Approaching law
Visualising contemporary legal education
How might banners on a law school website communicate some of the key features of contemporary legal education to members of the public and prospective students?Here are some of my experiments.Critical perspectives on lawResearch-led teaching
Communal Networks
© Amanda Perry-Kessaris This image will appear as Figure 1: Key elements of a communal approach to law in Perry-Kessaris, A (forthcoming 2014) 'Discovering the econo-socio-legal through a communal lens' in D Schiff and R Nobel eds. Law, Society and Community: Socio-Legal Essays in Honour of Roger Cotterrell. Ashgate.Since the mid 1990’s, Roger has used… Continue reading Communal Networks
Thinking into | about practice
Law and Development: Thinking into | about practice is a web-based series of informal reflections on the thinking-practice nexus in the field of law and development on the Kent Law School Website.Contributors from academia and practice use text and/or images to consider:How does law and development thinking play out in law and development practice?How does… Continue reading Thinking into | about practice
Getting to London College of Communication
My interest in graphic design was first piqued in early 2012 by a short course entitled Visualising Complex Information at the London College of Communication (LCC) in which students:'work with a complex piece of text and other complex information or concepts (financial, statistical and scientific) and explore how complex ideas can be explained and simplified using simple… Continue reading Getting to London College of Communication
Documentaries
Capital JusticeChina Shaking the World Debtocracy The CorporationThe Cotton Wars
Working with a designer
Graphic designer Sarah Schrauwen worked with enthusiasm and responsiveness to create a visualisation of actors, interactions, regimes and rationalities for ‘Anemos-ity, apatheia, enthousiasmos: An economic sociology of law and wind farm development in Cyprus’-- my contribution to a workshop on Towards an Economic Sociology of Law.
Reading group
Diamond Ashiagbor and I began an Economic Sociology of Law reading group at SOAS in early 2011 which continues to run. It is an informal gathering of faculty and students from across disciplines and institutions who are interested in the idea of an economic sociology of law—that is, the use of sociological approaches (empirical, normative,… Continue reading Reading group
Origins of the Legal Treasure Project
Legal Treasure Tours are intended to enable those who research legal phenomena to explore some of the legal treasures--manuscripts, photographs, maps, audio-visual material, rare books, ephemera, works of art with a legal dimension--that are hidden or showcased in world leading collections; to see and touch unique materials, to place them in the historical and social contexts… Continue reading Origins of the Legal Treasure Project
Training in graphic design
Having enjoyed working with a graphic designer, I decided to explore what it would be like to be one. In 2013, I began a series of graphic design short courses. I am including here some examples of my work to give an insight to others who, like me, have no idea what to expect. Each… Continue reading Training in graphic design
Amanda Perry-Kessaris 