Self, Others and the State

Loughnan, Arlie

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“…This, I think, remains a real challenge – as well as an opportunity – for the future development of the Law in Context series. In this context, it is cheering to see recent contributions by scholars including Eliza Garnsey (2019), Jonathan Herring (2019) and Arlie Loughnan (2019) pushing forward the theoretical boundaries of the discipline, enlarging the contribution of classic works such as those by Stewart (2011), de Sousa Santos (Forthcoming) and William himself (2000; 2009). There remains so much scope for innovative and, in particular, interdisciplinary approaches to legal scholarship – drawing on a range of resources including anthropology, history, cultural studies, literature and social theory – and it is vital that the Law in Context series continue to develop them.…”

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William Twining and the Law in Context series: a personal reflection

Lacey

2020

International Journal of Law in Context

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For over sixty years, William Twining has been at the centre of legal education and legal scholarship in the English-speaking world. Beginning in East Africa in the early days of emergence from colonial rule and going on to span several of the most influential law schools in both the UK and the US, William's remarkable career has witnessed a transformation of legal education and of the scholarly world of the legal academy that has been, in its own way, quietly revolutionary to no less a degree than the political revolutions amid which his professional life opened. We can now follow him throughout this revolutionary journey, thanks to his 2019 book, Jurist in Context (hereafter 'JiC'), which sheds so much light on the broader conditions and commitments that have shaped its trajectory. The length, distinction and geographical span of William's career would in themselves make its subject's observations and reflections on this period intensely interesting to legal academics, as well as from the point of view of intellectual and social history. But, in his particular case, this interest is intensified by the fact that he has been not merely a witness to, but a key agent in, the relevant transformation. And the Law in Context series has, of course, been a key part of his repertoire in shaping the field of legal scholarship and teaching. When I read law at University College London (UCL) in the late 1970s, the curriculumas was standard in most law departments at the timewas dominated by doctrinal legal scholarship, leavened by a moderate helping of analytical jurisprudence and sociology of law. Probably the most impressive textbook that I encountered during my three years as an LLB student was Smith and Hogan's Criminal Lawa book of enormous technical sophistication as well as eye-watering coverage, but not one that evinced much interest in the sociopolitical or institutional context in which criminal law was developed, interpreted and enforced. Opportunities to think about the law from beyond its boundaries, as it were, were mainly provided by jurisprudential books, papers and debates. This was still largely the case when William arrived as Quain Professor of Jurisprudence in 1983. But, by then, the 'law-in-context' movement that he and his colleagues had nurtured at Warwick and in a few other departments had begun to change the shape of the discipline even in the more traditional law schools. Socio-legal courses were developing across the sector, enabled in significant part by journals such as the Journal of Law and Society and the International Journal of the Sociology of Law and, of course, by the distinctive and influential Law in Context series that William and Robert Stevens had established at Weidenfeld and Nicolson. And that development has continuedand diversifiedsteadily, interacting with genres such as socio-legal studies and theory, feminist and critical race theory, and critical legal studies, and generating an ever broader array of teaching materials and publishing outlets-Social and Legal Studies, Femini...

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Making Commercial Law through Practice 1830–1970

Cranston¹

2021

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Making Commercial Law Through Practice 1830–1970 adds a new dimension to the history of Britain's commerce, trade manufacturing and financial services, by showing how they have operated in law over the last one hundred and forty years. In the main law and lawyers were not the driving force; regulation was largely absent; and judges tended to accommodate commercial needs, so that market actors were able to shape the law through their practices. Using legal and historical scholarship, the author draws on archival sources previously unexploited for the study of commercial practice and the law's role in it. This book will stimulate parallel research in other subject areas of law. Modern commercial lawyers will learn a great deal about the current law from the story of its evolution, and economic and business historians will see how the world of commerce and trade operated in a legal context.

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Making Commercial Law Through Practice 1830–1970

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Self, Others and the State

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William Twining and the Law in Context series: a personal reflection

William Twining and the Law in Context series: a personal reflection

Making Commercial Law through Practice 1830–1970

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