After obtaining a First Class honours degree in Law with Legal Studies in Europe from the University of Reading, and a Distinction for her master’s degree in International Law: Rights and Responsibilities from the University of Sussex, Amy Jackson was awarded a studentship by Reading’s Graduate Schools of Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences to commence her doctoral studies. Her thesis explores a legal pluralist approach (a socio-legal stance which explores law as a multifaceted social phenomenon) to one particular issue related to cultural and religious diversity in Britain: the practice of veiling. It includes an empirical study in order to consider whether Muslim women who live in Britain experience the wearing of garments, such as, a hijab (headscarf), or niqab (face veil) to have a normative (or legal) quality. This research will be ready for submission within the minimum registration period (by the end of September 2011).
