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Katharina Pistor’s The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality

“…The Editorial Board of Social & Legal Studies is pleased to present this Dialogue & Debate which features Katharina Pistor’s fascinating new book, The Code of…”
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‘It’s Torture for the Soul’: The Harms of Image-Based Sexual Abuse by McGlynn, Clare, Johnson, Kelly, Rackley, Erika, Henry, Nicola, Gavey, Nicola, Flynn, Asher, Powell, Anastasia

“…Beyond ‘scandals’ and the public testimonies of victim-survivors, surprisingly little is known about the nature and extent of the harms of ‘image-based sexual…”
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Kaleidoscopic Justice: Sexual Violence and Victim-Survivors’ Perceptions of Justice by McGlynn, Clare, Westmarland, Nicole

“…This article proposes a more multifaceted way of thinking about victim-survivors’ perceptions of justice; what we have termed ‘kaleidoscopic justice’…”
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Sexual Violence in the Digital Age: The Scope and Limits of Criminal Law by Henry, Nicola, Powell, Anastasia

“…Considerable scholarly attention has been paid to a range of criminal behaviours that are perpetrated with the aid of digital technologies. Much of this focus,…”
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Immigration Detention, Punishment and the Transformation of Justice by Bosworth, Mary

“…In this article, I examine the changing nature of punishment under conditions of mass mobility. Drawing on research conducted in immigration removal centres in…”
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How Rape Myths Are Used and Challenged in Rape and Sexual Assault Trials by Smith, Olivia, Skinner, Tina

“…Court responses to rape and sexual assault have been repeatedly criticized in England and Wales (Brown et al., 2010). In particular, research has identified…”
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After Hegemony: The Varieties of Legal Consciousness Research by Halliday, Simon

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Victims and Transitional Justice: Voice, Agency and Blame by McEvoy, Kieran, McConnachie, Kirsten

“…This article explores the construction of victimhood in transitional societies. Drawn from fieldwork in a dozen jurisdictions as well as elements of…”
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‘The Irregular’ and the Unmaking of Minority Citizenship: The Rules of Law in Majoritarian India by Bhat, M Mohsin Alam

“…This article focuses on the important aspect of India's democratic decline, the ascendance of the Hindu majoritarian state, and its relationship with the law…”
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Interrogating Vulnerability: Reframing the Vulnerable Suspect in Police Custody by Dehaghani, Roxanna

“…This article considers the definition of the term ‘vulnerability’ in relation to the suspect in police detention and more specifically in relation to the…”
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‘You Can Sue for Anything’: Student Rights to Participate in School Disciplinary Procedures and Legal Socialisation by Zak-Doron, Idan, Perry-Hazan, Lotem

“…This study explored how participatory disciplinary systems in democratic (open) schools reflect distinct models of students’ collective rights to participate…”
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Legislation as Disinformation: The Love Jihad Conspiracy Theory in Law and Lived Experience by Sharma, Yash, Jenkins, Laura Dudley

“…The “love jihad” conspiracy theory in India purports that Muslim men are deceptively seducing or kidnapping non-Muslim women in large numbers to convert and…”
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Totalitarian Law and Communal Ghettoisation: An Arendtian Perspective by Zuberi, Fahad, Susewind, Raphael

“…How are legal institutions and frameworks exploited to create ghettoised communities in contemporary India? Across three case studies – the Disturbed Areas Act…”
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The Rule of Law in an Ethnocracy: India's Citizenship Amendment Act and the Will of the Hindu Ethnos by Roy, Indrajit

“…What is the fate of the rule of law in India that is transitioning to an ethnocracy? Drawing on a ‘thin’ conception of the rule of law, this article argues…”
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Everyday Healthcare Regulation: British Newspapers and Complementary and Alternative Medicine by Ashworth, Michael

“…This article interrogates the controversial field of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), focussing in particular on the implication of the British…”
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Judicial Constructions of Harm in Australian Image-Based Sexual Abuse Case Law: A Feminist Discourse Analysis by Witt, Alice, Henry, Nicola, Beard, Gemma

“…Despite almost every Australian state and territory criminalizing image-based sexual abuse (IBSA), which includes the non-consensual taking, creating, or…”
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Legal Struggles: A Social Theory Perspective on Strategic Litigation and Legal Mobilisation by Buckel, Sonja, Pichl, Maximilian, Vestena, Carolina A.

“…Social movements, NGOs and other political actors often mobilise the law for social change. Strategic litigation and collective legal mobilisation can be key…”
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The changing status of European Union nationals in the United Kingdom following Brexit: The lived experience of the European Union Settlement Scheme by Barnard, Catherine, Fraser Butlin, Sarah, Costello, Fiona

“…Following Brexit, European Union citizens now find their rights to live and work in the UK have changed and they had to make an application under the European…”
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The Work of Acknowledgment: ‘Loud Fence’ as Community-Level Response to Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Testimony by McDonald, Dave

“…Since the 1980s, the global dimensions of institutional child sexual abuse have become increasingly apparent. In some countries this has had a profound impact…”
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Analysis of the Colombian Constitutional Court's Transformative Approach to Conflict-Related Sexual Violence by Inguanzo, Isabel, Rodríguez Rodríguez, Angélica

“…This paper aims to assess whether the Colombian Constitutional Court has had a transformative approach to transitional justice in relation to conflict-related…”
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