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Law November 25, 2020

From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage

How Australia Got Compulsory Voting

Judith Brett

Hosted by Jane Richards
In this fascinating history of Australia’s electoral system, Judith Brett makes a timely case in favour of compulsory voting. Her analysis is entertaining and enlightening, and makes a significant contribution to the ongoing political discussions around the US electoral college, the Brexit vote, and the frequently-changing Australian Prime Ministership. In From Secret Ballot to Democracy Sausage: How Australia Got Compulsory Voting (Text Publishing 2019), Brett paints a lively picture of …
Law November 19, 2020

Making Hong Kong China

The Rollback of Human Rights and the Rule of Law

Michael Davis

Hosted by Jane Richards
“Imagine you live in a freewheeling city like New York or London – one of the world’s leading financial, educational, and cultural centres. Then imagine that one of the …
Law November 12, 2020

Making the Modern Criminal Law

Criminalization and Civil Order

Lindsay Farmer

Hosted by Jane Richards
In his latest book, Professor Lindsay Farmer offers a historical and conceptual analysis of theories of criminalization. The book shows how criminalization is inextricably linked to the making of the …
Asian American Studies October 30, 2020

In Camps

Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Repatriates

Jana K. Lipman

Hosted by Jane Richards
In Camps: Vietnamese Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Repatriates (University of California Press, 2020) is an in-depth study of the fate of the nearly 800,000 Vietnamese refugees who left their country …
Chinese Studies October 15, 2020

China’s National Security

Endangering Hong Kong’s Rule of Law?

Cora Chan and Fiona de Londras

Hosted by Jane Richards
On July 1, 2020, China introduced a National Security Law into Hong Kong partly in an attempt to quell months of civil unrest, as a mechanism to safeguard China’s security …
American Studies September 30, 2020

Policing the Womb

Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood

Michele Goodwin

Hosted by Jane Richards
Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood (Cambridge University Press, 2020) a brilliant but shocking account of the criminalization of all aspects of reproduction, pregnancy, abortion, birth …
Critical Theory September 16, 2020

The Hidden Face of Rights

Toward a Politics of Responsibilities

Kathryn Sikkink

Hosted by Jane Richards
In her latest book, The Hidden Face of Rights: Toward a Politics of Responsibilities (Yale University Press), Kathryn Sikkink puts forward a framework of rights and responsibilities; moving beyond the …
Chinese Studies July 17, 2020

The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong

Sharp Power and its Discontents

Andreas Fulda

Hosted by Jane Richards
The key question in The Struggle for Democracy in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong: Sharp Power and its Discontents (Routledge, 2020), is to what extent political activists in these …
Law July 15, 2020

The Ouija Board Jurors

Mystery, Mischief and Misery in the Jury System

Jeremy Gans

Hosted by Jane Richards
Juries are a cornerstone of the criminal trial, but what happens when the jury engages in its own kind of mischief? In this book, Jeremy Gans delves into the case …
Law June 26, 2020

People’s Tribunals, Human Rights and the Law

Regina M. Paulose

Hosted by Jane Richards
People’s Tribunals, Human Rights and the Law (Routledge, 2020) gives a vital introduction to an essential but overlooked topic; the rise of People’s Tribunals, their role in truth and justice …
Australian and New Zealand Studies June 3, 2020

Self, Others and the State

Relations of Criminal Responsibility

Arlie Loughnan

Hosted by Jane Richards
Criminal responsibility is a key-organizing concept of the criminal law, but Arlie Loughnan argues that it needs re-examination. Focusing on the Australian experience, Self, Others and the State: Relations of …
East Asian Studies May 7, 2020

City on Fire

The Fight for Hong Kong

Antony Dapiran

Hosted by Jane Richards
Hong Kong in 2019 was a city on fire. Anti-government protests, sparked by an ill-fated extradition bill sparked seven months of protest and civil unrest. Protestors clashed with police in …