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The Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, studying law & society for over 50 years. Home of #Frontiers, a blog exploring socio-legal debate and innovation.

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Dr Trevor Clark is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London. He is the articles editor of the journal Legal Ethics and the author of Financial Markets and the Ethics of Legal Practice (forthcoming, Oxford University Press).

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Legal Ethics Across Borders - Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies 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 week's Frontiers 📚 A Good Read section, Dr. Trevor Clark reviews Christopher Whelan’s book, Lawyers on Trial: Hired Guns or Heroes? (Hart, 2024).

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Making and Unmaking Archival Methods - Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Cris van Eijk about making and unmaking archives.

Thank you to Linda Mulcahy for inviting me to discuss 'Archival Methods' on her podcast 'Talking About Methods' with @oxfordcsls.bsky.social.

We went into what archives are, why that matters, why legal researchers might use them, and what we do there.

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He holds a BA and LLM in Public International Law from Leiden University, and a BA in Law from the University of Cambridge.

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Cris van Eijk is a third year PhD candidate at Newcastle Law School. His research questions what it means to make outer space ‘common’, and how international law attempts to do so.

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Making and Unmaking Archival Methods - Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies In this episode of Talking about Methods, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Cris van Eijk about making and unmaking archives.

In this week's Frontiers, 🎙️ Talking about Methods podcast, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to international lawyer Cris van Eijk about the often-unseen labour behind archival research.

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He researches in the fields of legal theory, tort law, and public law. He is currently undertaking research on the relevance to law of John Rawls’s distinction between ideal and non-ideal political theory.

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Richard Mullender holds the post of Professor of Law and Legal Theory at Newcastle Law School. He studied law in the universities of Exeter and Oxford and began his academic career in Exeter Law School.

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Law, Cross-Pressures, and Deconstruction - Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies In this Methodological Musings post, Richard Mullender reflects on how deconstruction can be used to understand cross-pressures in law.

In this week's Frontiers' 📕 Methodological Musings section, Richard Mullender (Newcastle Law School) reflects on how deconstruction can be used to understand cross-pressures in law. 

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Hafidz collaborates with policymakers, journalists, and civil society to promote responsible regulation and encourage inclusive civic engagement.

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He authored Freedom of Press and Press Council: The Quest for an Ideal Regulatory Formula and publishes widely on constitutional law, human rights, and cyber regulation.

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Dr. Hafidz Hakimi Haron serves as a Senior Lecturer at the School of Law and acts as an Associate Fellow at the Legal and Justice Research Centre at Universiti Utara Malaysia.

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Digital Hate, Real-World Harm: Youth Radicalisation and Malaysia’s Legal Response - Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies 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 week's Frontiers’ 🌏 Borderlands section, Dr. Hafidz Hakimi reflects on interviews with policymakers and youth leaders in Malaysia, discussing the conditions that fuel hate speech. 

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His research focuses on the intersection of legal globalisation and private governance, examining how non-state actors and organisations influence the creation of global law.

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Florian Grisel is a research professor (directeur de recherche) at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), based at the University of Strasbourg (SAGE), and a senior research fellow at the University of Oxford (CSLS).

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Comparative and Socio-Legal Studies: Joining Forces? - Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies 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 week's Frontiers, 📚 A Good Read section, Dr. Florian Grisel reviews Pierre Legrand’s book, “Negative Comparative Law: A Strong Programme for Weak Thought“.

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

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