Socio-legal news
Welcome to the news section of the SLSA website. This area is divided into the following categories:
- Research and funding
- Online resources
- Publications
- Vacancies
- Events
- Networks
- Courses
- Consultations and inquiries
- Other
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New for week ending 3 February 2012 . . .
Events
Deadly Embrace: War, distance and intimacy, London
Annual European Law Conference, London
Accessing Justice: Rights, responsibilities and effective strategies, London
Re-imagining Imprisonment in Europe: Common challenges, diverse policies and practice, Dublin: call for papers
Law, Environment and Development Centre: Annual public evening seminar series 2012, London
Centre of European Law Lunchtime Debate, London
On the Cusp: Emerging areas in transitional justice, Ulster
TJ @ the Coalface: Seminar series, Ulster
Publications
International Journal of Law and Management: first 2012 issue now published
Vacancies
Chair/reader/senior lecturer/lecturer/teaching fellow vacancies: up to nine posts at Birmingham Law School
Minority Rights Group Conflict Prevention Programme internship
Newton International Fellowhips: latest round
Globalisation and Legal Theory: collaborative doctoral programme in contemporary legal and political Theory
Cardiff Law School ESRC/AHRC PhD studentship
Senior minorities fellowships at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva
Networks
Law Development and the Arts Network
Research and funding
REF panel criteria and working methods
Online resources
LASSnet Conference 2010
Recordings are now available to view online of the LASSnet Conference held at Pune in December 2010. Full details of links and how to view the videos are available in the attached flyer.
International Investment Arbitration and Public Policy
This new open access, non-commercial website offers:
– access to a database of investment treaty cases
– an indication of the policy areas to which cases appear to relate
– the appointment records of individual arbitrators
– other information and commentary on the system.
British Library for Development Studies
Law and development regulation and policy literature newly online at BLDS Digital Library via creative commons.
The National Archive
The National archive crimes, courts and convicts collection is now available.
Statistics on recent public disorder published
Please see Justice website for details.
Publications
International Journal of Law and Management
The first issue of the 2012 volume of the International Journal of Law and Management has now been published. Please see table of contents for details.
Foundation for Law Justice and Society: latest newsletter
The latest FLJS newsletter has articles on: the Council of Europe; the Arab Spring; health and safety regulation; and the constitution index.
Autonomy and Heteronomy of the Judiciary in Europe, Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Volume 1, No 9, edited by Joxerramon Bengoetxea and Heike Jung. All papers are available on the Oñati website.
Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labour: Sex work and the law in India by Prabha Kotisaran
Published by Princeton University Press and Oxford University Press (2011), please follow link for details.
Regulating Corporate Human Rights Violations: Humanizing business by Surya Deva
Published by Routledge (2012), please see link for details.
Judicial Appointments Commission
Follow the link for the latest edition of the JAC newsletter, 'Judging your future'.
DCU Socio-Legal Studies Review: call for papers
Submissions are invited for the inaugural volume of the DCU Socio-Legal Studies Review. The closing date is 16 February 2012. Please visit website for full details of call.
International Journal of the Legal Profession: special issue in honour of William Twining
International Journal of the Legal Profession 18(1–2) 2011 is a special issue entitled 'Symposium in honour of William Twining: legal education – past, present and future' edited by Avrom Sherr and David Sugarman. Contributors include: H W Arthurs, Anthony Bradney, Ray Cocks, Fiona Cownie, Paul Maharg, Avrom Sherr, Hilary Sommerlad, David Sugarman and William Twining. Please follow the link for full details.
National Centre for Social Research
The 28th annual findings from the British Social Attitudes survey have been published. They provide fascinating insights into the public's view about the role of government, attitudes to poverty and lots more on life in contemporary Britain. For the first time, the findings are available free online.
National Centre for Research Methods: Ebulletin and MethodsNews
The National Centre for Research Methods sends an Ebulletin (monthly) and a MethodsNewsletter (three times per year). To register for the service, visit the website.
Canadian Journal of Law and Society
Canadian Journal of Law and Society 26(2), 2011, is now available at Project MUSE. The Canadian Journal of Law and Society is committed to publishing innovative research that speaks to theoretical and empirical questions in law and society scholarship. Project MUSE is a unique collaboration between libraries and publishers that provides full-text, affordable, and user-friendly online access to more than 300 high-quality humanities, arts, and social science journals from various scholarly publishers.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law
The latest issue of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law is now available online. Founded in 1985, the same year as the equality guarantee of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into force, the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law has been publishing ground-breaking, multi-disciplinary scholarship on the impact of law on women’s social, economic and legal status for 25 years.
New journal: Transnational Environmental Law – call for papers
Transnational Environmental Law is dedicated to the study of environmental law and governance beyond the state. It approaches legal and regulatory developments with an interest in the contribution of non-state actors and an awarenss of the multi-level governance context in which contemporary environmental law unfolds. Please see website for full details. Editors-in-chief: Thijs Etty, VU University Amsterdam, and Veerle Heyvaert, London School of Economics.
Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
Latest newwsletter includes information on ADR and constitution-making.
Runnymede Trust
Runnymede has launched two new films on race equality and two new papers on gangs. See Runnymede website for details.
The Translator: special issue on ‘Law in Translation’.
Please see call for papers for details. Call closes: 1 July 2012
New journal: Journal of Law and Courts: now open for submissions
Please see webpage for full details of this new publication and submission guidelines. To submit a paper follow link.
Irish Review of Community Economic Development Law and Policy – call for submissions
The editors are currently requesting articles on any topic pertaining community economic development law and policy, such transactional law, grass-roots lawyering, articles that integrate socio-legal rights with community development and/or social policy issues, or articles that create connections not created before among these areas. The articles will be peer-reviewed for possible inclusion. If you are interested in writing an article please email the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit the website for further information.
Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Greece: International Comparative Perspectives (2011), Leonidas K Cheliotis and Sappho Xenakis (eds), Peter Lang AG, 2011, 635pp
A comprehensive and authoritative single work on crime and punishment incontemporary Greece. Bringing together empirical and theoretical work, it covers trends in the quantity and nature of crime,attitudes towards crime and criminal justice, and criminal justice policies and practices. Primary chapters are followed by discussant pieces from specialists in jurisdictions elsewhere in Europe and North America. For further information and to order the book, please see website.
Journal of International Trade Law and Policy: call for submissions
The journal has recently transferred to an online submission system. Papers are invited on the broad theme of international trade. Please contact the publisher This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details.
Copyright and the Public Interest in China, Guan Tang Tang, Edward Elgar
Please see website for full details.
Gender, Law and Justice in a Global Market (2011), Ann Stewart, Cambridge
Please see flyer for details – including 20 per cent discount.
At the Edge of Law: Emergent and divergent models of the legal profession (2011) Andrew Francis, Ashgate
Please see flyer for full details.
Transitional Justice Institue
Follow the link for the latest September news bulletin.
Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
Autumn newsletter now published including information about events and policy briefing.
The Riots: new publication from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
What are the lessons from the JRF's work in communities? Please follow link for details.
New book: Resolving Disputes about Educational Provision, by Neville Harris and Sheila Riddell, Ashgate
Please see flyer for full details.
Law Text Culture special edition: call for proposals
Proposals are invited for the 2012 special edition of the journal to be published in December 2012. Please see call for full details. Call closes: 30 September 2011.
New from Policy Press: Foundations for Offender Management by Anne Robinson
Please follow link for full details. 20% discount available.
Law Commission, Eleventh Programme of Law Reform: just published
The Law Commission has published details of its Eleventh Programme of Law Reform listing 14 new projects for the next four years. Please see website for details.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law
Special issue on domestic details. See flyer for abstracts.
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
The Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, published four times per year by the Law School at Queen's University Belfast, is offering a discounted subscription to SLSA members (£55 per year reduced from £100). Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for details.
International Journal for the Semiotics of Law, special issue: call for papers
Papers are invited for this special issue on 'Visual semiotics and the spaces we inhabit'. Please see attachment for details of call. Call closes: 15 March 2012.
New book: Cultural Expertise and Litigation: Patterns, conflicts, narratives (2011) edited by Lydia Holden, Routledge
See flyer for full details and 20 per cent discount.
Families, Relationships and Societies: call for papers
Please see flyer for full details of this new journal from Policy Press. Issue one out March 2012.
International and Comparative Criminal Justice and Urban Governance (2011) by Adam Crawford (ed), Cambridge University Press
This volume of essays explores the implications and impact of criminal justice developments in an increasingly globalised world. It offers cutting-edge conceptual contributions from leading international commentators organised around the three themes of: international criminal justice institutions and practices; comparative penal policies; and international and comparative urban governance and crime control. Please see website for further details.
New book series: Law and the Postcolonial: Ethics. politics and economy
Proposals are invited for this new book series from Routledge. Series editors: Denise Ferreira da Silva, Queen Mary University off London; Mark Harris, La Trobe University; and Brenna Bhandar, University of Kent. Please see attachment for full details.
Reframing Democracy and Agency in India by Ajay Gudavarthy (2011) Anthem Press
Please see attachment for details.
Global Constitutionalism: call for papers
Cambridge University Press has announced the launch of a new journal, Global Constitutionalism, in January 2012. The call for papers is now open.
New book from Policy Press: Violent Fathering and the Risks to Children, by Lynne Harne
Full details on the website. A 20 per cent discount is currently available.
feminists@law: new online journal
The editors are delighted to announce the launch of feminists@law, a new peer-reviewed, online, open-access journal of feminist legal scholarship. Please see flyer for more details. You are warmly invited to visit the journal's website and to pass on this message and details to your networks.
Vacancies
Senior minorities fellowships at the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Applications are invited for the above positions (five in English, five in Arabic) for a five-week period starting in November. Full details on the website. Closing date: 20 February 2012. The positions are all based in Geneva.
Cardiff Law School ESRC/AHRC PhD Studentships
Cardiff Law School is offering three research council-funded PhD studentships (2*ESRC 1+3, 1 AHRC) and is particularly seeking applicants with interests in devolution, environment and culture. The scholarships offer full financial support (fees and stipend) on RCUK standard terms. The successful candidates will be engaged within the growing community of PhD students in Law at Cardiff. Please see attachment for details. Closing date: 1 March 2012.
Globalisation and legal theory: collaborative doctoral programme in contemporary legal and political theory
Applications are invited for this collaborative programmed involving four European univeristies: Antwerp, Glasgow, Kiel and Tilburg. Please see attachment for details. Closing date: 30 April 2012.
Chamber president of the War Pensions and Armed Forces Compensation Chamber of the First-tier Tribunal
Please follow link for details. closing date: 22 February 2012.
Newton International Fellowships: call for applications
Newton International Fellowships are funded by the British Academy and the Royal Society. The latest round is now open. Please visit website for details. Closing date: 16 April 2012.
Minority Rights Group Conflict Prevention Programme internship
Please see website for full details. Closing date: 6 February 2012.
Vacancies at Birmingham Law School
The posts available are up two chairs, up to six lecturing posts and one teaching fellow. Please see flyer for full details. Closing date: 22 February 2012.
ESRC studentship in socio-legal studies, York Law School
Applications are invited for this ESRC studentship in socio-legal studies for candidates interested in pursunig doctoral research in law. Please see flyer for details. Closing date: 17 February 2012.
Professor in law, Dublin
The School of Law and Government, Dublin City University, invites applications for the position of professor in law. The appointment will commence on 1 September 2012. Please visit website for details. Closing date: 24 February 2012.
Postgraduate research studentships, Queen's University Belfast
Applications are invited for full-time research studentships at Queen's University Belfast commencing in October 2012. Full details are available on the flyer. Closing date: 2 March 2012.
ESRC Grant Assessment Panel members: Socio-legal studies
The ESRC is inviting applications for membership of the Socio-Legal Studies Panel and four other panels. Closing date: 1 February 2012. Please follow link for details.
Eight doctoral student positions, University of Helsinki
The studentships are on the doctoral programme Law in a Changing World and will run from September 2012 to August 2016. Please see flyer for full details. Closing date: 15 February 2012.
Judicial Appointments Commission
Regional rribunal judge (social security and child support), Social Entitlement Chamber, First-tier Tribunal: one vacancy. Please see information pack for details. Closing date: 2 February 2012.
Bar Standards Board: external examiners and assessor
The Bar Standards Board is seeking volunteers to become involved in monitoring the Bar Professional Training Course. Some fees and expenses are available. Please see flyer for full details.
Three research fellows, CITSEE Project, Edinburgh
The CITSEE project (on the Europeanisation of citizenship in the successor states of the Former Yugoslavia) at the University of Edinburgh invites applications for the position of research fellow (three vacancies). Candidates with a (European) legal background and an interest/expertise in South Eastern Europe are particularly encouraged to apply. The positions are full time and are available from 1 September 2012 or soon thereafter for 12 months. Please see website for full details. Closing date: 7 February 2012.
Three White Rose/ESRC PhD studentship: Leeds, Sheffield, York
Three studentships are now available for the 'Beyond the Riots' studentship network. Please see flyer for details. The closing date for all three studentships has been extended to 17 February 2012.
Research studentships in socio-legal studies and commercial law
Applications are invited for two ESRC PhD studentships in socio-legal studies (closing date: 17 February 2012) and one AHRC PhD studentship in commercial law (closing date 2 March 2012). Please see flyer for full details.
Five vacancies at Sussex Law School
- Chair in Law
- Senior Lectureship
- Three Lecureships
Closing date: 3 February 2012. Please see website for details.
PhD studentships in socio-legal studies/criminology, University of Leeds
Please see flyer for full details. Closing date: 3 February 2012. Informal enquiries are welcome to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Networks
Law Development and the Arts Network
The Law, Development and the Arts Network (LDAN) is a forum for those who seek to challenge the boundaries of expertise and expert language, using the arts as an accessible vernacular to explore and communicate ideas, processes and projects in law and development. Members are drawn from academic, policy, non-governmental and artistic institutions. The academic coordinators are Deval Desai (SOAS), Patrick Hanafin (Birkbeck) and Amanda Perry-Kessaris (SOAS). For more information see the LDAN website
American Sociological Association
Call from American Sociological Association presidence Erik Olin Wright to improve sociology entries on Wikipedia. See link for details.
Social Policy Association survey on teaching social policy
This short internet survey explores experiences of teaching social policy and ideas for how the subject can be safeguarded during times of change in higher education. Gathering information about who teaches social policy and people's own experiences and attitudes is of critical import for the SPA and the wider UK social policy community. This short internet survey should take around 10 minutes to complete and will help the SPA plan its work and activities over the coming years. Anyone who is currently teaching on social policy courses in HEIs in the UK is requested to please take the time to complete this survey or forward it on to colleagues who are teaching social policy. This can include post-graduate students who are doing some teaching as well as colleagues in other departments who may also teach on social policy course(s). Click on the link to complete the survey. If you have any queries contact Ruth Patrick.
Care and Support: It's decision time – Joseph Rowntree Foundation blog on adult social care
A blog centred on debate and events surrounding the government's forthcoming White Paper (spring 2012) on adult social care.
British Sociological Association’s Sociology of Rights Study Group
The British Sociological Association’s Sociology of Rights Study Group is developing fast, and new members are very welcome. Membership is free and open to all; information on how to join (including our jiscmail email list) is available here. The group recently published ‘Sociology and human rights: new engagements’, a special issue of the International Journal of Human Rights 14(6), November 2010. This was co-edited by the group’s convenors: Michele Lamb (Roehampton University), Patricia Hynes (NSPCC), Damien Short (Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London) and Matthew Waites (University of Glasgow). The opening article is co-authored by the editors and provides an introduction to sociological research on human rights. The volume has also been published as a book by Taylor and Francis in 2011.
International Academic Network on Bioethics ( Réseau international universitaire de bioéthique)
The International Academic Network on Bioethics is headed by Professor Brigitte Feuillet Liger, Université de Rennes I, France. It is a network of law professors from many European jurisdictions, as well as from the USA, Japan, Brazil, Chile and some African countries. It works on the basis of a workshop every 18 months or so on a defined topic in the area of bioethics and invites relevant specialists to participate to supplement the legal analysis (notably doctors, psychoanalysts, sociologists). An edited collection is then produced on the topic. The working language of the network is French, but English versions of the collections will also be published by Bruylant publishers (Belgium) The network’s first theme on donor anonymity in assisted reproduction has been published in French and the English version will be published in September 2010. The second publication on adolescents and medical decision-making will be out by the end of the year (in French with an English version due shortly thereafter). More information is available from the website an English version of which is planned. Thérèse Callus
New JISCmail group: The Vulnerability Network
This is to announce the creation of a new JISCMAIL group: The Vulnerability Network. The aim of the network is to facilitate a space in which academics can interact on this theme – and to allow for a range of initiatives to be set up, including joint publications, events, funding bids etc. The list already has 30 members, and one call for contributions to an edited collection on vulnerability and migrant women. Please do join if you are interested. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. The Irish Association of Law Teachers is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Vist the website for details of how to join and information about the association's events and activities.
Howard League for Penal Reform
Early Career Network now live
Courses
Postgraduate courses in international studies at Dublin City University
The university has MA programmes in internationa relations, development and international security and conflict studies. Full-time and part-time opportunities are available. Please see flyer for details.
Three new LLMs at Newcastle Law School
Newcastle has launched three new LLMs for September 2011. The programmes are in: international business law; environmental regulation and sustainable regulation; and international legal studies. Please see flyer for full details.
MSc/LLM in criminology and criminal justice, UCD Institute of Criminology
Advanced studies in criminology and criminal justice can be pursued as either a Master of Science (MSc) or as specialist Masters of Laws (LLM) at UCD. Further information on application procedures and admission requirements is available from: tel: 353 - 1 - 716 8558, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or visit the website.
LLMs in international commercial law, corporate finance and financial regulation, University of Reading Law School
These three new LLM programmes are provided by the Law School in conjunction with the ICMA Centre of Henley Business Schoo. Please see attachment for details.
Consultations and inquiries
Legal Education and Training Review Update from Fiona Cownie
Please download the update from Fiona Cownie of the LETR's progress.
Academy of Social Sciences: policy monitor: January 2012
Please see attachment for the latest list of government consultations, reviews and inquiries currently open.
Other
Academic Council of the United Nations System: dissertation award programme
A call for applications has been issued for the above program. Canidates can be from any country and must be writing graduate-level dissertations on topics related to the UN system. Please visit website for details. Call closes: 27 February 2012.
Nobel Peace Prize for Frank Mugisha
There is a letter-writing campaign to nominate Frank Mugisha, Executive Director of Sexual Minorities Uganda and winner of the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights award, for the Nobel Peace Prize. Please see model letter. Contact Professor This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The closing date for nominations is 1 February 2012.