TY - JOUR
T1 - Jurisdiction and scale
T2 - rent arrears, social housing, and human rights
AU - Hunter, Caroline Margaret
AU - Cowan, David
AU - Pawson, H.
PY - 2012/6
Y1 - 2012/6
N2 - This paper draws on the recent work of Mariana Valverde on jurisdiction and scale to frame a study of the interaction between mandatory possession proceedings brought by one particular type of social housing provider - housing associations - and national as well as human rights law. It was the explicit political choice to focus social housing provision on housing associations, as opposed to local authorities, which opened up the mandatory possession jurisdiction. The essence of the argument is that, despite the apparent incommensurability of these different scales and jurisdictions, they are able to accommodate each other quite happily. Two sets of texts are used to develop this argument. First, consideration is given to the legal technicality through which mandatory possession proceedings might be challenged. Second, we draw on data from a study of housing associations practices and policies on the use of one particular mandatory ground of possession for rent arrears, demonstrating the way in which scale and jurisdiction, political rationality and technologies intertwine.
AB - This paper draws on the recent work of Mariana Valverde on jurisdiction and scale to frame a study of the interaction between mandatory possession proceedings brought by one particular type of social housing provider - housing associations - and national as well as human rights law. It was the explicit political choice to focus social housing provision on housing associations, as opposed to local authorities, which opened up the mandatory possession jurisdiction. The essence of the argument is that, despite the apparent incommensurability of these different scales and jurisdictions, they are able to accommodate each other quite happily. Two sets of texts are used to develop this argument. First, consideration is given to the legal technicality through which mandatory possession proceedings might be challenged. Second, we draw on data from a study of housing associations practices and policies on the use of one particular mandatory ground of possession for rent arrears, demonstrating the way in which scale and jurisdiction, political rationality and technologies intertwine.
KW - jurisdiction;
KW - scale;
KW - legal technicality;
KW - possession;
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84860708773&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2012.00581.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2012.00581.x
M3 - Article
SN - 0263-323X
VL - 39
SP - 269
EP - 295
JO - Journal of Law and Society
JF - Journal of Law and Society
IS - 2
ER -