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
2007
Daniel Fitzpatrick
Evolution and chaos in property rights systems: the Third World tragedy of contested access
(2006) Yale Law Journal 115(5): 996–1048
2006
Helen Carr
Someone to watch over me: making supported housing work
(2005) Social and Legal Studies 14(3): 387–408
2005
Jiří Přibáň
Reconstituting paradise lost: temporality, civility and ethnicity in post-communist constitution-making
(2004) Law and Society Review 38(3): 407–431