices

In this piece for Borderlands, Sebastián Hernández (Concepción, Chile) explores the debates surrounding constitutional minimum age requirements for political leadership.

by Sebastián Hernández | 23 July 2025
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Through The Looking Glass: Curiosity v Closure in Inquests and Research

In this Borderlands piece, Jessie Waldman explores the competing pressures of curiosity and closure in the South African inquest process.

by Jessie Waldman | 25 June 2025
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Legal workers and the workplaces of law

In this piece for Borderlands, Tanzil Chowdhury (QMUL) discusses a new book project on lawyers' working conditions pursued through a workers inquiry methodology.

by Tanzil Chowdhury | 4 June 2025
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Punishment or Liberation? Rethinking Feminism’s Paradox in the Aparajita Bill

In this post for Borderlands, Ananya Bhargava reflects upon West Bengal's Aparajita Bill as an expression of governance and carceral feminism.

by Ananya Bhargava | 28 May 2025
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Shifting Dynamics in Medical Law: Invitation to join a network and mailing list

In this Borderlands post, Bev Clough and Anna Nelson introduce a new research network which seeks to explore novel dynamics in - and approaches to - medical law.

by Bev Clough & Anna Nelson | 30 April 2025
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EU ‘Return Hubs’ in Third Countries: Fundamental Rights Risks and Monitoring

In this post for Borderlands, Antonella Patteri (Warsaw) considers the pressing issue of 'Return Hubs' and their implication both for migrants and for EU Law.

by Antonella Patteri | 2 April 2025
Bright, colourful buildings rise up in Warsaw's Old Town, Poland.

Are Reproductive Rights and the Rule of Law Inextricably Linked? Experiences from Poland

In this special Borderlands post to mark IWD 2025, Anna Ratecka (Södertörn) and Agnieszka Kubal (CSLS, Oxford) reflect upon the connection of reproductive rights and the Rule of Law.

by Anna Ratecka & Agnieszka Kubal | 7 March 2025
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Rethinking Women’s Economic Empowerment in Displacement: Gender, Land Rights, and Resilience

In this post for Borderlands, Victor Onyilor Achem reflects upon gendered land rights in the context of conflict and displacement.

by Victor Onyilor Achem | 5 March 2025
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Attentional Rhythms and the Safer Phones Bill

In this Borderlands piece, Conor Heaney (Kent) considers the Safer Phones Bill through the frame of rhythmanalysis.

by Conor Heaney | 22 January 2025
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Lawmaking as a ‘box-ticking exercise’: A Socio-Legal approach to the making of Zimbabwe’s Cyber and Data Protection Act 5 of 2021

In this Borderlands post, Ellison Shumba (Johannesburg) reflects on the politics and performance of law-making in Zimbabwe.

by Ellison Shumba | 8 January 2025