Scotland’s hate crime law: the problem with using public order laws to govern online speech
(2024)
Digital Artefact
Outputs (17)
"‘I’m my own biggest critic’ – an autoethnographic reflection of an early-career researcher’s first year as a Lecturer in Law" (2023)
Journal Article
Embedding my discussions in the wider literature around the neoliberal university and adopting an autoethnographic approach (the keeping of a diary), I explore the thoughts and feelings that I have felt over my first year of teaching and researching... Read More about "‘I’m my own biggest critic’ – an autoethnographic reflection of an early-career researcher’s first year as a Lecturer in Law".
Social Media and Academic Freedom: A Critical Reflection of Martin Weller’s The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice (2023)
Journal Article
As the neoliberal state has taken hold of the university sector, we as academics are feeling increasing pressure to publicise ourselves, our scholarship, and our research online. In recent years there has been a drive in showcasing our work across so... Read More about Social Media and Academic Freedom: A Critical Reflection of Martin Weller’s The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice.
“I’m my own biggest critic”: an autoethnographic reflection on an early-career researcher’s first year as a lecturer in law (2023)
Journal Article
Embedding my discussions in the wider literature around the neoliberal university and adopting an autoethnographic approach (the keeping of a diary), I explore the thoughts and feelings that I have had over my first year of teaching and researching i... Read More about “I’m my own biggest critic”: an autoethnographic reflection on an early-career researcher’s first year as a lecturer in law.
Book Review: Social Media Victimization: Theories and Impacts of Cyberpunishment (2023)
Journal Article
‘I did not know I could learn so many skills, from playing games’ – Using reflection as a form of assessment in legal ed game-based learning. (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Introducing game-based learning into teaching law to Foundation Year students has revolutionised the classroom. Not only has it allowed students to interact with each other and filled the classroom with laughter, it has allowed students to pick up tr... Read More about ‘I did not know I could learn so many skills, from playing games’ – Using reflection as a form of assessment in legal ed game-based learning..
Social Media and Academic Freedom: A Critical Reflection of Martin Weller’s The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice. (2023)
Journal Article
As the neoliberal state has taken hold of the university sector, we as academics are feeling increasing pressure to publicise ourselves, our scholarship, and our research online. In recent years there has been a drive in showcasing our work across so... Read More about Social Media and Academic Freedom: A Critical Reflection of Martin Weller’s The Digital Scholar: How Technology is Transforming Scholarly Practice..
Prosecuting Communication Offences: Interpreting the Harms Model (2022)
Journal Article
This article explores the Law Commission’s 2021 paper - Modernising Communications Offences: a final report. The Commission recommends replacing the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and section 127(1) of the Communications Act 2003 with a new offen... Read More about Prosecuting Communication Offences: Interpreting the Harms Model.
Trial of the State: Law and the Decline of Politics by Jonathan Sumption. London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019, 112 pp (£8.99 softback). ISBN 978-1-78-816373-6. (2021)
Journal Article
The UK is currently experiencing what can only be described as a political crisis. As faith in politics declines amongst citizens, there is an increasing trend to turn to the courts for answers – this is the thesis of Jonathan Sumption's Trial of the... Read More about Trial of the State: Law and the Decline of Politics by Jonathan Sumption. London: Profile Books Ltd, 2019, 112 pp (£8.99 softback). ISBN 978-1-78-816373-6..