New Meet the JLS Blog Author | Negar Mansouri In our latest post, Negar explores Canary Wharf’s transformation through the relationship between law, capitalism and space, from its historic docklands to today’s mixed use neighbourhood. Read here: journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/canary-...

📚 New on the JLS Blog In our latest Meet the Book Author post, Sorcha McCormack discusses her new book, Vulnerability and Sexual Assault Law, exploring vulnerability, autonomy and sexual assault law. Read more 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/vulnera...

Meet the Book Author blog Barbara Hughes-Moore discusses her new book 'The Criminal in Gothic Fiction and Contemporary Law: Literary and Legal Doubles, exploring how Gothic fiction can help us interrogate criminality, responsibility and identity in law. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-cri...

Can academic tax lawyers really be impartial when their expertise sits between the interests of the state and the market? Helle Dyrendahl Staven & Marte Mangset explore academic expertise, autonomy & neutrality in tax law in our latest JLS Authors blog journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/between...

Why does corporate accountability remain on the margins of transitional justice? In our latest JLS Blog, Line Jespersgaard Jakobsen explores why this blind spot persists and what Colombia can teach us about rethinking accountability and justice. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/why-is-...

Whose past counts when states consult Indigenous communities? Ronit Levine-Schnur, Renana Keydar and Noam Maeir explore whether consultation processes truly listen to Indigenous voices, and what happens when testimony is translated into policy. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/whose-p...

What does it mean to rethink public governance beyond the state and the market? 🤔 In our latest Meet the JLS Authors blog, discover how prefigurative legality offers a new perspective on governing through the commons. Read more: journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-thi...

New Meet the JLS Author blog 📢 Nicola Wake, Vanessa Bettinson and Thomas Crofts explore what the public already understand, and still misunderstand, about domestic abuse and self defence, and why these perceptions matter for law and justice. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/what-th...

A new Meet the Book Author blog post has been added to the JLS website. Sharon Thompson talks about her new book, The Road to Equal Partnership: Reforming the Financial Consequences of Divorce. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-roa...

In our latest Meet the Author blog post, Lisa Flower, Lunch University discusses her new book 'The Digital Courtroom: Participation, Attendance, Engagement and Consumption' Read here - journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-dig...

Explore Soundings, a project at the intersection of sound, art, embodiment, law and justice. Join a soundscape showcase, audience demonstration, panel reflections and Q&A at Manchester Metropolitan University on 14 July 2026. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/soundings-...

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In the latest Meet the JLS Author blog, David Horton discusses his new article, ‘What They Have, What They Do: Social Security and Regulatory Accountability’. Read the blog here: journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/what-th...

New on the JLS Meet the Authors blog series: Jo Wilding discusses her article, A geography of access to justice: mapping social welfare legal aid need and provision in England and Wales. Read more: journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/a-geogr...

A new post in the Meet the Book Editors Series. Lynette Chua and Jack Jin Gary Lee discuss Contagion, Technology, and Law at the Limits, published by Bloomsbury in 2024. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/meet-th...

A new post in the Meet the Book Author Series. Ngaire Naffine, Emerita Professor of Law at Adelaide University, reflects on her book Manning the Law: Why the Legal Person Remains a Man. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/meet-th...

New on the JLS website, a Meet the Book Author post with Jeff Handmaker of Erasmus University Rotterdam on his new book Legal Mobilization: Assessing the Potential and Limits of Law-based Civic Advocacy (Edward Elgar, 2026). journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/meet-th...

New in our Meet the Book Authors series on the JLS website: Alex Green and Jennifer Hendry discuss their new book, “Legal Pluralism: New Trajectories in Law”. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/legal-p...

Meet the latest JLS Author Blog, now published. “Islamophobia and the Social Production of Legal Knowledge” by Sofie Aaltonen. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/islamop...

@journallawsociety.bsky.social Special Issue: Dysfunctional Governance: Crisis, Scandal, Tragedy, Emergency now out with lots of interesting articles including - 'Polanyi on crisis: The United States, fascism and ecological break-down' 😁 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14676478...

Special Supplement S1: Dysfunctional Governance: Crisis, Scandal, Tragedy, Emergency: Journal of Law and Society: Vol 53, No S1

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We had a fantastic time at the SLSA Annual Conference in Brighton last week. It was great to meet so many of you at our stand, thanks to everyone who stopped by and had a chat!

Our latest Meet the Book Author blog is now live. Human Rights and Intellectual Property before the European Courts by Elena Izyumenko and Christophe Geiger. Read the blog here - journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/human-r...

Our latest Meet the Book Author blog is now live. Progressive Laws in Patriarchal Societies: Lessons from Pakistan, by Sara Malkani, Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan. Read the blog here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/progres...

New meet the JLS author blog post just published. 'If you don’t see it as legal, you won’t get legal help. That’s obvious — and that’s the problem.' by Nigel Balmer. Read the full blog here - journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/if-you-...

Meet the JLS authors - Tax Compliance is Low Among Small Businesses. We Now Know Why by Rita de la Feria and Tu Anh Tran. Read the full blog here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/tax-com...

Just published on the JLS blog: Reflections of an Academic Activist by Jane Kelsey, reflecting on the influence of scholarship, activism and the role of critical academics in society. Jane also featured in our Big Book Series in August 2025. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/categor...

New Meet the JLS Author blog just posted 🚨 Changing Interpretations: Freedom of Association in Germany and the United Kingdom by Felix Syrovatka. Read the blog here: journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/changin... #JournalofLawandSociety

New blog just posted 🚨 Meet the JLS author: Global Supply Chains and Corporate Accountability: An Empirical Perspective by Taskin Iqbal. Read here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/global-...

Our latest Meet the Book Author blog is now live. Rachel Horton from the University of Reading discusses her book, Discrimination, Equality and Health Care Rationing. Read it now on our website 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/discrim...

Happy new year from everyone at the JLS! 🎉 New Meet the JLS Author blog post on website: Animal Interests in the Public Interest? by Matias J Koivulehto and Tomi Lehtimäki. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/animal-...

New blog just posted 🚨 Meet the JLS authors: The Local Injustice of Bankruptcy: Geographical Variation in Access to Debt Relief within England by Dr Joseph Spooner and Professor Saul Schwartz. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-loc...