“Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?”

About Rita Shackel

Rita Shackel is Associate Professor of Law at the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on the evaluation and reform of legal and justice processes, with a specific focus on access to justice for children, women and other marginalised and vulnerable groups.

Articles by Rita Shackel

This week’s front page editor

Francesc Badia i Dalmases is Editor and Director of democraciaAbierta.

European integration

Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.

No to TTIP

The secretive EU-US trade deal explained

Internally displaced women: social rupture and political voice

Lucy Fiske and Rita Shackel 8 February 2017

Displacement is social as well as geographical. Women’s welfare and survival depends significantly on their social relationships; displacement destroys this resource.