Twenty years have passed since Jacques Derrida’s death, yet his profound philosophical contributions to the Critical Legal Studies movement in both the UK and the US continue to reverberate. His concept of deconstruction, which challenges traditional philosophical dichotomies and concepts through meticulous analysis of language and reason, has been a driving force for numerous Critical […] The post Symposium: Derrida and his Legacy within Critical Legal Studies: Twenty years since his Death appeared first on Critical Legal Thinking ..read more

Tim Christiaens In the early 2010s, many people on the left proclaimed the death of state-based socialism, the political party, and any kind of organizational authority. From Occupy Wall Street to the Arab Spring, the 2011 revolts put their faith in horizontalist assemblies to advance progressive politics, but horizontalist networked solidarity proved too feeble to […] The post Robert Michels’ Lessons for the Left appeared first on Critical Legal Thinking ..read more

We asked Jessica Whyte, Goldie Osuri and Marina Velickovic to put together a resource pack of the most important critical (legal) work on the on-going Gaza Genocide. We hope this will be of use in teaching, researching and generally understanding the terrible events that are unforling before our eyes. Generally the texts are blogs and […] The post Gaza Genocide: An Introductory Critical Legal Reading List  appeared first on Critical Legal Thinking ..read more

Nanak naam,  chardi kala,  tere bane sarbat da bhala. I say these words by way of normalising a Sikh consciousness and vocabulary. The words appear at the end the Ardas, one of the Sikh prayers that is part of ritualistic daily practice. I am not quoting them here to advocate a religious position but rather to encourage […] The post Collective Well-Being as Resistance: Garment Workers against Racial Capitalism appeared first on Critical Legal Thinking ..read more

Wednesday 8 May 2024, 6.30–8.00pm Hosted by the LSE Human Rights LSE LECTURE THEATRE, CENTRE BUILDING, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE, WC2A 2AE This event is open to all and free to attend, no registration is required. Seats will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. The States of Exception: Biopolitics, […] The post Book Launch: The States of Exception: Biopolitics, Human Rights, Utopia appeared first on Critical Legal Thinking ..read more

Republished from Progressive Political Economy: Last year I published an edited volume called Clickbait Capitalism. The title came as a surprise, even to me. The book was meant to be called Libidinal Economies of Contemporary Capitalism. No one was interested in the volume until I changed the title. This surely tells us something about the publishing industry […] The post Clickbait Capitalism – Or, The Return To Libidinal Political Economy appeared first on Critical Legal Thinking ..read more

Philosophical Perspectives from and through the Global South The volume seeks to use the theory of encryption of power (TEP) in a tight connection with the theory of archism to rethink sovereignty in at least the following manners: In this latter case, TEP has held that “power in coloniality depends on one thing alone: the creation of a hidden […] The post CfP: Decrypting Power and Coloniality appeared first on Critical Legal Thinking ..read more

Once Upon a Time in Australia explores the intersections between gender, colonisation, and climate change and how they are necessarily interconnected in any transformative movement for justice. The novel challenges ideas about voice and solidarity, and questions the relationship that the law holds over truth. On 15 March 2021, protesters from around Australia marched in response to government inaction following allegations of sexual […] The post New COUNTERPRESS Publication: Once Upon a Time in Australia: Conversations About How Our Metoo Movement Expose ..read more

Intersections of art, creative practice, copyright, storytelling and technology. December 4th-6th, 2024, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Submissions are being sought for Hacking Visual Culture, a 2-day conference and exhibition hosted by the Faculty of Law and Creative Practice Research Group (Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences) at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS). This […] The post CfP: Hacking Visual Culture appeared first on Critical Legal Thinking ..read more

This is a call for submissions for abstracts for the Routledge Handbook on AI, Law and Society (forthcoming in the Routledge book series on AI, Law and Society). We are now open for submissions of abstracts. Deadline for abstract: 1 May 2024. After all submissions are reviewed all selected submissions will be asked to proceed […] The post CfP: Routledge Handbook on AI, Law and Society appeared first on Critical Legal Thinking ..read more