Call for Papers for a Special Issue of International Journal of Discrimination and the Law COVID-19: Lessons for and from Vulnerability Theory
The Journal of Discrimination and the Law is seeking submissions for a special issue of their journal.
Theme.
Covid-19: Lessons for and from Vulnerability Theory.
The organizers are inviting presentation proposals from interested parties on the theme.
Submission Deadline:
31 October 2020. Manuscripts will be considered as they are received.
Requirements.
Contributions are welcome which explore experiences of the pandemic within a single state, geographical region or through a comparative approach and which consider the impact of the pandemic on one area of law and/or policy (for example, family law, social security law, medical law, economic law, employment law, etc.) or across legal and policy frameworks more generally. Relevant questions for consideration include:
- How have the state’s historical conceptions of vulnerability impacted on its responses to the current pandemic?
- Has the focus on ‘particularized bodies’ limited state responses to Covid-19?
- What has the pandemic revealed about the current construction of social relationships and institutions and how might a vulnerability approach be used in response?
- What do state responses to Covid-19 tell us about the current construction of the human body in legal and policy frameworks?
- What does the pandemic tell us about the role of legal subjectivity in constructing the relationships and institutions that order society for everyone?
- What has the pandemic exposed regarding who bears the burdens for the social reproduction of society and its institutions and how might this be impacted in future?
- What might the crisis mean for reimagining the ‘responsive state’?
Eligibility:
The Call for Papers: International Journal of Discrimination is open for lawyers and other interested parties.
Submission Details:
Submissions should be between 8,000-10,000 words (including references) are welcome.
Submissions should comply with the guidance available here: https://journals.sagepub.com/authorinstructions/JDI#WritingYourPaper. Submissions will be subject to full peer review.
Submit your manuscript online by 31st October 2020 at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijdl.
Please feel free to contact the editors, Nicole Busby (Nicole.Busby@glasgow.ac.uk) or Grace James (c.g.james@reading.ac.uk) If you require more information.
For more information see details here.