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Together with Rehana Parveen, she leads the Family Law Reform Now network, which seeks 'on the ground' legal change. As part of that network's activities, Charlotte co-edited the collection reflected on within her Frontiers blog post.

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Charlotte Bendall is an Associate Professor at Birmingham Law School, where she teaches and researches family law.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 2h

In this week's Frontiers' Methodological Musings section, Dr. Charlotte Bendall explores how the proposal/response format used in the Family Law Reform Now edited collection can foster constructive scholarly dialogue, prompting authors to refine their ideas for law reform. 📖 Read the article here:

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The Proposal/Response Format: a Methodology for Intellectual Exchange Around Ideas for Law Reform

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

She has also completed an MPhil in Social Anthropology at the University of Oxford, and a BA-LLB from the Lahore University of Management Sciences

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sana Naeem is a PhD Candidate in the Social Anthropology department at Harvard University, studying how the encounter of law and kinship is staged through divorce litigation in the family courts in Peshawar, Pakistan.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

In this week's Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies, Borderlands section 🌏 Sana Naeem (Harvard University, Anthropology) sheds light on the punishing temporality of legal processes for women seeking divorce in Peshawar, Pakistan. 📖 Read the full article here:

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The Law is Like a Camel’s Intestines: The Punishing Temporality of Family Law in Peshawar

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Freya is a DPhil candidate at the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies. Her doctoral research uses ethnographic methods to examine the implementation and experience of localised social welfare support in Britain.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In this week's Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies’ A Good Read section 📚 Freya Cole Norton (Oxford CSLS) reviews Insa Lee Koch’s book, Drugs, Race, and the Politics of Modern Slavery (OUP, 2026). 📖 Read the full article here: frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/enemies-to-v...

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From Enemies to Victims?

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

He studies the fragmented and plural forms of order that exist within the state, alongside the state, and beyond the state. His current research looks at the role of market associations in providing normative order in fragile settings.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Dr Nafay Choudhury is an Assistant Professor of Law (Socio-Legal Studies) at LSE Law School. His work sits at the intersection of socio-legal studies, legal pluralism, economic development, private law, and the rule of law.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

In this week's Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies’ 🎙️Talking About Methods podcast, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr. Nafay Choudhury (LSE) about embracing ambiguity as a strength of ethnographic work, drawing on his research with money exchangers in Afghanistan. 🎧 Listen to the full episode here:

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Ethnography and Ambiguity

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

She currently researches the rehabilitation culture of Chilean drug courts, a judicially monitored treatment programme for people in conflict with the law and problematic substance use.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

With a background in history and politics, she has worked in drug policy advocacy to promote youth voices in international policymaking.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Iulia is a DPhil candidate at the Centre for Criminology and a Student Editor for Methodological Musings.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In a new Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies contribution, Methodological Musings section, Iulia-Cristiana Vatau (University of Oxford, Centre for Criminology) reflects on the incorporation of marginal criminological realism in drug court research. 📖 Read the full article here:

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Marginal Criminological Realism and Syncretism in Drug Court Ethnography

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Her wider research interests include migration, citizenship, misinformation, and the tensions arising from the politics of identity and belonging.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Her recent research is a modest step towards contributing to grounded empirical accounts of women’s access to justice under religion-based family laws in India and the wider socio-legal landscape constituted through individual and institutional interactions.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Anamta Husain is a student of political science and anthropology at Ashoka University, India.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In this week's Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies blog, 🌏Borderlands section, Anamta Husain (Ashoka University) examines the khula arbitration process and how the requirement of husband's consent can impede women seeking to dissolve their marriages. 📖 Read the full article here:

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God’s Law in Human Courts: Examining Muslim Women’s Right to Unilateral Divorce in India

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

She teaches courses on constitutional law, judicial interpretation and law-making and, in 2018, co-edited a book proposing an imaginary rewriting of the Swiss Federal Constitution.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Since joining the University of Lausanne, Sophie has been conducting research at the intersection of law, regulation and technology from a public administration perspective.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Sophie Weerts is a Full Professor of Public Law and Regulation and co-chair of the Initiative Droit et Société at the University of Lausanne.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

In this week's Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies’ A Good Read section 📚Professor Sophie Weerts reviews Becky Batagol, Kate Seear, Heli Askola and Jamie Walvisch's edited collection, The Feminist Legislation Project (Routledge, 2025). 📖 Read the full article here:

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Bringing Feminism into Law-making

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Dr Lindner is a member of the Academic Circle advising the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Development on the fulfilment of his mandate until December 2027. Before transitioning to academia, she was a legal researcher for the Commonwealth Secretariat.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Dr Allison Lindner is a Lecturer in Law at UCL. She researches waste, the informal economy, and sustainable development in the Global South. Dr Lindner founded and runs a network of early and mid-career waste law researchers, the Waste Law Research Group.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

In this week's Frontiers’ 🎙️Talking about Methods podcast, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr. Allison Lindner (University of College London) about trust in ethnographic research, drawing from her work with informal waste workers. 🎧Listen to the full episode here:

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Trust in Ethnographic Research

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

We are recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for the HuRiEE project. An exciting opportunity to contribute to research on human rights mobilisation in Eastern Europe and Russia. Find out more about the role: www.law.ox.ac.uk/postdoctoral... #Oxford #CSLS #HuRiEE #ResearchJobs

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Dr. Madhuri Kamtam is a Research Associate at the University of East Anglia and a Yale University Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP) fellow. Her research explores labour, gender, caste and welfare through an intersectional feminist lens.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

In this week's Frontiers’ Methodological Musings section, Dr. Madhuri Kamtam (University of East Anglia) explores how disclosing her Dalit identity shaped fieldwork interactions in her research on labour welfare in Telangana. 📖 Read the full article here:

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Who Are You, Really?

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

He holds law degrees from the University of Strathclyde, the University of Edinburgh, and the International Institute for the Sociology of Law in Oñati. He teaches at The Open University and is a Visiting Fellow at the Law and the Humanities Hub at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

He has a background in performance studies, legal anthropology, and the sociology of law, and his current research explores the significance of physical movement within legal spaces.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

James is a DPhil Candidate at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies and a former Lead Student Editor of Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies.

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oxfordcsls.bsky.social @oxfordcsls.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

In this week's Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies‘ 🗺️ Borderlands section, James Campbell (University of Oxford, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies) discusses the benefits of looking at the unknown while mapping (research) landscapes. 📖 Read the full article here: frontiers.csls.ox.ac.uk/monstrous-me...

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Monstrous Meetings at Map’s Edge

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