Centre for Law & Society in a Global Context
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Multidisciplinary research into global dimensions of law-society @QMSchoolofLaw. Partners with Institute of Law @BirzeitU. Departing to http://cclas1.bsky.
Professor Ruth Fletcher has written a blog about the recent decriminalisation of abortions in England and Wales, reproductive freedom and the importance of legal support for self-managed abortion Read more about this topic in Ruth's blog here: verfassungsblog.de/decriminalisin…
Israel is plausibly committing genocide. Today is the permission hearing to judicially review the Home Secretary’s proscription of Palestine Action. Here are some critical reflections on their initial proscription and attempt to gain interim relief. criticallegalthinking.com/2025/07/10/ref…
D K Renton on the Supreme Court 'For Women Scotland Ltd' judgment, legal Abolition, Trans Liberation and Working-Class Tolerance: legalform.blog/2025/06/25/leg…
Leila Faghfouri Azar and Shahin Nasiri critiquing the hegemonic conceptual framings of genocidal violence: legalform.blog/2025/07/05/res…
🥳🥳Happy 10th Anniversary to the Greater Manchester Law Centre🥳🥳 Our director, Tanzil Chowdhury, along with several others, helped set up the law centre nearly a decade ago. You can donate to @gmlawcentre so it can continue to do its important work gmlaw.org.uk/donate/
It's GMLC's 10th anniversary next month - come and celebrate with us! The event is open to everyone, but especially to volunteers, staff, members, supporters and people we've worked with through the years. Reserve your free space here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/greater-manc… 🎉
For more on the Proscription of Palestine Action, read @DaniellaLock in @LRB Blog lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/june…
Tanzil Chowdhury offering Reflectons on the Proscription of Palestine Action for @critlegthinking criticallegalthinking.com/2025/07/10/ref…
"It is tricky to write this piece, however, for another reason. Mainly because, if I’m not careful, it could land me in prison." Tanzil Chowdhury offering Reflectons on the Proscription of Palestine Action for @critlegthinking criticallegalthinking.com/2025/07/10/ref…
Delighted to see this new paper by @fquintana611 for @LawAndCritique on 'The Withering Away of Law and Its Discontents:A Prolegomenon for a Reappraisal'. You can read it here link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Tanzil Chowdhury explains the process by which the direct action protest group 'Palestine Action' was deemed a terrorist organisation and proscribed, showing how activists sought to challenge and resist the massive state overreach criticallegalthinking.com/2025/07/10/ref…
Tanzil Chowdhury offering Reflectons on the Proscription of Palestine Action for @critlegthinking criticallegalthinking.com/2025/07/10/ref…
Toward a Historical Materialist Account of British Constitutional Change Forthcoming with @icon_journal Read here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
**LEGAL WORKERS INQUIRY** The first ever collection of essays from legal workers about legal work & organsing (Tanzil Chowdhury @jamie_woodcock eds.) All chapters FREE in thread (or buy hardcopies with all proceeds going to @NotesFrom_Below ) notesfrombelow.org/issue/legal-wo…
Watch a recording of our 2025 Annual Lecture with @FeministOnMarx on 'The Reproductive Laws of Capital in the Planetary Social Factory' youtu.be/cQZJV5aDC8I?si…
Now including a 1 July showing @qmul thanks to @qm_ucu @clsgcQM and the Centre for Film and Ethics To Kill A War Machine eventbrite.com/e/to-kill-a-wa… Join us at The Bloc
We are delighted to be co-hosting an important screening of the film about @Pal_action, days before they could be proscribed by the British government. Register here eventbrite.co.uk/e/to-kill-a-wa…