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Social Sciences

Our collection covers social sciences disciplines including, but not restricted to anthropology, criminology, economics, education, management and business studies, media studies, politics, psychology, research methods and social policy.

Oral histories of the legal system

Our sound archive includes interviews with lawyers, barristers and other members of the legal profession in Britain.  

Crown Court Clerks Life Story Interviews is a collaborative doctoral research project with National Life Stories and the London School of Economics (LSE) Legal Biography Project.  PhD student Dr Dvora Liberman recorded the 21 interviews for the project Exploring the social world of Crown Court clerks from the 1970s onwards and created an archive of life stories of Crown Court clerks as the key part of her research. Contact the Listening and Viewing Service for further information.