About Mavis Maclean
Born 1943. Mavis Maclean is a British writer, known for Sociology of law.
Mavis Maclean, (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).
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.
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Who is Mavis Maclean?
British academic specializing in family law
When was Mavis Maclean born?
Mavis Maclean was born on 31 December 1943.
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Mavis Maclean is a writer.
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Mavis Maclean is known for Sociology of law.
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Mavis Maclean is British.
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