Blog: Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies
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In this week’s Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies, Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr Kay Lalor (Manchester Metropolitan University) about queer legal geography, walking as a creative method, contestations around the term 'queer', and much more. Listen to the full podcast here, which is part of the blog’s Talking About Methods podcast. If you would like to receive a summary of all Frontiers’ latest posts, please sign up to receive our bi-monthly newsletter here.
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Bettina Lange discusses discourse analysis as a tool for understanding how various ways of producing knowledge can inform Socio-Legal ordering. Read the full post here, which is published as part of the blog’s Methodological Musings section. If you would like to receive a summary of all of Frontiers’ latest posts, please sign up to receive our bi-monthly newsletter here.
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In this special Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies piece, our first published in a language other than English, Professor Fabio de Sa e Silva (Oklahoma) reflects upon relational legal consciousness in Brazil's lava jato case. Published as part of the blog’s Borderlands section, you can read the full post in Portuguese here, or an English translation offered here. If you would like to receive a summary of all of Frontiers’ latest posts, please sign up to receive our bi-monthly newsletter here.
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