CLS Law & Society Podcast

S2 Ep3 - Surrogacy and the Law with Dr Zaina Mahmoud

Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:38:37 GMT

Dr Sabrina Germain & Dr Adrienne Yong from The City Law School, City St George’s, University of London speak to Dr Zaina Mahmoud (Lecturer in Law at the University of Liverpool). They talk about the frameworks around surrogacy in the law in the UK and compare it to California, and how intersectionality brings out the inequalities in how surrogacy is regulated.

S2 Ep2 - Migrant Women’s Rights with Jas Bhatoa (Rights of Women)

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 14:48:19 GMT

Dr Sabrina Germain & Dr Adrienne Yong from The City Law School, City St George’s, University of London speak to Jas Bhatoa (Senior Legal Officer at Rights of Women). They talk about the lesser known issue of how the law in England and Wales actually acts to disadvantage those who are at risk of or experiencing domestic abuse, but who are also migrants within what is known as the UK’s hostile environment immigration regime. Intersectionality plays a key role in this.

S2 Ep1 - Capitalism and Extremism with Dr Beatriz Lopes-Buarque

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:21:48 GMT

Dr Sabrina Germain & Dr Adrienne Yong from The City Law School, City St George’s, University of London speak to Dr Beatriz Lopes-Buarque (Fellow at the London School of Economics) about capitalism its link with extremism. They talk about the relationship between racism and sexism and the rise of right wing conspiracy theories and whether law can help solve this problem.

BONUS EPISODE! Salma Huti & Suleqa Aden on learning by podcast

Wed, 24 Jan 2024 12:17:25 GMT

Dr Sabrina Germain (Reader) & Dr Adrienne Yong (Senior Lecturer) from The City Law School speak to their former students, Salma Huti and Suleqa Aden about how they found learning by this podcast in their module taught by Dr Germain & Dr Yong at City. They talk about what they learnt, how they learnt and what they got out of this innovative teaching method.More on Dr Sabrina Germainhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germainhttps://twitter.com/sabrinakgermainMore on Dr Adrienne Yonghttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yongMusic by Joystock - www.joystock.org

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Ep 8 - Intersectionality in Context: Being a Yellow Woman in the time of COVID-19 with Dr Sarah Liu

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 09:00:07 GMT

Dr Sabrina Germain & Dr Adrienne Yong (Senior Lecturers at The City Law School) speak to Dr Sarah Liu (Lecturer in Gender & Politics at the University of Edinburgh) about being a "yellow woman" in the time of COVID-19. They talk about what the history of the term 'yellow' is, how it is being a 'yellow woman' particularly, how the pandemic has shaped and changed Dr Liu's identity, and much more.00:00 – Intro to episode and Dr Sarah Liu 02:02 – Dr Sarah Liu on defining the concept of law 03:16 – Can our identity be separated? 06:26 – Reclaiming “yellow” identity 11:48 – Why is “woman” just as important? 16:47 – Yellow Power Movement in the context of COVID-1924:39 – Personal experiences due to intersection of race and gender35:37 – Impact of pandemic on identity 40:34 – The role of law: help or hindrance? 52:05 – Defining law in contextMore on Dr Sabrina Germainhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germainhttps://twitter.com/sabrinakgermainMore on Dr Adrienne Yonghttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yonghttps://twitter.com/adrienney_More on Dr Sarah Liuhttps://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/staff/sarah-liuhttp://drsarahliu.comhttps://twitter.com/drsarahliuMusic by Joystock - www.joystock.org

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Ep 7 - Feminism in Context: Brexit with Hannah Manzur & Gender Pricing with Suzana Rahde Gerchmann

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:00:00 GMT

In part 1, Dr Sabrina Germain & Dr Adrienne Yong (Senior Lecturers at The City Law School) speak to Hannah Manzur (PhD Candidate in City's Violence & Society Centre) about her research and her Women & Brexit report. They talk about why gender matters to the law and why the law matters for gender, how women are affected by Brexit and how COVID-19 has affected this as well.In part 2, Dr Germain & Dr Yong speak to Suzana Rahde Gerchmann (PhD Candidate at The City Law School) about her research on gender pricing. They talk about what gender pricing actually is and what the pink tax is to bring attention to this little known issue.Part 1: Brexit with Hannah Manzur 00:00 – Intro to episode and Hannah Manzur 01:52 – Hannah Manzur on defining the concept of law 02:34 – Gender and the law: why does it matter? 07:40 – Intersectionality in context (Brexit) 16:00 – Brexit in a legal context 20:22 - Is Brexit gendered? 25:35 – Intersecting inequalities and Brexit 29:35 – Moving forward: areas of concern34:11 – Defining law in contextPart 2: Gender pricing Suzana Rahde Gerchmann 37:30 – Intro to Suzana 38:24 – Suzana Rahde Gerchmann on defining the concept of law 39:55 – What is gender pricing? 44:11 – Pink tax: is it the same thing? 48:16 – How does pink tax relate to the law? 56:51 – The data 1:01:32 – Feminist legal theory: a valuable lens for research 1:07:30 – Defining law in context More on Dr Sabrina Germainhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germainhttps://twitter.com/sabrinakgermainMore on Dr Adrienne Yonghttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yonghttps://twitter.com/adrienney_More on Hannah Manzurhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/research-students/hannah-manzurhttps://be.linkedin.com/in/hannah-manzur-32a527147Women & Brexit Report: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356414698_Women_Brexit_Report_1More on Suzana Rahde Gerchmannhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/research-students/suzana-rahde-gerchmannhttps://twitter.com/suzana_rahdehttps://uk.linkedin.com/in/suzana-rahde-gerchmannMusic by Joystock - www.joystock.org

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S1 Ep 6 - Feminist Legal Theory & Intersectionality with Dr Adrienne Yong

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 09:00:00 GMT

Dr Sabrina Germain speaks to podcast co-host Dr Adrienne Yong about feminist legal theory and intersectionality. They talk about the history and waves of the feminist movement, how feminism is not misandry, and why intersectionality is so necessary. They also speak about their research together on barriers to accessing healthcare for ethnic minority women and migrant women.00:00 – Intro to episode 01:19 – Dr Adrienne Yong’s research 03:06 – Roots of feminist movement 14:52 – Feminist legal theory 19:52 – Women sit in the private sphere (Martha Fineman)23:18 – Law as both discourse and process of power29:03 – Legal theory of feminism and misandry: what is different? 35:05 – Substantive vs formal equality 38:37 – What is intersectionality? 43:29 – Intersectionality in practice: DeGraffenreid v GM 45:46 – Intersectionality in practice: Moore v Hughes Helicopter 46:38 – Intersectionality in practice: Payne v Travenol 48:43 – Critique of intersectionality 56:15 – Intersectionality in practice: COVID-19 pandemicMore on Dr Sabrina Germainhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germainhttps://twitter.com/sabrinakgermainMore on Dr Adrienne Yonghttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yonghttps://twitter.com/adrienney_More about Dr Germain & Dr Yong's researchhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10691-020-09437-zhttps://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9JBPWEAQJISZ2ECD7NDF/full?target=10.1080/14797585.2021.2012090Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org

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S1 Ep 5 - Race in Context: Stop & Search with Dr Patrick Murphy

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:00:03 GMT

Dr Sabrina Germain & Dr Adrienne Yong (Senior Lecturers at The City Law School) speak to Dr Patrick Murphy (Doctorate in Human Geography, Durham University) about Race in Context: Stop & Search. They talk about policing powers and laws around stop & search, the context of Stephen Lawrence, the MacPherson report, the Lammy Review, terrorism powers and much more.00:00 – Intro to episode and Dr Patrick Murphy 02:35 – Dr Patrick Murphy on defining the concept of law04:16 – Stop & Search laws in the UK 10:42 – Putting it in context: Stephen Lawrence 14:04 – Reasonable suspicion: why is it controversial? 18:40 – The stats: how effective really is it? 23:21 – The impact on the individual 26:48 – Has a fair balance been struck? 31:25 – Deterrence against crime: a false claim 39:35 – Removal of reasonable suspicion 44:41 – Justified use of stop and search: is there chance for reform? 48:50 – Defining law in contextMore on Dr Sabrina Germainhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germainhttps://twitter.com/sabrinakgermainMore on Dr Adrienne Yonghttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yonghttps://twitter.com/adrienney_Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org

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S1 Ep 4 - A Conversation on Critical Race Theory with Dr Sabrina Germain & Dr Adrienne Yong

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 09:54:57 GMT

Dr Sabrina Germain & Dr Adrienne Yong (Senior Lecturers at The City Law School) have a conversation about critical race theory. They talk about critical legal studies and how it has led to critical race theory, what this theory is, equality in the context of racism in the law, the context of the pandemic, #BlackLivesMatter, #StopAsianHate, #SayHerName, and how we can be critical in our teaching.00:00 – Intro to episode 01:33 – Dr Adrienne Yong on defining the concept of law06:20 – Introduction to critical legal studies 17:53 – Legal indeterminacy 21:31 – Distinction between CLS and critical race theory29:14 – Do we all deserve equality? 32:50 – Critical theory stands on the shoulder of feminism 34:51 – 4 main principles of the theory 38:40 – Criticism of CRT: anecdotal evidence 41:46 – Criticism of CRT: black and white diaspora 45:17 – Criticism of CRT: respect for the law 48:43 – Embodying CRT in legal education 56:44 – Importance of critical race study in modern context (BLM/Stop Asian Hate)1:02:38 – American stance on CRT 1:09:37 – Defining law in context More on Dr Sabrina Germainhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germainhttps://twitter.com/sabrinakgermainMore on Dr Adrienne Yonghttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yonghttps://twitter.com/adrienney_Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org

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S1 Ep 3 - International Law in Context: Statelessness & Nationality with Shahd Qannam

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:07:34 GMT

Dr Sabrina Germain & Dr Adrienne Yong (Senior Lecturers at The City Law School) speak to Shahd Qannam (PhD Student at The City Law School) about international law in context. They talk about how to acquire nationality, how to lose it, nationality as a right vs a privilege, statelessness and its definition, and the very interesting case of Palestine, close to Shahd's heart.00:00 – Intro to episode and Shahd Qannam 02:10 – Defining the concept of law04:03 – Nationality under international law: why does context matter here? 10:45 – Acquiring nationality: a right not a privilege 18:40 - Losing nationality 22:30 – Shahd Qannam’s research: unrecognised states and their citizens. 24:12 – Becoming stateless 28:09 – Can statelessness be avoided? 34:03 - The deprivation of nationality 37:18 – National security and deprivation of nationality 44:26 – Case study discussion: Palestine55:47 – Defining law in contextMore on Dr Sabrina Germainhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germainhttps://twitter.com/sabrinakgermainMore on Dr Adrienne Yonghttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yonghttps://twitter.com/adrienney_More on Shahd Qannamhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/research-students/shahd-qannamhttps://twitter.com/QannamShahdMusic by Joystock - www.joystock.org

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S1 Ep 2 - Theories of Comparative Law with Dr Sabrina Germain

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 09:58:52 GMT

Dr Adrienne Yong speaks to podcast co-host Dr Sabrina Germain about theories of comparative law. They talk about comparative law methodology, why comparing is important, how to compare effectively and an example from South Africa about why comparisons in certain contexts are so important.00:00 – Intro to episode and Dr Sabrina Germain 03:03 – Defining the concept of law06:33 – Technical side of comparative law: legal families and legal traditions 16:40 – Impact of technology on legal traditions 19:30 – Role of legal families and legal traditions in comparative law23:30 - Merit of comparative law27:34 - Comparative law is no longer a choice/why should we engage in comparative law? 29:40 – How to make a comparison35:12 – Context matters: South Africa case study40:25 – South African constitution: what is special about it? 44:27 – Landmark case: Soobramoney49:58 – Evolution of SA jurisprudence and the case of Grootboom54:40 – Landmark case: Treatment Action Campaign 58:03 – Landmark case: Mazibuko 1:00:44 – Defining law in contextMore on Dr Adrienne Yonghttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yonghttps://twitter.com/adrienney_More on Dr Sabrina Germainhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germainhttps://twitter.com/sabrinakgermainMore on Dr Germain’s researchhttps://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/justice-and-profit-in-health-care-law-9781509945429 Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org

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

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 09:31:41 GMT

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

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