Augustin Berthout, PhD candidate, Montpellier University On the 11th of May 2024, the far-right organisation “Comité du 9 mai” marched through the streets of Paris after the administrative judge had suspended the ban on the demonstration imposed by the Préfet a few days earlier. The demonstration commemorated the 30th anniversary of the death of an [...]
Jessika Eichler, affiliated with Law & Anthropology Department, Max Planck Institute It seems that a one-sided idea of democratic thinking has been gaining ground in the public discourse, and with it, a steady alienation from what constitutional courts at least would qualify as non-derogable principles such as, famously, human dignity and the protection against discrimination [...]
Max Steuer, Associate Professor at the O.P. Jindal Global University (India) and Assistant Professor at the Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia). Courts deciding with a consistent, comprehensive reasoning, alongside sensitivity to broader contexts, and a germ of creativity are important for the success of party bans. Militancy and democracy seem to be intertwined more [...]
Jinshuo Liu, PhD candidate, Newcastle University On February 16, 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court rendered a judgment recognising frozen embryos as unborn children, thus extending to them the protections afforded to minors under the state's laws. This ruling stemmed from a legal dispute involving the Mobile Infirmary Medical Centre, where three couples sued after their [...]
By Nicola Campbell and Gill Hunter As shared in the first blog post of this guest edited series, The Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research (ICPR), Birkbeck and Revolving Doors (RD) are working in partnership on a research and policy project - Lived Experience of the Law. The project is funded by the Nuffield [...]
Louise Parker, PhD candidate, University of Chester In this post, I report on my experiences of presenting my research findings at the Vulnerable Accused Conference in Birmingham. My research My doctoral research explores how police interviewers deliver the caution to a suspect during a police interview. Primarily, I am exploring whether any differences exist in this communication [...]
By Dr Amy Kirby and Professor Jessica Jacobson X: @ICPRtweet Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jessica-jacobson-b36a5522 A very warm welcome to the first post of this new SLSA Guest Edited Blog Series from academics and researchers at the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research (ICPR), at Birkbeck, University of London. At ICPR we have a long track record of producing academically-grounded, policy-oriented research into [...]
Lyla Latif, Research Fellow, University of Warwick In the digital tapestry of today's economy, law acts not merely as a thread but as a weaver, shaping patterns and designs with profound skill and intent. This is the compelling perspective Picciotto in his latest article offers in his examination of the legal framing of software, and it is [...]
Dr Rebecca Shaw, Lecturer in Law, University of Leeds Despite legislative changes in 2021 with the Domestic Abuse Act, and its stated aim to raise awareness of domestic abuse and further improve the effectiveness of the justice system, domestic abuse remains an inherently difficult problem to tackle. One in five adults experience domestic abuse during [...]
Katrina Whale, PhD Researcher, University of South Wales Introduction This post aims to give the reader an overview of my doctoral research and my very first conference presentation. After working for several years with young people, in a variety of roles, I came to realise that practitioners cannot instigate change much higher than ground level. My [...]