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Latest publications ...
Latest issue of Law and Society Review published by Cambridge University Press
(IN)VISIBLE: A Chorepoetry Film on Women in Law
Latest from Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies: Doing Research from a South African Perspective
New book: Leading Works in Law and Anthropology, edited by Alice Margaria and Larissa Vetters
'The Hidden Histories of the Pinochet Case', by David Sugarman: open access article
Books
New book: Leading Works in Law and Anthropology, edited by Alice Margaria and Larissa Vetters
The academic disciplines of law and sociocultural anthropology have a long but at times contentious history of drawing on each other in order to study and understand law and human experience in its diverse manifestations. This volume provides an innovative and engaging format by giving established and emerging scholars from diverse jurisdictions the opportunity to discuss and reflect upon what they consider to be a ‘leading work’. See website for details. Use code EFLY03 for 20% discount.
New book: Family Law Reform Now: Proposals and critique, edited by Charlotte Bendall and Rehana Parveen: 20% discount
This collection provides a snapshot of big ideas in family law reform. It asks: if you could change one part of family law, what would it be? This deceptively simple question is answered by 10 family law experts and debated within the volume by expert respondents.
The book puts the proposal first, forcing authors (and their respondents) to critically engage with what family law should look like, and where the development of law is needed to address the changing landscape of family life. Cultural and religious plurality, the use of technology, and changes in societal attitudes have all had an impact on the continuing evolution of families. As a consequence, the law has some complex challenges to address in its attempt to regulate familial diversity. See website and flyer for details and discount code.
New book: Rethinking Human Rights: Critical insights from Palestinian youth by Erika Jiménez: 20% discount
Drawing on research in the occupied West Bank, this book explores the three layers of marginalisation faced by Palestinian young people—the occupation; the Palestinian pseudo-state; and patriarchal structures—to show how these barriers influence their understanding of, and scepticism towards, human rights. Influenced by decolonialist theories, this book illuminates how space needs to be created for the counter-narratives of the oppressed in human rights discourse which may not align with more orthodox representations of human rights. It contends that human rights in the Palestinian context (and beyond) needs to be critiqued, decolonised and ultimately transformed. See website for details. Use code GLR BD8 at checkout.
New book: Gender, Sexuality and Law: A Textbook, edited by Chris Ashford and Alexander Maine: 25% member discount
This textbook combines pioneering feminist and queer judgments and statutes with critical and intersectional theories, to provide a comprehensive overview of the field of gender, sexuality and law. A diverse range of socio-legal experts set out the theoretical and legal foundations of the topic, before examining the ongoing struggle for rights and contemporary dissenting voices. See website for details. Use code SLSA25 for SLSA member discount.
New book: Research Handbook of Academic Mental Health
There has been much recent commentary regarding a ‘crisis’ in academic mental health and wellbeing. This Research Handbook, edited by Marissa S Edwards, Angela J Martin, Neal M Ashkanasy and Lauren E Cox, showcases cutting-edge studies and insightful narratives on the wellbeing of doctoral students, early career researchers, and faculty members, illuminating the current state of academic mental health research. Importantly, authors also offer potential solutions to the increasingly poor mental health reported by those working and studying in the higher education sector. Across 30 chapters, the authors discuss vital and underexplored issues within the field, including the mental ill health of historically marginalized students, growing concerns about the work–life balance of faculty, and the unique struggles of non-tenured faculty. The editors conclude with an agenda for future research and practical recommendations for different stakeholders, with particular attention to actions that must come from university leaders. Published by Edward Elgar, SLSA members can claim 25% discount with code SLSA25. See website for details.
New book: The Structural Limits of the Law: The Event Horizon of Legality by Stephen M Young
Published by Routledge, This book examines how, in response to crises, law tends to construct singular ‘events’ that obscure the underlying structural causes that any adequate response needs to acknowledge and address. Litigation is the main legal process that constructs events through a narrative that describes what happened and prescribes what should happen. Courts are theatres with competing stories and intense controversies. The legal event is compelling. But, through the examination of several cases from a range of jurisdictions, this book argues that the ability to construct and reconstruct legal events is so strong, appealing and powerful that it limits our ability to engage in structural analysis. The difficulty of seeing beyond what is here called ‘the event horizon of legality’ interprets aspects of life as exceptional rather than structural, as it focuses attention on a limited range of possible causes, and so a limited range of possible interventions. So, if issues like famine, obesity, poverty, a rising cost of living, and climate change are even partially produced through non-eventful modalities of power, like colonialism, imperialism, or global capitalism, then, as this book analyses, the event horizon of legality can only ensure that those issues continue. The book therefore calls for a critical re-evaluation of the role of law in shaping our representation of, and response, to crises; and so, for a rethinking of the power and promise of law. This original analysis of the operation of law will appeal to sociolegal scholars and legal theorists, as well as others working in relevant areas in critical and social theory. SLSA members can claim 20% discount with code SLSA24. See website for details.
New book: Landscapes of Law: Practicing Sovereignty in Transnational Terrain — 30% discount
In this volume, edited by Carol J Greenhouse and Christina L Davis and published by University of Pennsylvania Press, international scholars offer ethnographic analyses of the relations between transnationalism, law, and culture. The recent surge of right-wing populism in Europe and the United States is widely perceived as evidence of ongoing challenges to the policies and institutions of globalization. But, as the editors observe in their introduction to Landscapes of Law, the appeal to national culture is not restricted to the ethno-nationalisms of the developing world outside of industrial democracies nor to insurgent groups within them. 30% discount available here with the code SLSAUP.
Edward Elgar new law brochure now available with 30% discount on all law titles
See the new online brochure and use code Q4LW24 at checkout.
New book: The Nature of Law: Authority, Obligation, and the Common Good — 30% discount
Challenging the prevailing understanding of the authority of law, author Daniel Mark offers a theory of moral obligation that is rooted both in command and in the law’s orientation to the common good. This philosophically coherent view of legal obligation offers a viable framework for analysing important and seemingly paradoxical puzzles about the law, such as why civil disobedience is punished as lawbreaking or why war-crimes trials for legal but immoral acts present a moral quandary. Published by University of Notre Dame Press. 30% discount available here with the code SLSAUP.
New book: Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity — 30% discount
In this volume from New York University Press, Paisley Currah examines what the evolving fight for transgender rights reveals about government power, regulations, and the law. Every government agency in the United States, from Homeland Security to Departments of Motor Vehicles, has the authority to make its own rules for sex classification. Many transgender people find themselves in the bizarre situation of having different sex classifications on different documents. 30% discount available here with the code SLSAUP.
New book: Menstruation Matters: Challenging the Law's Silence on Periods — 30% discount
Approximately half the population menstruates for a large portion of their lives, but the law is mostly silent about the topic. Until recently, most people would have said that periods are private matters not to be discussed in public. But the last few years have seen a new willingness among advocates and allies of all ages to speak openly about periods. Slowly around the globe, people are recognizing the basic fundamental human right to address menstruation in a safe and affordable way, free of stigma, shame, or barriers to access. In this book from New York University Press, authors Bridget J Crawford and Emily Gold Waldman explores the role of law in this movement. 30% discount available here with the code SLSAUP.
New book: Mental Capacity Law, Sexual Relationships, and Intimacy, edited by Beverley Clough and Laura Pritchard-Jones
Questions as to the mental capacity of an individual to consent to sex are an increasingly important aspect of legal scholarship and professional practice for those working in care. Recent case law has added new layers of complexity, requiring that a person must be able to understand that the other person needs to consent and can withdraw that consent. While this has been welcomed for asserting the importance of the interpersonal dynamics of sex, it has significant implications for practice and for the day-to-day lives of people with cognitive impairments. This collection, published by Bristol University Press, brings together academics, practitioners and organizations to consider the challenges posed by the current legal framework, and future directions for law, policy and practice. The book stems from a workshop funded under the SLSA Seminar Competition in 2021. See website for details. Use code BUP10 in October or BUP11 in November at checkout to claim the discount.
New book: Act and Omission in Criminal Law: Autonomy, Morality and Applications to Euthanasia by Roni Rosenberg
This book offers an innovative perspective on the critical distinction between acts and omissions in criminal law, a distinction that runs like a defining thread through all types of criminal offences.
While any act that positively causes a prohibited harm is sufficient for a conviction, an omission that causes the very same harm warrants a conviction only when there is a legal duty to act. This fundamental distinction between acts and omissions is not just relevant to criminal law, but it is also deeply rooted in our moral thinking. Thus, it is commonly argued that the difference between acts and omissions is also applicable to the intuitive moral distinction between active euthanasia, forbidden in most countries, and passive euthanasia, permitted in many countries under certain circumstances. Hence, the significance of this book is threefold: First, it offers a comprehensive, coherent, and systematic discussion of the intersections between the philosophical-moral and the legal-criminal aspects of this fundamental topic. Second, it offers a novel rationale for the distinction between acts and omissions, based on the principle of autonomy. Finally, it demonstrates the influences of the theoretical discussion, on the most significant practical questions. See website for details. Members can claim a 20% discount on Routledge publications with code SLSA24 at checkout.
New book: The Oxford Handbook of Environmental and Natural Resources Law in India, edited by Philippe Cullet, Lovleen Bhullar and Sujith Koonan
This volume offers the most comprehensive coverage of the diverse and complex discipline of environmental and natural resources law in India over the past 50years. With 42 contributions from law and non-law scholars, the handbook presents multiple perspectives on varied areas including biodiversity, climate change, water, forests, agriculture, health, resource extraction and industrial development. By departing from the existing approach that examines natural resources law and environmental law separately, this handbook offers a much-needed integrated analysis of the development of domestic jurisprudence vis-à-vis environment and natural resources. See website for details.
35% off Edward Elgar human rights titles for limited period
This discount applies to human rights books bought online. Use code AHRI35. This offer is only open for a very limited time. See website for list of titles.
New book: Critical Trusts Law: Reading Roger Cotterrell, Nick Piška and Hayley Gibson (eds)
In his 1987 article, ‘Power, property and the law of trusts: a partial agenda for critical legal scholarship’, Roger Cotterrell outlined for the first time a critical, socio-legal approach to the law of trusts. Cotterrell’s work is as important as ever in posing questions of power, property, ideology and inequality, opening new perspectives on the broader societal significance of the effects of trusts law. Chapters in this edited collection, first presented at a workshop sponsored by the SLSA, revisit themes and theoretical perspectives in Cotterrell’s now canonical work, bringing the theoretical insights of sociological and critical theory to the field of trusts. Themes explored include power in trusts law and practice, trusts and moral-distancing, ideology, and wealth inequality. The collection will be of interest to trusts scholars looking for critical reflections on trusts law, theory and practice. The collection will be useful to both academic researchers and for those teaching and studying undergraduate and postgraduate courses on trusts law, private law theory, critical legal theory, and global capitalism. For further information, including the table of contents, see the Counterpress website.
New book: Women’s Legal Landmarks in the Interwar Years: Not for Want of Trying, Rosemary Auchmuty et al (eds) – 20% discount
This book, edited by Rosemary Auchmuty, Erika Rackley and Mari Takayanagi and published by Hart, focuses on the often forgotten legal landmarks that benefited, or aimed to benefit, women in England and Wales between 1918 and 1939. The book follows campaigns by key women’s organisations, including the Six-Point Group and the Married Women's Association, while assessing the impact of early women lawyers and politicians. The book uncovers an era marked by feminist activists to provoke legal reforms and advances impacting every area of life – including property, family relationships, access to health care, criminal law, employment opportunities, pay, pensions and political representation. See website for details. Use code GLR BD8 at checkout.
New book: Law and War in Popular Culture, edited by Stefan Machura
Leading international scholars are providing fresh perspectives on law and war in popular culture. They analyse works of popular culture, place them into their context at the time of origin and discuss their meaning for today’s audiences. Law and war in film, television series, opera and pop music are investigated in the 10 chapters of the book by authors in the fields of media studies, political science, sociology, law and criminology and music. Wars not only produce war crimes, law is also deeply involved on a wider scale: by enabling warfare, regulating or failing to regulate its conduct and in the aftermath of wars. Readers can gain from a range of perspectives and approaches to depictions of law and war. With contributions by Nathan Abrams, Michael Asimow, Ann Ching, John Cunningham, Steve Greenfield, Michael Lipiner, Stefan Machura, Iker Nabaskues Martínez de Eulate, Peter Robson and Ferdinando Spina. Available in English and German. See website for details.
New book: Digital Justice by Linda Mulcahy & Anna Tsalapatanis
This book explores an increasingly important issue for legal systems across the world. It asks what do we lose and gain when legal proceedings go online? Adopting a multi-disciplinary socio-legal perspective, it draws on an emerging body of empirical evidence from the UK, Australia, Canada and the US about the ways in which digital justice is being conceived of and experienced. Insights are drawn from across the social sciences to discuss the interface of digitalisation with a range of issues such as due process, procedural justice, digital disadvantage, ceremony and ritual, science and technology studies and the dematerialisation of the civic sphere. Written accessibly and provocatively, it poses questions from a variety of different perspective with a particular focus on marginalised groups. See announcement and website for details.
Research Handbook on Gender, History, and Law: call for abstracts
Abstracts are invited for this new volume in Edward Elgar’s Research Handbooks in Gender and Law Series. Edited by Rosemary Auchmuty, Caroline Derry and Caroline Derry this volume on Gender, History, and Law aims to bring together critical and thought-provoking contributions on the most pressing topics, issues and approaches within legal and gender history. See announcement for full details. Call closes: 30 September 2024.
New book: UK Earth Law Judgments: Reimagining law for people and planet by Helen Dancer, Bonnie Holligan and Helena Howe: OA or 20% discount
This open access book collects 12 reimagined judgments from the UK and challenges anthropocentrism in legal decision-making across a range of legal areas, drawing from a range of Earth law approaches including earth jurisprudence, rights of nature, ecocide, animal rights, environmental human rights, green criminology and critical environmental law. Beyond the judgments, the book critically reflects on the developing field of Earth law and its potential for reshaping legal reasoning in the UK and beyond. See website for details. Use code GLR BD8 at checkout for 20% discount on hardback. SLSA members are eligible for 20% discount on all Hart titles.
Contagion, Technology, and Law at the Limits, by Lynette J Chua and Jack Jin Gary Lee (eds): OA or 20% discount
This open access book explores law, politics, and inequality in fights against infectious diseases. Guided by a theoretical framework called 'governing through contagion', the studies in this book analyse how past and present governments have tried to combat contagious diseases, such as the bubonic plague, cholera, HIV/AIDS, and Covid-19. They examine how these governments used law and other technologies, including waste management, mask-wearing, quarantine stations, house inspections, and the burning of entire neighbourhoods, to achieve their aims of protecting populations and ensuring productivity. See website for details. Use code GLR BD8 at checkout for 20% discount on hardback. SLSA members are eligible for 20% discount on all Hart titles.
Journals
Latest issue of Law and Society Review published by Cambridge University Press
Law and Society Review 58(3), the journal of the Law and Society Association, has just been published by Cambridge University Press. See website for details.
'The Hidden Histories of the Pinochet Case', by David Sugarman: open access article
See website for full access to this open access article in the Journal of Law and Society.
Protection and Assistance to the Family: Interpreting and Applying Article 10 ICESCR from Learnt and Lived Experiences
This article by Koldo Casla and Lyle Barker is published in the Journal of Human Rights Practice. See website for details.
International Journal of Law in Context – open access from 2025 volume
Cambridge University Press, the publisher of the International Journal of Law in Context, has announced that from volume 2025 the journal will be open access (OA) and that any authors without OA funding will have the OA payment waived. See the journal's website for full details and submission information.
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly: special issue on 'The Windsor Framework – guarantees, gaps and governance' just published
The Windsor Framework – the name given to the reworked protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland – is the subject of a recently published special issue of the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly edited by Tobias Lock, Mary Dobbs and Karen Lynch Shally of Maynooth University.
Please see announcement for further details or visit the website to access the whole issue which has been made available open access.
New journal: Gender and Justice - call for submissions
Gender and Justice is a new, international and transdisciplinary feminist journal dedicated to advancing critical feminist scholarship on justice in the social sciences and from different methodological perspectives.
The journal aims to showcase innovative contributions that are theoretically-driven and/or empirically-grounded approaches to various forms of gender inequality, injustice and exclusion which influence and shape individuals' lives across diverse and global contexts. The editors’ conception of justice is comprehensive. It encompasses economic, social, criminal, distributive, environmental, cultural and political dimensions.
The editorial team is led by Dr Sharron FitzGerald (Cresppa-GTM, Paris, France), Professor Anna Carline (University of Liverpool, UK) and Professor Lesley McMillan, (Glasgow Caledonian University, UK).
The first issue will publish in the Spring of 2025. The journal is open for submissions! Learn more about Gender and Justice.
Legalities: The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Law and Society – call for papers
Legalities is the official journal of the Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand (LSAANZ), and the premier journal for socio-legal studies in the region of Aotearoa, Australasia and the Global South. The editors are seeking submissions for the next general issue of the journal, due to be published in October 2025. See announcement and website for details.
GRUR International: Journal of European and International IP Law: call for contributions
Continuously publishing impactful intellectual property and competition law research for over 70 years, GRUR International welcomes submissions on a wide range of content, from copyright and neighbouring rights to the law of personality. See website for details.
Journal of Human Rights and the Environment: new publication model
The Journal of Human Rights and the Environment has announced an innovative ‘slow publication’ model overtly aimed at celebrating depth, imagination and rigour, and resisting the spiralling pressures in our sector for more frequent publications and issues. In addition, the journal now invites longer submissions of 20,000 words or so, as well as much shorter submissions that might explicitly be experimental, out-of-the-box, imaginative, critical and prefigurative work. See announcement for full details.
European Journal of Risk Regulation: call for papers for special issue on 'Climate interventions governance'
The special issue is co-edited by Alberto Alemanno (HEC Paris) and Masahiro Sugiyama (University of Tokyo). It aims to bring together social scientists interested in how to govern future, largely speculative climate interventions, in terms of research, development, demonstration, and deployment. It is interested in contributions focusing on the governance of climate interventions, from both disciplinary (law, political science, public policy, international relations, geography, moral philosophy, sociology) and interdisciplinary approaches (risk governance and regulation, climate change studies, critical geopolitics, EU studies). See website for details. Call closes: 1 October 2024.
Military Law and the Law of War Review: call for papers
The Review's editorial board welcomes submissions that come within the broader scope of the Review, including military law, law of armed conflict, law on the use of force, as well as international criminal law and human rights law (inasmuch as related to situations of armed conflict). See webpage for details. Closing date: 15 November 2024.
European Law Open latest issue of this fully OA journal
See announcement for the full table of contents.
Amicus Curiae: latest issue, including Part 2 of a special secion on 'Children’s Rights: Contemporary Issues in Law and Society' edited by Dr Maria Federica Moscati
Issue 5.3 of Amicus Curiae Series 2 opens with Part 2 of a Special Section on Children’s Rights: Contemporary Issues in Law and Society, organized, developed and edited by Dr Maria Federica Moscati (Sussex University) and includes contributions like essays, poems, drawings and videos, from Caralyn Blaisdell, Fatmata K Daramy & Pavithra Sarma, Susie Bower-Brown, Debra L DeLaet, Brian D Earp & Elizabeth Mills, Marianna Iliadou, Carmelo Danisi & Tomas Caprara, Maria Mercedes Frabboni and Chelsea Wallis. Also in the Special Section, Kristen Hope with a cohort of children and young people who are poets, child rights activists and defenders, presents ‘Poetry for Rights!’, a contribution placing children and young people front at the centre of the discussion of their own rights. Part 2 is complemented by videos on our YouTube channel. Part 1 is available in Amicus Curiae 2.5.2.
The remainder of the issue offers articles from Justice Sir Dennis Adjei of the Court of Appeal, Ghana, on freedom of expression, Neels Kilian on insurance law principles, Dominic Spenser Underhill on compulsory ADR in British Courts, and Mei Ning YAN on newsgathering in Hong Kong. The issue closes with Visual Law, featuring a final Special Section contribution by Alankrita S which presents artistic reflections on children in conflict with the law in India.
Competition Law & Policy Debate: call for papers
Competition Law & Policy Debate is a quarterly journal focusing on major developments in mergers, cartels, antitrust and state aid. The journal contains articles of academic value written in an approachable style to address practical questions and suggest solutions to new issues. Its focus is on dissecting, analysing and criticising the most recent and important legislation and case law, as well as on discussing questions faced by enforcers and practitioners but neglected in the existing literature. See website for submission details.
Journal of Global Health Law: call for papers
The journal publishes two issues a year and welcomes scholarly articles as well as shorter commentaries, case notes and book reviews. Articles are subject to double blind peer review. The Journal welcomes submissions that analyze aspects of global health governance, including new developments and assessments of existing treaties and governance mechanisms. See announcement for details.
Call for Papers: Crime, Law and Social Change special Issue on White Collar Crime – Challenges and Solutions
Submissions are invited for this special issue of this peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal guest-edited by Dr Penny Giosa, University of Portsmouth, and Ms Michala Meiselles, University of Derby. Deadline for submission of full papers. 15 November 2024. See attachment for full details.
Blogs and other online resources
SAFESOC: end of project publications
October 2024 marks the end of this UKRI-funded project based at the University of Nottingham. The following publications are available:
- SAFESOC Newsletter – Project End
- Improving prisoner death statistics – Policy Brief
- Improving death investigations to promote safety – Policy Brief
- Learning across death investigations – Event Report
From Pillar to Post: Barriers to dealing with deductions from Universal Credit: PLP Report
New research from the Public Law Project, authored by Jagna Olejniczak, has revealed the harmful impact of the Department of Work and Pensions applying deductions to people’s benefits, which affects over half of households on Universal Credit. See website for details.
Remote Immigration and Asylum Advice: What We Know and What we Need to Know: PLP Report
The Ministry of Justice urgently needs to conduct further research and develop best practice guidance for the use of remote legal advice, PLP’s new report warns. See website for details.
Centre for Sport and Human Rights Blog: Human Rights in the context of climate action in, around, and through sports
As with numerous other sectors, sports and sports events contribute to the worsening of the climate crisis. Many actors across the sports ecosystem are responding with important new strategies, partnerships, and initiatives. Yet analysis of the impact of the climate crisis on the effective enjoyment of a range of human rights has been notably absent from discussions on sport and climate. In this blog, the authors highlight the need to build a clear understanding and consensus on how the climate crisis affects people in, around, and through sports and its events in all their diversity, and the human rights consequences of the climate crisis in relation to sports risk being neglected and potentially escalating.
Leverhulme Trust Newsletter – September 2024
Find out more about the work of the Leverhulme Trust by reading the latest newsletter.
Sentencing Council: Effectiveness of sentencing options – review of research
The Sentencing Council has published a review of existing research looking at the effectiveness of sentencing. See website for details.
Declarations: The Human Rights Podcast
The Podcast, based at the Centre of Governance & Human Rights at the University of Cambridge, has now published its Season 8 around the theme of 'Human rights at 75: horror, hope & human'. The authors reflect on the 75 years of the UDHR and ask questions such as: who are human rights for? Where is the 'human' in 'human rights'? What have we learned about human rights conceptually, as well as in practice, over the last 75 years? In eight episodes this season, the authors discuss various topics including the western hegemony in human rights debates, politics, human rights defenders, captivity and prisons, gender-based violence, rights through protest and revolution in Syria and human rights due diligence in sports events. Input and feedback is welcome.
'It’s time to talk about research culture and the REF' by Research England Executive Chair Jessica Corner
In this WONKHE blogpost, the chair of Research England broaches a sector-wide debate.
Baldy Center, University of Buffalo: latest newsletter
Read the latest news from the Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy.
New podcast series: Not for Want of Trying, hosted by Sharon Thompson & Erica Rackley
This is a new legal history podcast that uncovers key events in women’s legal history during the Interwar years. Erika Rackley and Sharon Thompson talk to leading experts – including Lady Hale, Kay Crosby, Caroline Derry, Rosemary Auchmuty and others – about key legal landmarks for women and why they still matter today. Available to download from Apple and Amazon Music. Listen to trailer here.
Webinar recording: The illusion of level playing fields: on the myth of meritocracy
Hear Shubham Jain, from the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge talk about the 'gentlemen's game', challenging perceptions of cricket and the myth of meritocracy in the game. See website for details.
Centre for Sport & Human Rights: Human Rights Playbook
The Centre has announced the launch of the Human Rights Playbook series – an initiative designed to empower sports bodies worldwide to make robust human rights commitments. The two guidance documents offer a detailed walkthrough of the human rights due diligence process and a thorough framework for creating robust human rights policies through a series of strategic guiding questions. See website for details.
Nuffield Foundation: October newsletter
Read the latest updates from the Nuffield Foundation.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation: October Newsletter
The latest JRF newsletter is now available.
National Centre for Research Methods: Methods News October 2024
Read the latest issue including details of the NCRM's many events and training opportunities.
Public Law Project: latest news bulletin
For the latest Public Law Project news, see the full update here.
Academy of Social Sciences: October ebulletin
See the latest AcSS eBulletin for news of all Academy of Soscial Sciences activities.
Judicial Appointments Commission: latest issue of Judging Your Future
The Judicial Appointments Commission has published its latest newsletter. See webpage for details.
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Latest from Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies
Doing Research from a South African Perspective
Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Mandla J Radebe (University of Johannesburg) about doing research in the South African context. He talks about using oral history as a primary research method to understand different dimensions of lived experience when studying the historiography of South Africa. Listen to the full podcast here, which is part of the blog’s Talking About Methods podcast.
The blog always welcomes submissions providing analysis of recent socio-legal research, methodological issues, ethical issues, and publications from around the globe: Frontiers can be found at Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies and on Twitter @OxfordCSLS.
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(IN)VISIBLE: A Chorepoetry Film on Women in Law
Cambridge Festival has published a short film titled (IN)VISIBLE, produced by Bhumika Billa (Doctoral Candidate at Cambridge Law Faculty). The 3-minute-short film brings together spoken word, movement, colour, and sound to interrogate and present the lived realities of women lawyers in India. The film was recently launched in Delhi alongside a panel discussion celebrating '100 Years of Women in Law'. A short video about the making of the film is available here. You can read more about the film in the Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies blog. To provide feedback, record reactions, follow this project, or get in touch, please fill this quick form.
Being a SHAPE Researcher: British Academy synthesis report
On 23 September, the British Academy published our 'Being a SHAPE researcher' synthesis report, the first report in a major British Academy project to increase understanding of the careers of SHAPE post-doctoral researchers in academia and beyond. The synthesis report is the culmination of evidence that gathered through various engagement activities to date, including a series of online workshops, a large-scale survey of researchers conducted in partnership with the Careers Research and Advisory Centre, and an unconference with a range of stakeholders. The report focusses on the key emerging themes of drivers and motivators, identity, and mobility. See website for details.
Sentencing Council Annual Report 2023/2024 published
The Sentencing Council’s annual report for 2023/24 is Lord Justice William Davis’s second report as Chairman. It documents the Council’s achievements of the year 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 in the context of the objectives set in the Council’s five-year strategy, Sentencing Council strategic objectives 2021-2026. See website for details.
REF2029 Steering Group Open Access Policy for REF2029 announcement
The REF 2029 Open Access Policy will be published later this year. On Wednesday the 14 August 2024, we set out some early policy decisions relating to implementation dates for journal articles, conference proceedings and longform outputs. This responds to sector concerns raised in consultation and in recognition of the broad set of challenges currently facing the sector.