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Dr Bela Bonita Chatterjee

Lecturer in Law

Degree: LL.B (First Class)(Leicester); LL.M (Child Law and Policy, Brunel); Ph.D (Cyberlaw/Cyberpornography/Feminist Legal Theory/Queery Theory) Brunel

Associated research centres and groups: Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, Centre for Law and Society, Feminist Media Studies Research Group, Human Rights Forum

Personal website

Current Teaching

Dr Chatterjee currently teaches on Law of Torts 103r, Gender and the Law 350 and Intellectual Property 313. At Postgraduate level she teaches Law 5230 Introduction to Law for Cyber Security Specialists. She currently supervises one Ph.D student researching in the area of consumer law and e-commerce.

Research Interests

Dr Chatterjee's work concentrates on interrogating transdisciplinary aspects of cyberlaw from a feminist perspective, with particular emphasis on gender, sexuality and sexual expression/pornography. Her recent research has been on recent legal interpretations of consensual sadomasochism in the sphere of employment law and human rights. If you cannot locate any of her publications please contact her on b.chatterjee@lancaster.ac.uk

Potential Doctoral Proposals

Dr Chatterjee welcome expressions of interest from potential doctoral students in the following areas:

Socio-Legal studies, in particular:

Gender, Sexuality and Law

Film/Media and the Law

Publications, Keynote Speeches and Conference Papers

Publications

B. Chatterjee (2011) 'New but not improved: A Critical Examination of revisions to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 encryption provisions' (forthcoming) International Journal of Law and Information Technology

B. Chatterjee (2011) 'Pay v UK, the Probation Service and consensual BDSM sexual citizenship' (forthcoming/in press) Sexualities

B. Chatterjee (2010) Guest Editorial, 'Special Issue on Being, Becoming and Belonging: Multiculturalism, Diversity and Social Inclusion in Modern Canada' in 39 (1) Common Law World Review 1-6

B. Chatterjee, (2008) 'The Lady Vanishes: Gender, Law and the (Virtual) Body' in 29 Australian Feminist Law Journal Special Edition on Writing the Legal Body (eds. Sara Ramshaw, Elena Loizidou) 13-30

B. Chatterjee, (2007) 'Cybercities: Under Construction' in Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos (ed) Law and the City, Routledge-Cavendish/GlassHouse: Abingdon, pp. 255-269. ISBN: 978-0-415-42034-1. Location: Lancaster University Library

B.Chatterjee, (2007) Review of Elena Loizidou, Judith Butler: Ethics, Law and Politics, Abingdon/NY: Routledge-Cavendish/Glasshouse, Nomikoi Critical Legal Thinkers Series, 15 Feminist Legal Studies 355-359.

R. Attwood (2007) 'Taboos stymie a frank look at porn' Times Higher Education Supplement March 30th Issue 1,787 pp. 1, 8-9. Quoting Dr. Bela Chatterjee in a leading article on why pornography is a difficult but worthwhile subject to study in academia.

B. Chatterjee, (2006) 'Text and Terrain: Mapping Sexuality and Law' 17 (3) Law and Critique 297-323. ISSN: 0957-8536 (Print) 1572-8617 (Online). Location: Available online via link

B. Chatterjee, (2006) Review of L. W. Sumner, The Hateful and the Obscene: Studies in the Limits of Free Expression (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004) 19 (1) British Journal of Canadian Studies 119-120.

B.Chatterjee, (2005) 'Difference Space, Same Place? Feminist Perspectives on Contracts in Cyberspace' in Linda Mulcahy and Sally Wheeler (eds) Feminist Perspectives on Contract Law, Routledge-Cavendish/GlassHouse: London, pp.109-124. ISBN: 1-85941-742-6. Location: Lancaster University Library SN10 -F-

B.Chatterjee, (2005) 'Pixels, Pimps and Prostitutes: Human Rights and the Cyber Sex Trade' in Klang, M and Murray, A (eds) Human Rights in the Digital Age, Routledge-Cavendish/GlassHouse: London, pp 11-26. ISBN: 1-90438-531-1. Location: Lancaster University Library SC200 <H>. B. Chatterjee, (2005) Review of Cownie, F. Legal Academics: Culture and Identities Oxford: Hart 2003 25(1) Legal Studies 172-174.

B. Chatterjee, (2004) Review of Geist, M. 'Internet Law in Canada 3rd Ed.' 12 (1) International Journal of Law and Information Technology 153-156.

B. Chatterjee, (2002) 'Razorgirls and Cyberdykes: Tracing Cyberfeminism and thoughts on its use in a Legal Context' International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies, special edition on Queer Webs, (ed.) Johnathan Alexander. Vol. 7, (2-3) pp. 197-214. ISSN: 1566-1768. Location: Available online via link

B. Chatterjee, (2001) 'Last of the Rainmacs? - Thinking about pornography in Cyberspace' in David Wall, (ed.) Crime and the Internet, Routledge: London, pp. 74-99. ISBN: 0-415-24429-3. Location: Lancaster University Library KDQOWC7 -C-

B. Chatterjee, (2000)'Cyberpornography, Cyberidentities and Law'International Review of Law Computers and Technology 14 (1), pp. 89-93.

B. Chatterjee, (2000) '"You've Got Post"- Assessing the Posthuman' Proceedings of the 15th Annual BILETA Conference, Warwick University.

B. Chatterjee, (1999) "This is not Kate Moss" - An exploration into the viewing of Cyberpornography' CD ROM published proceedings of the 14th Annual BILETA Conference, York.

B. Chatterjee. (1999) 'Seriously Cyber - A report of the 14th Annual BILETA Conference' International Review of Law Computers and Technology 13 (3), pp. 415-6.

Keynote Speeches

B. Chatterjee, (2004) '"Off the Map":Gender, Sexuality, Cartography and Law'

AHRC Centre for Law, Gender and Sexuality Colloquium, 'Text and Terrain: Legal Studies in Gender and Sexuality', University of Kent, Canterbury

Invited Seminar Papers

B. Chatterjee, (2006) '(Gay) Pride and Prejudice: Sexuality and the law of Defamation' Instutite for Women's Studies, Lancaster University

B. Chatterjee, (2005) 'Law and the Cybercity', University of Westminster

B. Chatterjee, (2003) 'Back(s)lash: Politicising Cyberlaw', Lancaster University

B. Chatterjee, (2002) 'Obscene/Online - policing adult obscenity', Colloquium on Cybercrime, University of Leeds

B. Chatterjee, (2001) 'The League of Gentlemen: Thoughts on Feminism and Cyberlaw', Institute for Women's Studies, Lancaster University

B. Chatterjee & H. Quirk, (2001) 'Motivation'- Socio-Legal Studies Annual Postgraduate Conference, Birkbeck

B. Chatterjee, (2000) 'Excess Baggage? A response to Nina Wakeford's lecture Handbag.com and other sites of 'real' queerness on the Net' , Performing Virtualities Conference, Windsor

B. Chatterjee, (2000) 'Uneasy Tensions: Critical Race theory and Female Genital Mutilation',Colloquium on religion, spirituality, corporeal change and the legal order, Oxford Brookes University

Additional Conference Papers

B. Chatterjee (2011) 'RIPA Remixed: The Curious Morphology of Encryption Provisions' Faculty of Science and Technology, Lancaster University

B. Chatterjee (2011) 'More Makeovers than a 90s Boy Band: The ongoing transformation of RIPA encryption provisions' Lancaster University Law School Work in Progress Series, Lancaster University

B. Chatterjee (2011) 'Unlocking Contemporary UK Encryption Law and Policy' BILETA Conference, Manchester Metropolitain University.

B. Chatterjee (2010) 'Sadomasochism, Law, Technology', Paper for the Centre for Gender and Womens' Studies Research Day, Lancaster University.

B. Chatterjee (2010) 'Sadomasochism, Law, Space and Technology', Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Bristol UWE

B. Chatterjee (2008) 's. 6 Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (Extreme Pornography) : A discussion', Lancaster University Law School Work in Progress Series, Lancaster University

B. Chatterjee, (2004) 'Sisters in Crime: A comparative analysis of Anglo-Canadian obscenity law' Anglo-Canadian Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality and Law Conference, British Association of Canadian Studies, Legal Studies Group, Canada House, London

B. Chatterjee, (2002) 'In cyberspace nobody knows I'm a feminist', Gender, Sexuality and Law II Conference, Keele University

B. Chatterjee, (2000) 'Razorgirls and Cyberdykes - Tracing Cyberfeminism' Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Queen's University Belfast

B. Chatterjee, (1999) 'Future Flesh: Misshapen things to come' Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Loughborough University

B. Chatterjee, (1999) 'Tertium Non Datur - Missing Thirds and the Alchemy of Utopias' Critical Legal Conference, Birkbeck,

Invited Lectures and Conference Administration

Invited Lectures

B. Chatterjee, (2003) 'Feminism and pornography', Reading University

B. Chatterjee, (2001) 'The Porno Paradox: Lessons from the Field in Cyberpornography and E-Commerce' and 'Slugs and Snails and Bits and Bytes: Thinking Gender in Internet Law', University of Gothenburg

B. Chatterjee, (2001) 'Cyberidentities, Cyberpornography and Law - presentation on current Doctoral Research ', Institute for Cultural Research, Lancaster University

Conference Administration

(2009) Co-organiser, British Association for Canadian Studies Legal Studies Group annual conference, Oxford University (in association with BACS and BACS LSG executive committee).

(2005) Conference Convenor (with Dr. Ann-Maree Farrell) Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Postgraduate Conference, Lancaster University

(2004) Conference Convenor (with BACS/LSG) British Association for Canadian Studies, Legal Studies Group, Annual Conference, Anglo-Canadian perspectives on Gender, Sexuality and Law, Canada House

(2001) Stream Convenor, Cyberlaw Stream, Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, Bristol University

Esteem Indicators//Academic Review//Awards//Associations

Esteem Indicators:

• Registered Expert for the European Commission's eContentplus and SaferInternet Plus Programmes
• Former chair and webmistress of the British Association for Canadian Studies, Legal Studies Association (to 2009)
• Former member of the Council of the British Association of Canadian Studies 2003-6.
• Member of the management board of the Centre for Law and Society at Lancaster University

Academic Review:

Dr Chatterjee has peer-reviewed articles for the following journals: Journal of Cultural Theory/Discrimination and the Law/Law and Society/Modern Law Review/Information, Communication and Society/Environment and Planning D: Society and Space/European Journal of Information Technology

Awards:

University of Lancaster Sir Alistair Pilkington Teaching Prize 2006

Associations:

Lancaster Lawyer's Aware Project (Advisor)

Eprints Publications Repository and Bibliographic Database

Bela Bonita Chatterjee has 7 selected publication records listed on this webpage. Use links to access abstracts and full text where available. View all records to sort by date, type and title. For all ePrints records go to http://eprints.lancs.ac.uk

Other Interests and Hobbies

Army surplus. One can never have enough.

Associated Keywords: Critical legal studies, Cyberlaw, Cyberpornography, Cyberspace, E-learning, Feminist and critical race theory, Feminist cultural studies of science and technology, Gender, Gender constitution and performance, Human rights, Identity, Law, Law and society, Legal, Masculinities, Sexualities

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