Social &Legal Studies, Ahead of Print. The relationship between addiction and crime, and the political preoccupation with the addict-offender, has been the source of some academic commentary. However, most of this research assumes that the concept …
Social &Legal Studies, Ahead of Print. What is a wall to a child? It may be an obstacle course, a balance beam, a “car,” a seat, a home for spiders and ladybugs, a place to play hide and seek, a support to lean on when learning to walk, a perch for…
Social &Legal Studies, Ahead of Print. Since the 1980s, the global dimensions of institutional child sexual abuse have become increasingly apparent. In some countries this has had a profound impact locally. In Australia, one such place has been the…
Social &Legal Studies, Ahead of Print. The article explains how populists have exploited the weaknesses of liberal constitutionalism and the public-private divide. It argues that populists have not rejected constitutionalism as a project but a nega…
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Social &Legal Studies, Ahead of Print. In this article I seek to expand the understanding of what it means to credibly “do gender” for women seeking asylum in the United States. I present an empirical analysis of documents related to 30 women’s aff…
Social &Legal Studies, Ahead of Print. Social movements, NGOs and other political actors often mobilise the law for social change. Strategic litigation and collective legal mobilisation can be key instruments to face current political challenges li…
Social &Legal Studies, Ahead of Print. This paper aims to assess whether the Colombian Constitutional Court has had a transformative approach to transitional justice in relation to conflict-related sexual violence. Building upon previous literature…
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Social &Legal Studies, Ahead of Print. The diversity of features attributed to populism – and, as a result, the variety of critiques leveled at it – are remarkable. It sometimes seems as though people are using the same terms to address very differ…