Mavis Maclean | |
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| Born | 31 December 1943 |
| Known for | Socio-legal research |
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| Fields | Family law |
| Institutions | Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy (OXFLAP), University of Oxford |
| Website | Official website |
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Mavis Maclean, CBE , FRSA , FAcSS [1] (born 31 December 1943) is a British legal scholar. She has carried out socio-legal research at the University of Oxford since 1974, and in 2001 founded the Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy (OXFLAP). [2]
In 1993 she was elected President of the Research Committee for the Sociology of Law, International Sociological Association, in 2000 a Trustee of the Law and Society Association. Maclean is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and the ESRC Research College SHARe. [2] In 2011 she was the inaugural recipient of the Socio-Legal Studies Association's Prize for Contributions to the Socio-Legal Community. [3]
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