Law, Gender and Sexuality: sources and methods in socio-legal research

This socio-legal research training day in May 2014 on Law, Gender and Sexuality: sources and methods in socio-legal research, organised collaboratively by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), the Socio-Legal Studies Association and the British Library, drew attention to archives and their content that newcomers to the field may not be aware of and to consider the methodological and practical issues involved in analysing sources.

Programme details

• Introduction - Professor Rosemary Hunter (University of Kent Law School)
  • Audio recording of the session (MP3)
• Guest editorial - Jon Sims (British Library)
  • Preprint of guest editorial published in Legal Information Management.

Feminism and the Law:

• Feminist Judgments - Professor Rosemary Hunter (University of Kent Law School)
  • Audio recording of the session (MP3)
  • Preprint of article developed from this paper published in Legal Information Management.
• Feminist approaches to sexuality and law scholarship - Professor Rosemary Auchmuty (University of Reading School of Law)
  • Audio recording of the session (MP3)
  • Preprint of article developed from this paper published in Legal Information Management.

Multi Collection Repositories:

• Sisterhood and after: an archive of social and legislative change? - Dr Polly Russell (British Library)
  • Audio recording of the session (MP3)
  • Preprint of article developed from this paper published in Legal Information Management.
• British Library collection highlights for research on law, gender and sexuality - Jon Sims (British Library)
  • Audio recording of the session (MP3)
  • Preprint of article developed from this paper published in Legal Information Management.
• Highlights from LSE library including Hall Carpenter Archives and specialist collections of the Women’s Library@lse - Heather Dawson (London School of Economics Library)
  • Audio recording of the session (MP3)
  • Preprint of article developed from this paper published in Legal Information Management.

Law and Same Sex Partnerships:

• Queering Genealogy through Wills - Daniel Monk (Reader in Law, Birkbeck, University of London )
  • Preprint of Article developed from this paper published in Legal Information Management.
• Popular culture as sources for research on law in lesbian and gay lives - Dr Rosie Harding (Birmingham Law School)

Legal Professions and Education:

• The IALS Archives of Legal Education - Elizabeth Dawson (Institute of Advanced Legal Studies)
  • Preprint of Article developed from this paper published in Legal Information Management.
• Researching the UK's first female law professor: thinking about gender, method and sources - Professor Fiona Cownie (Keele University School of Law)
• On Researching Men, Masculinities and Law: The Examples of Fatherhood and the Legal profession - Professor Richard Collier (Professor of Law and Social Theory, Newcastle University)

Visual Sources & Methods in Law, Gender and Sexuality scholarship:

• The scene of the crime: police photographs, visual culture and sexuality - Dr Dominic Janes (Birkbeck, University of London)
  • Preprint of Article developed from this paper published in Legal Information Management.
• Legal treasures: on the shelf and online - Professor Amanda Perry-Kessaris (University of Kent Law School)