Dr Daniel Newman
Senior Lecturer in Law
- newmandc@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 4049
- 1.11, Law Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3AX
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I am a Senior Lecturer at Cardiff and have been at the School of Law and Politics since 2015. I have expertise on access to justice, legal aid and the legal profession, across criminal justice and social welfare law.
I have made many media appearances to comment on the justice system and other legal issues on both television and radio, including BBC and ITV. I have been quoted in a range of UK newspapers such as the Guardian, Times and Independent as well as specialist law and justice magazines and websites. I am happy to provide media commentary on access to justice matters, especially related to austerity and the impact of cuts.
Biography
Employment
January 2019-present – Senior Lecturer, Cardiff Law School.
August 2015-December 2018 – Lecturer, Cardiff Law School.
August 2013-July 2015 – Research Assistant, Cardiff University Sustainable Places Research Institute.
August 2011-July 2013 – Research Assistant, Cardiff Business School.
June 2011-August 2011 – Research Assistant, University of Bristol School of Law.
Education
2007-2011 PhD Socio-Legal Studies, University of Bristol.
2006-2007 MSc Socio-Legal Studies, University of Bristol.
2005-2006 MSc Social Research Methods, University of Bristol.
2004-2005 MSc Social and Cultural Theory, University of Bristol.
2001-2004 BSc (Hons) Sociology, University of Bristol.
Publications
2022
- Helm, R., Dehaghani, R. and Newman, D. 2022. Guilty plea decisions: moving beyond the autonomy myth. Modern Law Review 85(1), pp. 133-163. (10.1111/1468-2230.12676)
- Newman, D. and Dehaghani, R. 2022. Experiences of criminal justice: perspectives from Wales on a system in crisis. Bristol University Press.
2021
- Newman, D., Mant, J. and Gordon, F. 2021. Vulnerability, legal need and technology in England and Wales. International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 21(3), pp. 230-253. (10.1177/13582291211031375)
- Dehaghani, R. and Newman, D. 2021. The crisis in legally aided criminal defence in Wales: bringing Wales into discussions of England and Wales. Legal Studies 41(2), pp. 234-251. (10.1017/lst.2020.42)
- Robins, J. and Newman, D. 2021. Justice in a time of austerity: Stories from a system in crisis. Bristol: Bristol University Press.
- Gordon, F. and Newman, D. eds. 2021. Leading works in law and social justice. Abingdon and New York: Routledge.
- Nieuwenhuis, P., Newman, D. and Touboulic, A. 2021. Sustainable Consumption, Production and Supply Chain Management: Advancing Sustainable Economic Systems. Edward Elgar.
- Dehaghani, R. and Newman, D. 2021. Criminal legal aid and access to justice: an empirical account of a reduction in resilience. International Journal of the Legal Profession (10.1080/09695958.2020.1868474)
- Harris, N., Dehaghani, R. and Newman, D. 2021. Vulnerability, the future of the criminal defence profession, and the implications for teaching and learning. Law Teacher 55(1), pp. 57-67. (10.1080/03069400.2021.1872872)
2020
- Dehaghani, R. and Newman, D. 2020. Legal aid and criminal defence in Wales and England: evidence submitted to UK parliament: future of legal aid. Technical Report.
- Newman, D. 2020. Murder ballads and death in song. Australian Feminist Law Journal 46(1), pp. 17-38. (10.1080/13200968.2019.1810894)
2019
- Dehaghani, R. and Newman, D. 2019. Can – and should – lawyers be considered ‘appropriate’ appropriate adults?. Howard Journal of Crime and Justice 58(1), pp. 3-24. (10.1111/hojo.12288)
- Newman, D. and Welsh, L. 2019. The practices of modern criminal defence lawyers: alienation and its implications for access to justice. Common Law World Review 48(1-2), pp. 64-89. (10.1177/1473779519848348)
- Newman, D. and Dehaghani, R. 2019. Experiences of criminal justice in south Wales: evidence submitted to the Justice in Wales Commission. Technical Report.
2018
- Newman, D. 2018. Submission to the Justice Commission from Dr Daniel Newman. Commission on Justice in Wales. Available at: https://gov.wales/submission-justice-commission-dr-daniel-newman
- Thompson, S.et al. 2018. The sexual contract 30 years on: a conversation with Carole Pateman. Feminist Legal Studies 26(1), pp. 93-104. (10.1007/s10691-018-9368-1)
- Newman, D. 2018. Law and justice in popular music: murder ballads. European Journal of Current Legal Issues 24(1)
2017
- Newman, D. 2017. Murder ballads: Nick Cave and his approach to killing in song. Musicology Australia 39(2), pp. 96-115. (10.1080/08145857.2017.1393149)
- Dehaghani, R. and Newman, D. 2017. “We’re vulnerable too”: an (alternative) analysis of vulnerability within English criminal legal aid and police custody. Oñati Socio-Legal Series 7(6), pp. 1199-1228.
- Newman, D. 2017. Are lawyers neurotic?. International Journal of the Legal Profession 25(1), pp. 3-29. (10.1080/09695958.2017.1359612)
- Newman, D. 2017. Divided families and the immigration rules: A partial victory for British citizens with foreign spouses. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 39(3), pp. 357-360. (10.1080/09649069.2017.1344392)
- Newman, D. 2017. Automobiles and socio-economic sustainability – do we need a Mobility Bill of Rights?. Transfers, pp. 100-106. (10.3167/TRANS.2017.070207)
2016
- Newman, D. 2016. Attitudes to justice in a rural community. Legal Studies 36(4), pp. 591-612. (10.1111/lest.12127)
- Newman, D. C. 2016. Alienation and mobility. New Proposals : Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry 9(1), pp. 28-37.
- Newman, D. 2016. Are lawyers alienated workers?. European Journal of Current Legal Issues 22(3)
- Newman, D. 2016. The car and the commons. Review of Radical Political Economics 48(1), pp. 53-65. (10.1177/0486613415586983)
2015
- Davies, H. C.et al. 2015. The impact of electric automobility. In: Nieuwenhuis, P. A. H. F. and Wells, P. E. eds. The Global Automotive Industry. John Wiley, pp. 185-198., (10.1002/9781118802366.ch16)
2014
- Davies, H. C.et al. 2014. Aligning industrial, transport and environmental policies for EVs in the low carbon vehicle ecosystem: The example of the UK. Presented at: European Electric Vehicle Congress, Brussels, Belgium, 2 - 5 December 2014.
- Newman, D. 2014. South Park and social research: What cartoons can tell us about sustainable mobility. Journal of Popular Television 2(2), pp. 173-188. (10.1386/jptv.2.2.173_1)
- Newman, D.et al. 2014. Learning from electric cars as socio-technical mobility experiments: where next?. Transfers 4(2), pp. 23-41. (10.3167/TRANS.2014.040203)
- Newman, D., Wells, P. E. and Nieuwenhuis, P. A. H. F. 2014. Electric cars in the rural context: developments in Wales. The Journal of Sustainable Mobility 1(1), pp. 65-82. (10.9774/GLEAF.2350.2014.00007)
- Newman, D.et al. 2014. Urban, sub-urban or rural: where is the best place for electric vehicles?. International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management, 14(3/4), pp. 306-323. (10.1504/IJATM.2014.065295)
2013
- Newman, D. 2013. Cars and consumption. Capital and Class 37(3), pp. 454-473. (10.1177/0309816813505164)
- Newman, D. and Ugwudike, P. 2013. Defence lawyers and probation officers: offenders' allies or adversaries?. International Journal of the Legal Profession 20(2), pp. 183-207. (10.1080/09695958.2013.833094)
- Newman, D. 2013. Legal aid lawyers and the quest for justice. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
- Newman, D.et al. 2013. Urban, sub-urban or rural: where is the best place for electric vehicles?. Presented at: 21st International Colloquium of Gerpisa, Paris, France, 12-14 June 2013.
- Newman, D. 2013. More than money. In: Robins, J. ed. No Defence: Lawyers and Miscarriages of Justice., Vol. 6. The Justice Gap London: Wilmington, pp. 40-43.
2012
- Davies, H. C.et al. 2012. ENEVATE Project - electric vehicle market drivers and e-mobility voncepts. Presented at: EEVC, Brussels, Belgium, 19 - 22 November 2012.
- Newman, D. 2012. Still standing accused: addressing the gap between work and talk in firms of criminal defence lawyers. International Journal of the Legal Profession 19(1), pp. 3-27. (10.1080/09695958.2012.758039)
Teaching
I am currently co-leader of the undergraduate modules Global Problems and Legal Theory, and Crime, Law and Society, as well as the postgraduate module, Themes in Socio-Legal Studies.
My research focuses on access to justice. My projects have included looking at the impact of austerity on the advice sector, exploring how criminal legal aid cuts effect the lawyer-client relationship under criminal legal aid, the impact of LASPO on social welfare law and considering how rural areas are damaged by reduced spending on justice through the growth of advice deserts. I have published in a range of generalist and specialist journals such as Legal Studies, Modern Law Review and the International Journal of the Legal Profession. My research has been cited in the House of Commons and in the Commission on Justice in Wales.
In 2013, my first book was published by Hart, Legal Aid Lawyers and the Quest for Justice. 2021 has seen the release of further books, one published by Bristol University Press called Justice in a Time of Austerity (with Jon Robins), another published by Edward Elgar called Sustainable Consumption, Production and Supply Chain Management (with Paul Nieuwenhuis and Anne Touboulic). In 2021, Routledge has published my edited collection with Faith Gordon, titled Leading Works in Law and Social Justice. I am currently working on a book about criminal justice in Wales with Roxanna Dehaghani for Bristol University Press and editinga book called Leading Works on the Legal Profession for Routledge.
Supervision
I supervise 5 PhD students, looking at technology and the legal profession, criminal justice in England and Wales and Germany, child labour, access to justice in Wales, and sustainable transport in Ethiopia. I am happy to supervise postgraduate students working on access to justice, criminal justice or other socio-legal projects.
