Jess Mant
Biographic Data
| ID | 10439341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jess Mant |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jess |
| FAMILY NAME | Mant |
| SIGNATURE | MANT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre for Law and Social Justice, School of Law, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The post-Laspo landscape
Around four years ago the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law published a special issue on ‘Delivering Family Justice in Late Modern Society in the wake of Legal Aid Reform’ (2013, 35(1)), whi
Neoliberalism, family law and the cost of access to justice
This paper uses ideas drawn from Wendy Brown’s critique of neoliberal approaches to governance, to argue that the ‘economisation’ of social policy such as welfare and legal aid and the family justice system, has resulted in an economic re-making of the ideas of justice, fairness and equality, which have traditionally underpinned these policies and the context of the family court. The paper will map the political context to the implementation of t…
The Mysterious Case of Disappearing Family Law and the Shrinking Vulnerable Subject
This article seeks to critically examine the implications that the new eligibility requirements for legal aid as implemented by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 are having on the ways in which private family law governs families. It makes use of a theoretical lens drawn from the work of Valverde (2009, 2014a, 2014b) on ‘jurisdiction’ to map the shift that has taken place within family law as a result of the political…
Neoliberalism, family law and the cost of access to justice
This paper uses ideas drawn from Wendy Brown’s critique of neoliberal approaches to governance, to argue that the ‘economisation’ of social policy such as welfare and legal aid and the family justice system, has resulted in an economic re-making of the ideas of justice, fairness and equality, which have traditionally underpinned these policies and the context of the family court. The paper will map the political context to the implementation of t…
The Mysterious Case of Disappearing Family Law and the Shrinking Vulnerable Subject
This article seeks to critically examine the implications that the new eligibility requirements for legal aid as implemented by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 are having on the ways in which private family law governs families. It makes use of a theoretical lens drawn from the work of Valverde (2009, 2014a, 2014b) on ‘jurisdiction’ to map the shift that has taken place within family law as a result of the political…
The post-Laspo landscape
Around four years ago the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law published a special issue on ‘Delivering Family Justice in Late Modern Society in the wake of Legal Aid Reform’ (2013, 35(1)), whi
Neoliberalism, family law and the cost of access to justice
This paper uses ideas drawn from Wendy Brown’s critique of neoliberal approaches to governance, to argue that the ‘economisation’ of social policy such as welfare and legal aid and the family justice system, has resulted in an economic re-making of the ideas of justice, fairness and equality, which have traditionally underpinned these policies and the context of the family court. The paper will map the political context to the implementation of t…
The Mysterious Case of Disappearing Family Law and the Shrinking Vulnerable Subject
This article seeks to critically examine the implications that the new eligibility requirements for legal aid as implemented by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 are having on the ways in which private family law governs families. It makes use of a theoretical lens drawn from the work of Valverde (2009, 2014a, 2014b) on ‘jurisdiction’ to map the shift that has taken place within family law as a result of the political…
Family law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Legal Issues in South Africa (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction (2 works) · Economic Justice (2 works) · Legal Education and Practice Innovations (2 works) · Legal principles and applications (2 works)