The Department of Law and Legal Studies and the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies are thrilled to welcome Prof. Alex Flynn (UBC – Allard School of Law) for a discussion about two of her recent papers that link critical traditions in legal studies and urban geography. Graduate students from across the university are invited to join us for this session, but space is limited so please fill out the registration form below.
EVENT DESCRIPTION: “How do we take our big-picture idea for our research and distill it down into bite-sized ideas that can form the basis of a publication? In this class, Prof Flynn will take one legal geography idea – ‘To any person walking on a city street, there are few signs that urban spaces have their own unique legal orders’ – and explain how it has translated into multiple papers and a book.”
Required readings:
- “Parks as Persons: Legal Innovation or Colonial Appropriation?” (forthcoming in the Fordham Urban Law Journal)
- “A Tale of Two Casinos: Unequal Spaces of Local Governance” (published in the Journal of Law and Social Policy, 2018)
N.B. All participants are asked to commit to reading both articles in advance to ensure an engaged and stimulating conversation.
DATE: TUESDAY NOV 15, 2022, 10:00-11:30 AM
LOCATION: LOEB B454