THE SLSA ARTICLE PRIZE
The SLSA Article Prize is awarded each year to an outstanding article published in a journal or as a book chapter. The £100 prize is funded by the SLSA membership.
Nominations open on 15 July 2026 and close on 6 October 2026.
NOMINATIONS
An article prize, open to all SLSA members, for the most outstanding piece of socio-legal scholarship published in the 12 months up to 30 September preceding the closing date for nominations. The winner is announced at the SLSA Annual Conference and receives £100. The closing date for nominations is the first Tuesday in October 2026.
All nominees and nominators must be current members in good standing of the Socio-Legal Studies Association
Nominations must be made via our online form. Note: if you need the rules or the form in an alternative, accessible format, please contact the SLSA Administrator.
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WINNERS
2015
Amanda Perry-Kessaris
The case for a visualised economic sociology of legal development
(2014) Current Legal Problems 67(1): 169–198
2014
Sarah Keenan
Property as governance: time, space and belonging in Australia’s Northern Territory intervention
(2014) Modern Law Review 76(3): 464–493
2014
Oishik Sircar
Spectacles of emancipation: reading rights differently in India’s legal discourse
(2012) Osgoode Hall Law Journal 49(2): 527–573