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The Meaning and Value of Toleration: Common Conceptual Misconceptions, False Criticism, and Alleged Paradoxes (2024)
Book Chapter
Nehushtan, Y. (in press). The Meaning and Value of Toleration: Common Conceptual Misconceptions, False Criticism, and Alleged Paradoxes. In Making Sense of Toleration (1-14). Palgrave

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Trafficking and the Law (2024)
Book Chapter
Faulkner, E., & Bunting, A. (2024). Trafficking and the Law. In A Cultural History of Slavery and Human Trafficking in the Age of Globalization. Bloomsbury Publishing

With coverage extending from prehistory to the modern day these six highly illustrated, interdisciplinary volumes are the first definitive reference work covering the cultural history of slavery and human trafficking.

Seven Police Officers and a WhatsApp Group: What Could Go Wrong? (2024)
Journal Article
Higson-Bliss, L. (2024). Seven Police Officers and a WhatsApp Group: What Could Go Wrong?. Journal of Criminal Law, https://doi.org/10.1177/00220183241299610

Provides a case comment on the recent matter of Cobban & Borders v DPP [2024] EWHC 1908 (Admin) following a High Court Appeal on the Appellants original convictions of sending grossly offensive communications as prohibited under to s.127(1) of the Co... Read More about Seven Police Officers and a WhatsApp Group: What Could Go Wrong?.

State as rescuer or villain in the tale of modern slavery? (2024)
Digital Artefact
Faulkner, E. (2024). State as rescuer or villain in the tale of modern slavery?. [https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/07/state-as-rescuer-or-villain-in-the-tale-of-modern-slavery/]

In the UK last month, modern slavery made headline news, with Southwark Crown Court jailing several members of an organised criminal gang ‘who trafficked 12 people from Eastern Europe and forced them to work long hours in McDonald’s and in various ot... Read More about State as rescuer or villain in the tale of modern slavery?.

Social Media, Criminal Law and Legality (2024)
Book
Higson-Bliss, L. (2024). Social Media, Criminal Law and Legality. Routledge

Utilising Lon Fuller’s conception of legality, this book argues that current legal provisions often used to control online abuse aided by social media do not conform to the basic principles of legality in the criminal law, in turn, threatening freedo... Read More about Social Media, Criminal Law and Legality.

Distrust, Fear, and Science-Denial in Medicine and Healthcare (2024)
Book
Wrigley, A., & Wolfensberger, M. (2024). Distrust, Fear, and Science-Denial in Medicine and Healthcare. London and New York: Routledge

Over recent decades, the decline of trust, mounting of fears, and increasing denial of science appear as a marked shift of societal attitudes towards many institutions and professionals. This book analyses these developments and looks at their role i... Read More about Distrust, Fear, and Science-Denial in Medicine and Healthcare.

La Commission, c’est moi? The invisible hand of Article 17(6) TEU in the presidentialisation of the European Commission (2024)
Digital Artefact
Cotter, J. (in press). La Commission, c’est moi? The invisible hand of Article 17(6) TEU in the presidentialisation of the European Commission. [Blog style article]

'Constitutions without constitutionalism' and judicial leadership in Kenya (2024)
Journal Article
Gayoye, M. (2024). 'Constitutions without constitutionalism' and judicial leadership in Kenya. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 18(3), 345-365. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2024.2375076

Judicial leadership and 'constitutions without constitutionalism' are two opposing but useful concepts to demonstrate the oppositional stance taken by a minority of judges in safeguarding the rule of law in Kenya. Okoth-Ogendo accused African states... Read More about 'Constitutions without constitutionalism' and judicial leadership in Kenya.

‘Constitutions without constitutionalism’ and judicial leadership in Kenya (2024)
Journal Article
Gayoye, M. (in press). ‘Constitutions without constitutionalism’ and judicial leadership in Kenya. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 18(3), 345-365. https://doi.org/10.1080/17531055.2024.2375076

Judicial leadership and ‘constitutions without constitutionalism’ are two opposing but useful concepts to demonstrate the oppositional stance taken by a minority of judges in safeguarding the rule of law in Kenya. Okoth-Ogendo accused African states... Read More about ‘Constitutions without constitutionalism’ and judicial leadership in Kenya.

Gendered Constitutionalism in Postcolonial Africa: Towards a Decolonial Gendered Citizenship (2024)
Journal Article
Gayoye, M. (2024). Gendered Constitutionalism in Postcolonial Africa: Towards a Decolonial Gendered Citizenship. Verfassung und Recht in Übersee, 56(1), 213-240. https://doi.org/10.5771/0506-7286-2023-1-213

This paper makes the case for a theorising of gendered constitutionalism in postcolonial Africa on its own terms, rather than as an appendage or often afterthought to hegemonic and universalising impulses of Western liberal thought. More specifically... Read More about Gendered Constitutionalism in Postcolonial Africa: Towards a Decolonial Gendered Citizenship.