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Valérie Hayaert - Lady Justice
A Good Read

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
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Borderlands

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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Methodological Musings

Discourse analysis of court judgments: An effective (and sufficient) method for critically analysing judicial conceptions of justice

In this post for Methodological Musings, Bhavna Ramji explores using an text analysis of verdicts to understand how judges construct justice.

by Bhavna Ramji | 15 January 2025

Borderlands

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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
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Traces of the Past: Mental Capacity Law, Disability, and Sexuality

In this special Borderlands piece, marking Disability History Month, Bev Clough and Ruby Reed-Berendt explore developments in disability law and consent while noting the lasting traces of the past.

by Bev Clough & Ruby Reed-Berendt | 13 December 2024
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Law and Political Economy at the SLSA

In this Borderlands post, Jack Meakin (Leeds) and Manoj Dias-Abey (Bristol) examine the past and future of Law and Political Economy (LPE) scholarship in Socio-Legal Studies.

by Jack Meakin & Manoj Dias-Abey | 4 December 2024

Methodological Musings

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Using A Lived Linguistic Landscape Approach for Socio-Legal Insight

In this post for Methodological Musings, Alexandra Grey explores linguistic landscape approaches to analyse how language displays reveal power dynamics, using Zhuang in China as a case study.

by Alexandra Grey | 6 November 2024
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Talking in Bangla, writing in English: Challenges of Translating interview data to foreign language and its significance for knowledge construction

In this post for Methodological Musings, Arpeeta Shams Mizan reflects on the challenges of translating interview material for research presented to foreign audiences.

by Arpeeta Shams Mizan | 9 October 2024
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A reflection on power dynamics and equality in participatory action research

In this piece for Methodological Musings, Rebecca French (Northumbria) reflects on valuing knowledge in Participatory Action Research.

by Rebecca French | 11 September 2024

Talking about Methods

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Learning from Disability Scholarship

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Flora Renz (Kent Law School) about engaging with disability scholarship in legal contexts. 

by Flora Renz | 11 December 2024
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Doing Research from a South African Perspective

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Mandla J. Radebe (University of Johannesburg) about doing research in the South African context.

by Mandla J. Radebe | 13 November 2024
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Colourism, race and power

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Varona Sathiyah about the complexity of colourism, race and power in the South African context and beyond.

by Varona Sathiyah | 16 October 2024

A Good Read

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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
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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
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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
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