Stephen Humphreys and Yoriko Otomo

Yoriko Otomo is a Visiting Academic at <a href="http://www.soas.ac.uk/" target="_blank">SOAS</a>, where she also teaches international law. She also works as a legal consultant.<br>Stephen Humphreys i

Carnival in the Capital: how England's riots recall a history stretching back to Dionysius

To understand the riots that swept across English cities, remember the carnival: a temporary lapse in the normal social order when the law is suspended and the oppressed become free

By Stephen Humphreys and Yoriko Otomo

/ 18 Aug 2011