Law reading group

Academics and postgraduate research students in Dundee Law School meet on a monthly basis to discuss classic or recent works in legal scholarship

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The group is convened by Dr Tarik Olcay, and if you would like to join the Law Reading Group meetings, please contact him at [email protected]. 

Works discussed previously include:

  • Cornelia Vismann, ‘Cultural Techniques and Sovereignty’ (2013) 30(6) Theory, Culture & Society 83
  • Coel Kirkby, ‘How to do things with legal theory’ (2022) 18 International Journal of Law in Context 373
  • Friedrich Hayek, ‘Competition as a Discovery Procedure’ [1968] (2002) 5(3) The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 9
  • Alain Pottage, ‘Law machines: Scale models, forensic materiality and the making of modern patent law’ (2011) 41(5) Social Studies of Science 621
  • Ole Pedersen, ‘The Evolution and Emergence of Environmental Law Scholarship—A Perspective from Three Journals’ (2022) 34(3) Journal of Environmental Law 457
  • Liz Fisher, ‘Craft Matters: Seven Tips for Legal Scholars’ (2023) 35 Journal of Environmental Law 11
  • Johan Andreas Trovik, ‘A Right to Break the Law? On the Political Function and Moral Grounds of Civil Disobedience’ (2023) 29 Res Publica 385
  • Visa AJ Kurki, ‘Can Nature Hold Rights? It's Not as Easy as You Think’ (2022) 11 Transnational Environmental Law 525
  • Julius Yam, ‘Judging Under Authoritarianism’ (2024) 87 Modern Law Review 894
  • Claudio Novelli, Luciano Floridi & Giovanni Sartor, ‘AI as Legal Persons: Past, Patterns, and Prospects’ (24 November 2024)
  • Paul Tucker, ‘Central Banking and the Rule of Law’ (2020) 40 Cato Journal 431