Leading Works in Law and Social Justice

Faith Gordon is Senior Lecturer at the ANU College of Law, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.Daniel Newman is Senior Lecturer at Cardiff Law School, Cardiff, Wales.

"This is a fascinating examination of the foundations of social justice and the role law plays in helping and harming the pursuit of justice. Anyone interested in law and social justice has to read this book!"Professor Bill Quigley, College of Law, Loyola University New Orleans and Director of the Loyola Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center"This book is being published soon after the death of the legendary Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who personified the marriage of law and social justice as few other jurists have done. The rush to fill the vacancy left on the US Supreme Court in the aftermath of her passing should leave no-one in doubt about the inherent connection between law and politics. At a time when the stakes have never been higher, as authoritarian politicians seek to deepen social divisions, and at times threaten democratic governance and rule of law itself, this collection of essays provides a reference point, and a repository of hope, for those seeking to mobilise law in the ongoing fight for social justice." Associate Professor Leanne Weber, School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University"This inter-disciplinary community of authors addresses key contemporary issues including colonialism, black lives matter, feminism and legal education. The result is the pieces of their jigsaw create a picture of identification, challenge, opportunity and change."Emeritus Professor Phil Thomas, Law Department, Cardiff University and Editor of the Journal of Law and Society"Leading Works in Law and Social Justice integrates a diversity of contemporary reflections on the topic. In this effort the selection of chapters highlight both the diversity of perspectives and themes that cross the field. A fundamental work for those interested in the different ways in which the law, legal institutions and their operators can contribute to different types of social justice in our societies."Dr Karina Ansolabehere, Professor at the Latin American School of Social Sciences, Mexico (Flacso México) and a researcher with the National Autonomous University of Mexico"In the post pandemic world, where climate change, environmental destruction, profound inequality, violence and gross exploitation threaten life on a daily basis, the struggle against all forms of injustice has never been more urgent. A book which provides law students with inspiration to advocate on behalf of marginalised peoples could not be more timely. Rather than valorising the Law, the diverse and excellent essays in Leading Works in Law and Social Justice understand the law as one means, among others, in the ongoing endeavour to achieve social justice." Professor Chris Cunneen, Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research, University of Technology, Sydney

• Foreword – Baroness Shami Chakrabarti CBE PC Introduction: Law and Social Justice – Faith Gordon and Daniel Newman 1. Lifetimes of Commitment to Law and Social Justice - Jacqueline A. Kinghan2. Decolonial Violence and the "Native Intellectual" - Patricia Tuitt3. A very British domination contract? Charles W. Mills’ theoretical framework and understanding social justice in Britain - Zara Bain4. Marx and anti-colonialism - Thalia Anthony5. The Law of Peoples – John Rawls6. Naming ‘Femicide’ - Ashley Rogers7. Feminist Legal Engagements towards a Transformative Justice - Jane Krishnadas8. Social Justice and the Limits of Regulation: the enduring insights of Marx’s Capital - Steve Tombs9. Mariana Valverde: Scale, Jurisdiction and Social Justice - Jess Mant10. Policing the Union’s Black: The Racial Politics of Law and Order in Contemporary Britain - Lambros Fatsis11. Larissa Behrendt - Achieving Social Justice: Indigenous Rights and Australia's Future - Robyn Oxley 12. Beyond Criminology: Taking Harm Seriously - Lynne Copson13. The Souls of Black Folk, by W.E.B. Du Bois- Bharat Malkani14. At war with the court’s ‘sublime complacency’: Bob Woffinden remembered - Jon Robins15. The Vulnerable Subject: Anchoring Equality in the Human Condition (Martha Fineman) - Ellen Gordon-Bouvier16. Reflections on Law and Social Justice: Robin West, ‘Economic Man and Literary Woman’ Mercer Law Review - Amir Paz-FuchsAfterword: Intersections of Social Justice and Socio-legal Scholarship- Professor Hilary Sommerlad, Chair in Law and Social Justice, University of Leeds