Halliday, Simon orcid.org/0000-0001-5107-6783, Finch, Naomi Lisle orcid.org/0000-0001-5753-1783, Tomlinson, Joe et al. (2 more authors) (2022) Undermining Loyalty to Legality?:An Empirical Analysis of Perceptions of 'Lockdown' Law and Guidance During COVID-19. Modern Law Review. pp. 1419-1439. ISSN 0026-7961
Abstract
This article substantially extends the existing constitutional and legal critiques of the use of soft law public health guidance in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing upon the findings of a national survey undertaken during the first wave of the pandemic in June 2020, it shows how the perceived legal status of lockdown rules made a significant difference as to whether the UK public complied with them and that this effect is a product of the legitimacy that law itself enjoys within UK society. Based on this analysis, it argues that the problems with the government’s approach to guidance, that have been subjected to criticism in constitutional and legal terms, may also be open to critique on the basis that they risk undermining the public’s loyalty to the law itself.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > The York Law School The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Social Policy and Social Work (York) The University of York > Research Groups (York) > Social Policy Research Unit (York) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (ESRC) ES/T502066/1 |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2022 10:30 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 18:29 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12755 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/1468-2230.12755 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187964 |
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