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Challenging Parole Decisions in England and Wales: Reconsideration and Set Aside

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
Of all the reforms to parole in England and Wales that were introduced after the furore surrounding the 2017 decision to direct the release of the so‐called ‘Black cab rapist’, John Worboys, perhaps the most important was the creation in 2019 of a reconsideration mechanism which obliges the Parole Board (on application) to take a second look at ...
Stephen Shute
wiley   +1 more source

Constitutional Law: Bible Reading in the Public Schools

, 1903
Lawrence Binder
openalex   +2 more sources

Recognising Capabilities: The Importance of Recognition for Human Flourishing

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
This article aims to enrich critical sociolegal scholarship and methodological approaches within the field of capability theory by introducing ‘recognising capabilities analysis’. The recognising capabilities analysis embeds Nancy Fraser's theory of recognition (particularly her concept of parity of participation), into the capability paradigm.
Alex Louise Pearl
wiley   +1 more source

Penal Modernization in the Western Balkans: Continuities and Changes since the Nineteenth Century

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Influential sociologists of social control, including Émile Durkheim, Max Weber and others, conceived of the modern state as progressively moving towards the humanization of its penal programme. This article highlights developments that do not easily fit this progressivist model, drawing attention to the region that today is often referred to ...
Olga Kantokoski
wiley   +1 more source

Contested Good City Stories from a North Chennai Littoral

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article investigates the wilful destruction of Ennore Creek, a littoral wetland system in north Chennai, Tamil Nadu, by a series of shifting statist good city imaginaries expressed in plans, research reports, environmental impact assessments, government orders and court judgements.
Lindsay Bremner, Nityanand Jayaraman, Karen Coelho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

SUBSTITUTING FOR THE STATE: The Sovereignty Impacts of Diverse Citizens’ Off‐grid Infrastructure Strategies in South Africa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In South Africa, citizens in both low‐ and high‐income areas are increasingly providing their own services to mitigate the unreliability, unaffordability and inaccessibility of state services. This article examines diverse case studies across socio‐economic and residential typologies to explore shifts in service provision responsibilities from
Fiona Anciano, Charlotte Lemanski, Christina Culwick Fatti, Margot Rubin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Writing the History of the Papacy in the 21st Century

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Simone Maghenzani
wiley   +1 more source

Decolonizing the Global: Contested Cosmopolitanisms in Global Queer Activism

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the last decade, the “decolonial turn” has gained prominence across academic disciplines, challenging inherent Eurocentric knowledge paradigms. Extending these conversations, this paper critically investigates the notion of “the global” from a decolonial perspective.
Minwoo Jung
wiley   +1 more source

Public Health as a Constitutional Principle. [PDF]

Public Health Ethics
Chen A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Constitutional Law

, 2018
openaire   +3 more sources