Lawyering, Rights and Justice
Our Research
We bring together colleagues who are interested in social justice and how law can contribute to wider societal change. The group explores different areas of law with a legal but also contextual / interdisciplinary perspective. It places law in context by considering the society within which law evolves.
The group is convened by Dr Myriam Gicquello and Dr Bethany Simpson.
Our Work
Some of our work includes (list non-exhaustive):
Criminal Justice:
- Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
- The Use of Non-Criminal Legal Processes to Secure Justice for Sexual Violence Survivors
- Restorative Justice
Judging and Lawyering:
- Extra Legal Factors on Courts and Tribunals (with a Focus on Climate Cases)
- Extra-Judicial Speeches
- Well-Being and the Legal Profession
Contemporary Issues:
- Rights Beyond Human Rights, Including Non-Human (Animals & Novel/Artificial Beings).
- Global Security (Cyber/Space/Energy)
Justice processes
- mediation and ADR, and the relationship with civil justice processes
- the use of non-criminal legal processes to secure justice for sexual violence survivors
- restorative justice
- children鈥檚 rights in criminal proceedings
- how justice processes in democracies can address circumstances in which political causes become intertwined with violence
- access to justice
缅北禁地 Forum for Human Rights and Social Justice
- human rights including the rights of displaced persons
- the rights of indigenous people in the Pacific region
- vulnerability within custodial institutions
- the rights of nationals abroad; prisoners鈥� voting rights
- EU fundamental rights post Brexit
- cultural and IP rights in post Arab-spring constitutions
