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A proposal to incorporate the concept of structural injustice in the standard toolbox of the legal reformer. Structural Injustice and the Law presents theoretical approaches and case studies demonstrating how the concept of structural injustice can aid legal analysis, and how legal reform can reduce, or even eliminate, some forms of structural injustice. The interdisciplinary topics discussed here in the book include domination, equality, human rights law, legal status, labor law, criminal justice, domestic homicide reviews, homelessness, regulatory public bodies, and the films of Ken Loach. Drawn together, these subjects build an invaluable resource for legal theorists exploring how to use the concept of structural injustice and political philosophers looking for nuanced accounts of the law's role both in creating and mitigating structural injustice.

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Virginia Mantouvalou is Professor of Human Rights and Labour Law and Co-Director of the Institute for Human Rights at UCL. She is the author most recently of Structural Injustice and Workers’ Rights (OUP, 2023). Her research has appeared in leading journals and has been cited in judicial decisions, including by the European Court of Human Rights and the Constitutional Court of South Africa. Her awards include a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship and a UCL Provost Award for Public Engagement. She has worked as Specialist Advisor to the UK Joint Committee of Human Rights and a consultant of the Council of Europe and the International Labour Organisation. She is also Chair of the NGO Kalayaan, working on the rights of migrant domestic workers. Jonathan Wolff is Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford and Governing Body Fellow, Wolfson College Oxford.

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