Luke Clements, "Clustered Injustice and The Level Green" (Legal Action Group, 2020)
In\xa0Clustered Injustice and The Level Green\xa0(Legal Action Group, 2020),\xa0Professor Luke Clements\xa0tackles the problem of the way in which\xa0"our legal system generates and exacerbates disadvantage." Examining the interconnectedness of\xa0disadvantage faced by many minorities - such as people who are homeless, Roma, Gypsies and Travelling people, disabled people, those within the criminal justice system, people who are chronically poor and more - he makes an argument that law segregates\xa0individuals' problems into isolated incidences, but rather than solving problems, this segregation\xa0exacerbates disadvantage. Injustice is clustered, it is interconnected and law, policy and bureaucracies'\xa0\xa0failure to recognise this keeps people in positions of relative disadvantage and limits their opportunities to flourish in their own conception of the good life.\xa0\nHowever, it is not all bad news. building on a wealth of professional experience and theoretical insight, Luke offers a roadmap for reform. He seeks to imagine a better system which would be better not just for those who face disadvantage, but for all members of the community.\xa0\nLuke\xa0is the\xa0Cerebra Professor of Law and Social Justice at the School of Law, Leeds University.\xa0He\xa0practised as a solicitor between 1981 and 2021 and in that capacity had conduct of a number of cases before the European Commission and Court of Human Rights. In 1996 he was the solicitor who took the first Roma case to reach the Strasbourg Court\xa0Buckley v. UK\xa0(1996)\nJane Richards\xa0is a doctoral student at the University of Hong Kong. You can find her on twitter where she follows all things related to human rights and Hong Kong politics @JaneRichardsHK\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law