Dr Yvette Russell

Summary

feminist theory; queer theory; poststructuralist philosophy; critical legal studies; race and criminal justice; criminal law; sexual offences.

Biography

Yvette Russell holds an LLB and a BA in political theory from the University of Auckland where she was the recipient of a Senior Prize in Law.  She holds an LLM from New York University where she was a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar and a PEO International Peace Scholar.  She holds a PhD from Kent Law School, where she held a Kent Research Studentship for three years.  Prior to joining Bristol Law School in September 2014, she worked for three years as a government adviser in New Zealand on child and youth justice issues, was a teaching fellow at the University of Reading from 2011 to 2012 and was a lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast from 2012 to 2014.  She was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2006 and is a Co-ordinating Editor of the international law journal Feminist Legal Studies.

Following Yvette on twitter: @yvetterusse11

Teaching

Undergraduate:

Criminal Law

Crime, Justice and Society

Sex, Gender and Law (unit coordinator)

Law and Race (unit coordinator)

Postgraduate:

Social and Legal Theory

Gender, Sexuality and Law

Keywords

• feminist theory
• queer theory
• poststructuralist philosophy
• critical legal studies
• race and criminal justice
• criminal law
• sexual offences.

Memberships

Organisations

University of Bristol Law School

Staff role

• Academic Staff

Research group

• Criminology, Criminal Justice and Criminal Law
• Legal Theory, Jurisprudence, Philosophy and Sociology
• Gender and the Law

Selected publications

• Russell, Y, 2017, ‘Woman’s Voice/Law’s Logos: The Rape Trial and the Limits of Liberal Reform’. Australian Feminist Law Journal, vol 42., pp. 273-296
• Conaghan, JAF & Russell, Y, 2014, ‘Rape Myths, Law, and Feminist Research: “Myths About Myths”?’. Feminist Legal Studies, vol 22., pp. 25-48
• Anemtoaicei, O & Russell, Y, 2013, ‘Luce Irigaray: Back to the Beginning’. International Journal of Philosophical Studies , vol 21., pp. 773-786

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Recent publications

• Russell, Y, 2018, ‘Book review: LINDA MARTÍN ALCOFF, Rape and Resistance. Cambridge: Polity, 2018, pp. 269, ISBN: 978-0 745-69191-6, £17.99 (pbk)’. Social and Legal Studies.
• Fletcher, R, Ashiagbor, D, Barker, N, Cruz, K, El-Enany, N, Grabham, E, Keenan, S, Manji, A, McCandless, J, McGuinness, S, Ramshaw, S, Russell, Y, Samuels, H, Stewart, A & Thomas, D, 2017, ‘Wench Tactics? Openings in Conditions of Closure’. Feminist Legal Studies, vol 25., pp. 1-23
• Russell, Y, 2017, ‘On Harvey Weinstein the Sexual Predator, or Business as Usual’. Wildcat Dispatches
• Russell, Y, 2017, ‘In response: changes to US rules on campus sexual assault benefit nobody’. Times Higher Education
• Fletcher, R, McCandless, J, Russell, Y & Thomas, D, 2016, ‘Law's Vulnerability, and Vulnerability in Law’. Feminist Legal Studies, vol 24., pp. 243-247
• Fletcher, R, McCandless, J, Russell, Y & Thomas, D, 2016, ‘On Being Uncomfortable’. Feminist Legal Studies, vol 24., pp. 121-126
• Fletcher, R, McCandless, J, Russell, Y & Thomas, D, 2016, ‘Internationalism and Commitment at the Kitchen Table’. Feminist Legal Studies, vol 24., pp. 1-6

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