Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

In this post for A Good Read, Ayesha Pattnaik reviews Oreva Olakpe’s book, South-South Migrations and the Law from Below (Hart, 2024).

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Aislinn Fanning, Cristy Clark, Zoe Tongue and Ruth Houghton about utopia as a method.

In this post, Dr. Kay Crosby reflects on methods used to research women's participation in the criminal jury system after 1919.

In this Borderlands piece, Julien Moriceau discusses his findings from fieldwork conducted in Kongo-Central and Kasaï-Central provinces in DRC.

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Trevor Clark reviews Christopher Whelan’s book, Lawyers on Trial: Hired Guns or Heroes? (Hart, 2024).

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Cris van Eijk about making and unmaking archives.

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Cris van Eijk about making and unmaking archives.

In this Methodological Musings post, Richard Mullender reflects on how deconstruction can be used to understand cross-pressures in law.

In this Borderlands piece, Dr. Hafidz Hakimi reflects on interviews with policymakers and youth leaders in Malaysia, discussing the conditions that fuel hate speech.

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Florian Grisel reviews Pierre Legrand’s book, Negative Comparative Law: A Strong Programme for Weak Thought (CUP, 2022).

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to James Campbell about walking interviews.

In this Methodological Musings post, Faraz Firouzi Mandomi reflects on his research on Iranian Kurdish practices of divorce and personal status law in Sanandaj.

In this Borderlands piece, Aniq Jiwani discusses the perils of technofeudalism and the changing nature of ownership in digital spaces.

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Hakeem Yusuf reviews Alice Panepinto’s book, Truth and Transitional Justice: Localising the International Legal Framework in Muslim Majority Legal Systems (Hart...

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Professor Carolyn McKay about doing research in difficult places, such as prisons.

Shagun Bhargava shares insights from her research project on the socio-legal factors that impact parole decision-making in Delhi, India.

In this Borderlands post, Dr Katie Morris and Dr Scarlett Swain consider the regulation and societal promise of lab-grown meat.

In this post for A Good Read, Dr. Clare Williams reviews Roger Cotterrell’s book, Jurisprudence and Socio-Legal Studies: Intersecting Fields (Routledge, 2024).

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Nuno Ferreira and Senthorun Raj about the ⁠Queer Judgments Project.

In this Methodological Musings post, Cherisse Francis writes about finding a methodology that honours the indigenous methods of conducting research.

In this Borderlands piece, Galib Mahmud Pasha (ANU) reflects on the colonial echoes within a Bangladeshi courtroom.

In this post for A Good Read, Professor Emily Grabham reviews Rasheedah Phillips’s new book, Dismantling the Master’s Clock: On Race, Space, and Time (AK Press, 2025).

In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Ellie Whittingdale about complex consent issues.

In this Methodological Musings post, Alexandra Molitorisová shares reflections on litigating for access to empirical data for her research.

In this Borderlands post, Fernanda Pirie and Francesca Uberti reflect upon a panel discussion exploring the place and role of the lawgiver in historical, religious, and contemporary settings.

In this post for A Good Read, Dr Urania Chiu reviews Cressida Auckland’s monograph, Values and Disorder in Mental Capacity Law (Oxford University Press, 2024).

In this Methodological Musings post Seita Vesa and Kaisa Huhta reflect on teaching theories and methods to research students with a focus on the methodological struggles students face.