Countries (or sub-divisions) which appear in titles of pieces in the IJDL (Vol 1(1) - Vol 25(3)) - Fig 3 in journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... - and more countries are set for the next few issues and onwards
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Figure 1. IJDL sole authorship and co-authorship over three periods. Sole-authored publications have fallen from nearly nine-out-of-ten in the first 33 issues to a little over two-thirds in the most recent 34 issues. Co-authorship almost tripled between the first 33 issues and the second 33 before falling back a little in the third tranche as multiple authorship increased (with papers authored by three people almost doubling while papers authored by a greater number, while still marking up a small proportion, increased nearly 10-fold from just over 0.6% to around 6%).
Figure 5. Frequency of characteristics appearing in the abstracts of the IJDL 1995-2025. From this it can be inferred that there is a wide coverage but disability, sex and race are the most covered topics over the years, with disability sustaining a marked increase from 1995 to 2005 in the following two decades. While race looks to have fallen back each decade, if the ethnic and national origins phrasings are included the decline is less marked. A greater focus on religion and belief, as protection evolved, and in abstracts mentioning pregnant women/pregnancy is also marked.
2/2 Inspired in part by @jenhendry.bsky.social, @n-creutzfeldt.bsky.social and @cmboulanger.bsky.social’s more detailed piece on the Journal of Law & Society’s 50th, the snapshots look at contributors and content such as the below
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Anna Capellà Ricart, ‘The role of European equality bodies to address algorithmic discrimination’ (2024) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Alysia Blackham, ‘Does removing default retirement ages benefit individuals? A comparative empirical case study of the university sector’ (2021) journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Hannah Saunders, ‘Difficult distinctions in anti-discrimination law: Disfigurement, appearance and disability’ (2020) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Maria Vittoria Onufrio, ‘Intersectional discrimination in the European legal systems: Toward a common solution?’ (2014) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Annapurna Waughray, ‘Ensuring protection against caste discrimination in Britain: Should the Equality Act 2010 be extended (2016)
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Joseph Erba, ‘Effective or symbolic? Testing the constitutionality of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act’ (2014) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Colm O’Cinneide, ‘The Uncertain Foundations of Contemporary Anti-Discrimination Law’ (2011)
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Obonye Jonas, ‘The quest for homosexual freedom in Africa: A survey of selected continental practices and experiences’(2012) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Christopher McCrudden, ‘Procurement and the Public Sector Equality Duty: Lessons for the Implementation of the Equality Act 2010 from Northern Ireland?’ (2011)
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Michael Bennett, Sharon Roberts, Howard Davis, ‘The Way Forward — Positive Discrimination or Positive Action?’ (2005)
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Anne Smith, ‘Constitutionalising Equality: The South African Experience’ (2008) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#IJDL30 Helen Meenan, ‘Age Discrimination: Law-Making Possibilities Explored’ (2000)
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Erica Howard, ‘The EU Race Directive: Its Symbolic Value — Its Only Value?’ (2004) journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Leo Flynn, ‘Legal Regulation of Sexual Harassment in Ireland: a Critical Evaluation’ (1995) journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
Margaret Thornton, ‘Domesticating Disability Discrimination’ (1997) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
