Related Links - People & Institutions
These are a set of links to people that have been important to me and institutions that relate to my work.
People
- Abel, Richard
- Becker, Howard
- Flood, John - my bog, Random Academic Thoughts (RATs)
- Harrell-Bond, Barbara
- Heinz, Jack
- John T Floyd Law Firm The John T Floyd Law Firm advises and defends individuals and businesses who are under criminal investigation or have been accused of serious crimes before State & Federal Courts in Houston, TX.
- Mockett Media Web Design & Photography Designed this website for me
- Twining, William
- Zemans, Frederick
Legal Profession - Resources
- Collaborative Research Center 597 "Transformations of the State" (Bremen)
- Documentation Centre for the Law of the Legal Profession in Europe (University of Cologne)
- Harvard Law School Program on the Legal Profession
- International Journal of the Legal Profession (UK-based journal)
- Journal of the Legal Profession (US-based journal)
- Lawyer jokes
- LawyerLocator Find lawyers
- Legal Week - weekly journal on lawyers
- The Law Firms Working Group
- The Lawyer - weekly journal for lawyers
Research Methods
- Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) - a helpful page to assist in putting together good research grant applications
- Forum: Qualitative Research - an online qualitative research journal
- Internet for Social Research Methods - an interactive tutorial written by Louise Corti, Department of Sociology and Data Archive, University of Essex
- Max Weber wrote about methodology and his ideas remain relevant. This page gives a good summary.
- New York Public Library - an easy website to navigate, set up to help researchers
- NoodleLinks - a database of academic bibliographies
- QualPage - a resource for qualitative researchers with links to many other websites
- Research Methods in the Social and Natural Sciences - an interactive website that takes one through a series of methods using a laboratory
- Social Research Update - comes out of Surrey University and has many items on research methods
- The Qualitative Report - an online journal dedicated to qualitative research and critical inquiry
- What is a Survey? - an online pamphlet that leads one through the steps involved in conducting a survey
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- Transformation of Access to Law and Justice in UK on
15th December 2009
A new paper for a conference in Portugal on access to justice in the UK on legal aid's 60th birthday. Available under the "In Progress" button on the left. Or at SSRN.com - New Review of Gillian Tett's on
15th December 2009
I have put a new paper, Betting the System, reviewing Tett's 2009 book on the financial crisis. You can find it in "In Progress" on the left. - My Standup Gig Video on
20th April 2009
You can see a video of my standup gig at the George in Fleet Street here on Youtube. I battle the demons--aliens speaking to me from space, denying me the right to criticize Hawking, Hamas, and black holes!