Cambridge Core BlogThe UK’s Closure of Investigations into Alleged Torture and Ill-Treatment in Iraq
The way a state responds to alleged war crimes and human rights violations says much about its approach to international law, transparency, and redress for victims.…
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A Special Issue of the IJLIC on Law, Liberty and Technology―Criminal Justice in the Context of Smart Machines
The criminal justice system has been something of a test-bed for new technologies―witness, for example, the use of CCTV surveillance and DNA profiling technologies.…
‘We should/could ensure rights-holders affected by our clients’ activities have greater access to remedy, but we won’t let them know about it’: The Dutch Banking Sector Agreement’s Discussion Paper on Enabling Remediation
On 24 May 2019, the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement (DBA) published a discussion paper on enabling remediation, which explores the role and responsibility of banks with regard to remedying human rights impacts.…
“50/50” Gender Equality and the Persistence of Bridewealth in Democratic South Africa
Michael Yarbrough is Assistant Professor, Law and Society Major, Department of Political Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY). His article in Law & Social Inquiry, “Very Long Engagements: The Persistent Authority of Bridewealth in a Post-Apartheid South African Community” won the 2019 Article Prize from the Law & Society Association.…
Celebrating Law & Social Inquiry
Cambridge University Press was proud to chair a session at this year’s Law and Society Association Annual Meeting in Washington DC to commemorate the journal Law & Social Inquiry’s move to publication with Cambridge in 2019.…
Will Innovations Disrupt Existing Regulatory Frameworks?
In May 2013, Defense Distributed, an online open-source organisation, released a plan called ‘The Liberator’ on the Internet. The plan allowed the manufacturing of a 3D-printable, single-shot handgun.…
Towards a case for legally recognising and labelling ‘forced-to-penetrate’ cases as rape
Section 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 defines rape as the non-consensual and intentional penile penetration of the victim’s vagina, anus, or mouth by the perpetrator, and that the perpetrator does not have a reasonable belief in the victim’s consent.…
The politics of Islamic family law reform
In particular since the 2000s, family laws – the laws regulating marriage, divorce, custody, polygyny and guardianship among other matters – have been reformed across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).…
The Effect on Business: The Reality of the Nevsun Case in Canada
As the business and human rights discourse gains space in courts and transnational litigation in home countries rise to prominence, a question that arises is: what does this mean for businesses and their investors?…
How to Write A Great Peer Review
Reviewers often ask the editorial team at Law & Social Inquiry for tips on writing peer reviews. Here are what I see as four key attributes of reviewer reports that are most valuable to editors and authors.…
The People’s Right to Know and State Secrecy
Transparency is the mantra of democratic governance. It is cherished as a tool for curbing corruption and abuses of power, and achieving political accountability.…
The UN Guiding Principles Should Apply to Low Waged Workers in the United States: Case of App-Based Drivers
The New York Times headline, Why Are Taxi Drivers in New York Killing Themselves? should sound human rights alarms. Drivers who committed suicide shared with their families that they had a difficult time making a living as Uber began to dominate the ride-hailing, app-based taxi industry.…