Outputs (593)

Performing caste: the ban on bar dancing in Mumbai
Thesis
(2012). Performing caste: the ban on bar dancing in Mumbai

This thesis examines the ban on bar dancing in Mumbai and Maharashtra as an outcome of politics of gender and caste in a globalising India. By redeploying the historical erotic dancing in a globalising India, the dance bars emerged as the new market... Read More about Performing caste: the ban on bar dancing in Mumbai.

Rich law, poor law: differential response to tax and supplementary benefit fraud
Thesis
(1988). Rich law, poor law: differential response to tax and supplementary benefit fraud

People who (in relation to their personal taxation) defraud the Inland Revenue and people who (in relation to their supplementary benefit payments) defraud the Department of Health and Social Security are similarly engaged in economic crimes which re... Read More about Rich law, poor law: differential response to tax and supplementary benefit fraud.

The queer, the cross and the closet: a critique of rights discourse in conflicts between religious belief and sexual orientation
Thesis
Coyle, S. M. (2017). The queer, the cross and the closet: a critique of rights discourse in conflicts between religious belief and sexual orientation

The clash between religious belief and sexual orientation has become a key flashpoint in modern rights struggles. A decade after the first recognition of lesbians and gay men in UK equality law, the conflict continues to be played out in domestic cou... Read More about The queer, the cross and the closet: a critique of rights discourse in conflicts between religious belief and sexual orientation.

Professional associations, agency, motivation and capacity for change: The case of social mobility and the Bar.
Thesis
Freer, E. A. O. (2016). Bar

This thesis uses a mixed methods approach utilising questionnaires, focus groups and interviews to explore how and why an embedded professional association may act to alter a longstanding trait of its profession. Focussing on the trait of social clos... Read More about Professional associations, agency, motivation and capacity for change: The case of social mobility and the Bar..

A-Legal space as a political strategy : an analysis of constitutive power and democracy based on case studies from Latin America
Thesis
Hughes, C. (2017). A-Legal space as a political strategy : an analysis of constitutive power and democracy based on case studies from Latin America

This project develops a theory of a-legal space as a political strategy. A-legal space refers to the space created by initiatives which assume a quasi-legal or quasi-institutional form without any official basis, or where they exceed their recognized... Read More about A-Legal space as a political strategy : an analysis of constitutive power and democracy based on case studies from Latin America.

Ageing, Gender and Sexuality: Equality in Later Life Susan Linda Westwood
Thesis
Susan Linda Westwood

In this thesis I explore how ageing, gender and sexuality intersect to influence equality in later life, in relation to older lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals and non-labelling individuals in same-gender relationships (LGBN). In particular I arg... Read More about Ageing, Gender and Sexuality: Equality in Later Life Susan Linda Westwood.

The parasomnia defence: expert evidence in criminal trials
Thesis
Rumbold, J. M. M. (2015). The parasomnia defence: expert evidence in criminal trials

There are increasing numbers of defendants seeking to rely on the occurrence of sleepwalking or some other parasomnia in their defence to a criminal charge. Consequently this has become a matter for public concern, particularly in relation to sexual... Read More about The parasomnia defence: expert evidence in criminal trials.

A conceptual analysis of trust in medicine: its definition, decline, and significance
Thesis
Wolfensberger, M. (2016). A conceptual analysis of trust in medicine: its definition, decline, and significance

Over the past decades, trust in medicine has steadily declined. The purpose of this thesis is to present a definition of 'trust', which helps us (a) understand what trust means in medicine, (b) analyse whether and if so why we have reason to be conce... Read More about A conceptual analysis of trust in medicine: its definition, decline, and significance.

The role of emotion in undergraduate legal education in England and Wales
Thesis
Jones, E. J. (2016). The role of emotion in undergraduate legal education in England and Wales

This thesis will explore the current and potential role of emotion in undergraduate legal education in England Wales. It will discuss the lack of acknowledgment of emotion within both the doctrinal and liberal traditions of legal education and the l... Read More about The role of emotion in undergraduate legal education in England and Wales.

Mitigating North-South participation inequalities in global environmental governance: potential NGO contributions
Thesis
Konasinghe, D. K. L. (2011). Mitigating North-South participation inequalities in global environmental governance: potential NGO contributions

For several historical and political reasons, the decision-making processes and institutional structures of environmental governance has been greatly impacted by the North-South dimension, which creates enormous challenges for Southern states when th... Read More about Mitigating North-South participation inequalities in global environmental governance: potential NGO contributions.