‘The rules are all over the place’: Mass Observation, time, and law in the COVID‐19 pandemic

• Published in: Journal of law and society Vol. 50; no. 3; pp. 369 - 391
• Main Authors: BEYNON‐JONES, SIÂN, GRABHAM, EMILY, HENDRIE, NADINE
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.09.2023
• Subjects: Activities of daily living; COVID-19; Criminal liability; Everyday life; Imposition; Law; Law making; Liability; Pandemics; Rule of law; Rules; Tactics; Time

Abstract This article analyses practices of pandemic time making that surrounded the imposition and communication of laws restricting daily life in parts of the United Kingdom in spring 2020. With colleagues, we commissioned a Mass Observation Project directive in summer 2020, asking contributors ab...