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The Cambridge Socio-Legal Group (CSLG) is an interdisciplinary discussion forum promoting debate on topical socio-legal issues and empirical research methodology. It is affiliated with several departments across the University, including the Faculty of Law, the Institute of Criminology, the Centre for Family Research and Physiology, Development & Neuroscience (PDN). The Group serves to bring together people from within Cambridge and farther afield from different disciplines, including Law, C ...
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Speakers: Professors Daniel Monk (Birkbeck University of London) & Rebecca Probert (University of Exeter) The enactment of the Divorce Reform Act 1969 was a landmark moment in family law. Coming into force in 1971, it had a significant impact on legal practice and was followed by a dramatic increase in divorce rates, reflecting changes in social at…
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Speaker: Joanna Kusiak, Junior Research Fellow in Urban Studies at King’s College Bio: Dr Joanna Kusiak is a scholar-activist who works at the University of Cambridge. Born in Poland, she has been shaped by the emancipatory tradition of the Solidarność movement and by the brutality of the neoliberal transformation. Her work focuses on urban land, h…
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Beyond Mirrors and Windows: Exploring State-Society Relationships Through Prison and Film: Oliver Wilson-Nunn
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Bio: Oliver Wilson-Nunn is an Isaac Newton Research Fellow at Robinson College, University of Cambridge. He recently completed his PhD on prison and film in Argentina at the Centre of Latin American Studies, University of Cambridge. He has published on prison education in contemporary documentary film and on prison writing from Cuba. He is broadly …
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The Reasonable Person: A biographical introduction to an empathetic character: Valentin Jeutner
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Speaker: Valentin Jeutner, Lund University Bio: Valentin Jeutner is an Associate Professor of Law at Lund University, Sweden. He was educated at Oxford (BA Law), Georgetown (LLM), Cambridge (PhD Law), Lund (MTh Theology). Valentin is a member of the New York Bar and has held visiting positions at the Federal Chancellery of Germany, Münster Universi…
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Simanti Dasgupta is an associate professor of anthropology and the director of the International Studies Program at the University of Dayton. Her overarching interest in the politics of citizenship and belonging in postcolonial and neoliberal nation-states link her works. She is currently preparing a book manuscript tentatively titled, Prophylactic…
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'Gone with the wind' - Organised crime and the geography of wind farms in Italy: Davide Luca
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Speaker: Davide Luca, Department of Land Economy, Cambridge University The adoption of low-carbon energy sources is considered as one of the key policies to tackle climate change and, to this aim, many European governments have been supporting the transition to renewable energy through subsidies. Growing anecdotal evidence suggests that the generos…
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The repatriation of offshore finance to onshore: transnational legal orders and the Cayman Islands experience: May Hen-Smith
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A webinar hosted by the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group. May Hen-Smith is a PhD student in Sociology at Cambridge. She is a former tax collector from Canada Revenue Agency and studies offshore financial centres. She is also co-founder of the Cambridge Tax Discussion Group, a student-led discussion group which began in 2015 and continues to meet weekly …
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Speaker: Dr Brian Sloan, College Lecturer & Fellow in Law, Robinson College, Cambridge A joint seminar between Cambridge Reproduction and the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group. In 2015, The Independent newspaper reported the case of a man who had ‘failed’ a paternity test in the United States because the genetic material in his saliva was different from …
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An event co-hosted by Cambridge Family Law and the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group at the Faculty of Law on 12 November 2019. Speaker: Professor Nancy Dowd, David H. Levin Chair in Family Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Professor Dowd will present the core thesis and arguments of her recent book, Reimagining Equality: A New Deal …
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Polos de Cidadania Research and Outreach Program: the challenges of science and social change: Maria Fernanda Salcedo Repolês
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On 12 February 2019 the ambridge Socio-Legal Group hosted Maria Fernanda Salcedo Repolês (Associate Professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brazil, Law School. Member of Polos de Cidadania Research and Outreach Program, Coordinator of Time, Space and Senses of Constitution Research Project) who spoke on the subject "Polos de Cid…
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On 15 November 2018 the Cambridge Family Law Centre, and the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group hosted Dr Zeynep Gurtin of the Institute for Women's Health, University College London, who spoke on the subject "Egg Freezing in the UK: The data we have is the tip of the iceberg". In this seminar, Dr Gurtin discusses her research into egg freezing in the UK.…
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Professor Dr Jennifer Ann Drobac of Indiana University (Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall) was a guest at a joint CCCJ/Cambridge Socio-legal Group event on 2 February 2017. When we consider the concept of sexual abuse and harassment, our minds tend to jump either towards adults caught in unhealthy relationships or criminals who take advantage of children…
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On Monday 26 January 2015 Professor Standing spoke at the Cambridge University Faculty of Law, where he discussed his latest book, 'A Precariat Charter: from Denizens to Citizens' with Professor Simon Deakin. Guy Standing is Professor of Development Studies at SOAS, University of London, and a founder and co-President of the Basic Income Earth Netw…
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Begging laws, morality and exclusion – Forgetting 'the beggar' through immaterial sharing in East London: Johannes Lenhard
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On 7 May 2014, Johannes Lenhard (University of Cambridge, Anthropology, Graduate Student) delivered a guest lecture at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, as a guest of the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group. Many laws have effects on people who beg on the streets. In this paper, I will pick a nexus of bills and laws, analyse their moral underpin…
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What's the Harm? Who's to Blame? Reflections on the Criminalization of HIV Transmission, Exposure and Non-Disclosure: Matthew Weait
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On 4 December 2013, Professor Matthew Weait (Birkbeck, University of London) delivered a guest lecture at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, as a guest of the Cambridge Socio-Legal Group. This lecture explores, in comparative perspective but with a focus on English case law, the criminalisation of HIV. It focuses on the ways in which crim…
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