• Moral panic and the war on drugs 

      Lord, Phil (Elsevier, 2021)
      This Article analyzes the War on Drugs as a social phenomenon. It argues that such an analysis, which rejects the assumption that collective, institutionalized behavior is generally rational, can help us understand key ...
    • Popping the cap 

      Lord, Phil (LexisNexis, 2021)
      On a beautiful summer night, Pritie Patel called up her friends. They decided to go out in Montreal’s Old Port. Around 1 AM, as Patel and her friends were returning home, Patel walked across a stopped train. There were no ...
    • Religious legitimacy 

      Lord, Phil (Elsevier, 2021)
      This article seeks to demonstrate both the importance of expertise and scholarship in framing a religion’s claim of legitimacy in law, and how expertise can be harnessed by a religious group to gain this legitimacy. From ...
    • Tackling the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned and paths forward 

      Lord, Phil (Elsevier, 2022)
      This Research Note draws upon the paper I presented at the conference, published in the Manitoba Law Journal, to consider the persisting issues governments face as they continue to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. It ...
    • Work, family and identity 

      Lord, Phil (Elsevier, 2021)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the existing transition to remote work and, more broadly, flexible forms of work. Much energy and attention have been dedicated to analysing this transition, and how governments and ...