Susy Menis

Reality check: Russell Brand, survivors of rape and the criminal justice system

The historically problematic relationship between the criminal Justice System and complainants of rape surfaced again with the recent allegations made on the comedian and TV presented Russel Brand.

Read my piece in History&Policy.

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How to write a positivist legal history

How to write a positivist legal history: lessons from Blackstone and J.F. Stephen. Histories. 1, 2021, 169-183. This paper is about shaping the law understood as a positivist enterprise. Positivist la

Adultery as a Defence

Adultery as a Defence: The Construction of a Legally Permissible Violence, England 1810. Histories. 3(2) 2023, 76-97. Mawgridge’s case in 1707 set a precedent where adultery was recognised as a justif

The Provocation Trigger of Adultery

Excuse for the husband killing his wife’s lover in the form of the partial defence of provocation was set following the Mawgridge’s case in 1707. This meant the husband could be found guilty of mansla