CLS Law & Society Podcast

S2 Ep3 - Surrogacy and the Law with Dr Zaina Mahmoud

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. More on Dr Sabrina Germain https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germain More on Dr Adrienne Yong https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yong More on Dr Zaina Mahmoud https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/people/zaina-mahmoud Audio engineer / editor was Maria Martinez-Ugartechea Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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

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.   More on Dr Sabrina Germain https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germain [https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germain]   More on Dr Adrienne Yong https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yong [https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yong]   More on Rights of Women https://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/ [https://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/]   Audio engineer / editor was Maria Martinez-Ugartechea Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org [http://www.joystock.org/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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

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.   More on Dr Sabrina Germain https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germain [https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/sabrina-germain]   More on Dr Adrienne Yong https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yong [https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/adrienne-yong]   More on Dr Beatriz Lopes-Buarque https://info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/lse100/people/beatriz-buarque [https://info.lse.ac.uk/current-students/lse100/people/beatriz-buarque]   Audio engineer / editor was Maria Martinez-Ugartechea Music by Joystock - www.joystock.org [http://www.joystock.org/] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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

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 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

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

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 ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.