Date: 2023
Type: Article
Chilling and warming effects on the production of legal scholarship
Modern law review, 2023, OnlineFirst
MANLEY, Stewart, Chilling and warming effects on the production of legal scholarship, Modern law review, 2023, OnlineFirst
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/75371
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How do legal scholars decide what to write about? I hope that most of us try to write about what interests us or what benefits society. In this article though, I suggest that more insidious influences chill and warm our interest in research topics. I reflect on some sources of these chilling and warming effects in my own research environment – specifically, the implicit intimidation of power and the pressure to increase publications. I never imagined that I could simultaneously be such a coward and opportunist. I also look to insights from psychology, sociology and other fields to understand how these influences affect us and how we might manage them. I suggest though that we not be too hard on ourselves, especially if our choices are at their foundation compatible with our personal values and those of the greater scholarly enterprise.
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Published online: 20 February 2023; Published version of EUI LAW Working Paper.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/75371
Full-text via DOI: 10.1111/1468-2230.12794
ISSN: 0026-7961; 1468-2230
Publisher: Wiley
Initial version: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/74504
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