Alex Batesmith
Biographic Data
| ID | 1493420 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alex Batesmith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alex |
| FAMILY NAME | Batesmith |
| SIGNATURE | BATESMITH A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0997-3154 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Emotional Labour of International Criminal Lawyers
Emotional labour — the management of feelings for the purpose of creating an institutionally acceptable public display — has received growing attention in legal scholarship. Although the role of emotion has been increasingly acknowledged in relation to lawyers well-being, emotional labour itself remains under-theorized as a constitutive element of professionalism, particularly in an international context. This article contributes to the developme…
Conceptualizing Professionalism(s) in International Criminal Justice
This symposium examines competing and converging assumptions about professionalism, professional behaviour, and a professional sense of self held among those who work within and around the field of international criminal justice. By asking what ‘counts’ as professional behaviour in international criminal justice, contributions to the symposium examine how different types of expertise are navigated in the field, which kinds of professionalism are …
Professionals and Professionalism(s) in International Criminal Justice
To reflect on the theme of professionals and professionalism(s) covered within the articles in this symposium, on 14 February 2025, the guest editors and the Journal of International Criminal Justice convened an online roundtable discussion with four international criminal law practitioners with varied backgrounds and diverse experience.1 The aim of the discussion was to explore the evolving professional landscape and to consider how professional…
"Closeted" cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia
Using Cambodia as a case study, this article examines cause lawyering in a repressive political environment. It focuses on "closeted" cause lawyering, a practice that we define as the intentional pursuit of change through the legal process that is concealed for strategic purposes. Situated within the wider scholarship on (cause) lawyering in general and authoritarian Southeast Asia and China in particular, the article draws upon interviews conduc…
International Prosecutors as Cause Lawyers
This article contributes to the developing socio-legal perspectives on the practical realities, power dynamics, and external perceptions of international criminal law (ICL) by exploring the professional sense of self among international prosecutors. Drawing upon original interviews with ‘everyday’ practitioners, the article uses the prism of ‘cause lawyering’ — the practice of law primarily for a lawyer’s moral, political or ideological commitmen…
In the Absence of the Rule of Law
This article explores how ‘everyday’ lawyers undertaking routine criminal defence cases navigate an authoritarian legal system. Based on original fieldwork in the ‘disciplined democracy’ of Myanmar, the article examines how hegemonic state power and a functional absence of the rule of law have created a culture of passivity among ordinary practitioners. ‘Everyday’ lawyers are nevertheless able to uphold their clients’ dignity by practical and mat…
In the Absence of the Rule of Law
This article explores how ‘everyday’ lawyers undertaking routine criminal defence cases navigate an authoritarian legal system. Based on original fieldwork in the ‘disciplined democracy’ of Myanmar, the article examines how hegemonic state power and a functional absence of the rule of law have created a culture of passivity among ordinary practitioners. ‘Everyday’ lawyers are nevertheless able to uphold their clients’ dignity by practical and mat…
International Prosecutors as Cause Lawyers
This article contributes to the developing socio-legal perspectives on the practical realities, power dynamics, and external perceptions of international criminal law (ICL) by exploring the professional sense of self among international prosecutors. Drawing upon original interviews with ‘everyday’ practitioners, the article uses the prism of ‘cause lawyering’ — the practice of law primarily for a lawyer’s moral, political or ideological commitmen…
In the Absence of the Rule of Law
This article explores how ‘everyday’ lawyers undertaking routine criminal defence cases navigate an authoritarian legal system. Based on original fieldwork in the ‘disciplined democracy’ of Myanmar, the article examines how hegemonic state power and a functional absence of the rule of law have created a culture of passivity among ordinary practitioners. ‘Everyday’ lawyers are nevertheless able to uphold their clients’ dignity by practical and mat…
International Prosecutors as Cause Lawyers
This article contributes to the developing socio-legal perspectives on the practical realities, power dynamics, and external perceptions of international criminal law (ICL) by exploring the professional sense of self among international prosecutors. Drawing upon original interviews with ‘everyday’ practitioners, the article uses the prism of ‘cause lawyering’ — the practice of law primarily for a lawyer’s moral, political or ideological commitmen…
The Emotional Labour of International Criminal Lawyers
Emotional labour — the management of feelings for the purpose of creating an institutionally acceptable public display — has received growing attention in legal scholarship. Although the role of emotion has been increasingly acknowledged in relation to lawyers well-being, emotional labour itself remains under-theorized as a constitutive element of professionalism, particularly in an international context. This article contributes to the developme…
Conceptualizing Professionalism(s) in International Criminal Justice
This symposium examines competing and converging assumptions about professionalism, professional behaviour, and a professional sense of self held among those who work within and around the field of international criminal justice. By asking what ‘counts’ as professional behaviour in international criminal justice, contributions to the symposium examine how different types of expertise are navigated in the field, which kinds of professionalism are …
Professionals and Professionalism(s) in International Criminal Justice
To reflect on the theme of professionals and professionalism(s) covered within the articles in this symposium, on 14 February 2025, the guest editors and the Journal of International Criminal Justice convened an online roundtable discussion with four international criminal law practitioners with varied backgrounds and diverse experience.1 The aim of the discussion was to explore the evolving professional landscape and to consider how professional…
"Closeted" cause lawyering in authoritarian Cambodia
Using Cambodia as a case study, this article examines cause lawyering in a repressive political environment. It focuses on "closeted" cause lawyering, a practice that we define as the intentional pursuit of change through the legal process that is concealed for strategic purposes. Situated within the wider scholarship on (cause) lawyering in general and authoritarian Southeast Asia and China in particular, the article draws upon interviews conduc…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Cambodian History and Society (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (2 works) · Authoritarianism (2 works) · Criminal court (2 works) · Criminal justice (2 works) · Criminal law (2 works)