S1 Ep 1 - Theories of Law & Conceptions of Justice with Professor Luke Mason

Dr Sabrina Germain & Dr Adrienne Yong (Senior Lecturers at The City Law School) speak to Professor Luke Mason (Head of Westminster Law School at the University of Westminster) about theories of law & justice. They talk about what law is, how law and the rule of law differ, the importance of interdisciplinarity, how law and justice differs, and finally, how context matters to all this.00:00 – Intro hosts & Prof Luke Mason 01:50 – Defining the concept of law 06:44 – Relationship between law and rule of law 10:41 – Understanding how law interacts with other academic disciplines 19:00 – What does “sociolegal studies” mean? 29:06 – Does interdisciplinarity lead to more critical study of law? 35:20 - Critical legal theory/studies – what does it mean? 41:15 – Are law and justice synonyms? 45:32 – Distinctions between law and justice 47:53 - Forms of justice 50:42 - Different conceptions of distributive justice (intro to next weeks topic) 58:31 – Articulation of policy aims through law; relationship between law, public policy and politics. 1:08:00 – Does context matter? How to define law in context? More on Dr Sabrina Germainwww.city.ac.uk/about/people/acad…s/sabrina-germaintwitter.com/sabrinakgermainMore on Dr Adrienne Yongwww.city.ac.uk/about/people/acad…ics/adrienne-yongtwitter.com/adrienney_More on Professor Luke Masonwww.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-p…ory/mason-lukewww.linkedin.com/in/prof-luke-mason/Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.