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The Changing Position of Legal Academics in the United Kingdom: Professionalization or Proletarianisation? (2020)
Journal Article
Bradney, A., & Cownie, F. (2020). The Changing Position of Legal Academics in the United Kingdom: Professionalization or Proletarianisation?. Journal of Law and Society, 227-243. https://doi.org/10.1111/jols.12265

This article analyses changes to United Kingdom (UK) university law schools during the period coinciding with Phil Thomas’ career as a law teacher – the latter part of the twentieth century and the first two decades of the twenty-first – in part illu... Read More about The Changing Position of Legal Academics in the United Kingdom: Professionalization or Proletarianisation?.

The United Kingdom's First Woman Law Professor: An Archerian Analysis (2015)
Journal Article
Cownie, F. (2015). The United Kingdom's First Woman Law Professor: An Archerian Analysis. Journal of Law and Society, 42(1), 127-149. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2015.00701.x

In 1970, at Queen's University Belfast, Claire Palley became the first woman to hold a Chair in Law at a United Kingdom university. However, little is known about the circumstances surrounding this event, or Claire Palley herself. This article (part... Read More about The United Kingdom's First Woman Law Professor: An Archerian Analysis.