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The SLSA Blog offers a platform for sharing insights, research and perspectives on socio-legal issues. By bringing together academics, practitioners and students, the blog fosters critical discussions on the intersection of law, society and justice. Whether you're exploring emerging trends or debating pressing legal challenges, the SLSA Blog is a space to engage, inform and inspire.
SUBMISSION GUIDANCE
We intend for the Blog to be a venue for academics and practitioners with an interest in socio-legal issues. We invite contributions to the Blog which meet the following criteria:
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addresses a topic related to socio-legal studies and of interest to SLSA members;
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accessible to a wide, international readership;
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maximum 1500 words;
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any sources referred to are hyperlinked in the text.
Please send proposed blog posts to blogeditors@slsa.ac.uk including your full name and affiliation. If you have queries about whether a particular topic would be of interest, please contact the blog editors at the same address.
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The Local Turn in International Climate Law: Cities, everywhere and nowhere
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social justice. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, legal systems at the national, regional, and international levels are being called upon to develop effective frameworks for mitigation, adaptation, accountability, and resilience. Given the pivotal role that law
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6 hours ago6 min read
Constitutionalism and the Climate Crisis: From Recognition to Realisation
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social justice. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, legal systems at the national, regional, and international levels are being called upon to develop effective frameworks for mitigation, adaptation, accountability, and resilience. Given the pivotal role that law
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Aug 314 min read
‘Playing With Fire’ - Green-Grabbing in China
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social justice. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, legal systems at the national, regional, and international levels are being called upon to develop effective frameworks for mitigation, adaptation, accountability, and resilience. Given the pivotal role that law
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Aug 245 min read
Nature speaks but can Courts and States listen? Indigenous approaches to Climate Change
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social justice. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, legal systems at the national, regional, and international levels are being called upon to develop effective frameworks for mitigation, adaptation, accountability, and resilience. Given the pivotal role that law
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Aug 175 min read
Right vs. Duty: What the Torres Strait and Bonaire Cases Reveal about Climate Adjudication
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social justice. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, legal systems at the national, regional, and international levels are being called upon to develop effective frameworks for mitigation, adaptation, accountability, and resilience. Given the pivotal role that law
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Aug 105 min read
Rethinking Climate Litigation in Pakistan
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social justice. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, legal systems at the national, regional, and international levels are being called upon to develop effective frameworks for mitigation, adaptation, accountability, and resilience. Given the pivotal role that law
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Aug 35 min read
Readily Achievable and Rarely Acknowledged: Disability Justice in an Era of Climate Calamity
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social justice. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, legal systems at the national, regional, and international levels are being called upon to develop effective frameworks for mitigation, adaptation, accountability, and resilience. Given the pivotal role that law
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Jul 274 min read
Punishing Water ‘Theft’ in the Climate Crisis
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social justice. As the impacts of climate change become increasingly evident, legal systems at the national, regional, and international levels are being called upon to develop effective frameworks for mitigation, adaptation, accountability, and resilience. Given the pivotal role that law
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Jul 206 min read
The Year in Climate Reparations Law: A Retrospective on a 2025 Workshop
Sahar Shah, Lecturer, University of Bristol Law School Keywords: climate justice; colonialism; climate finance; international economic law; International Court of Justice Image by Sang Hyun Cho from Pixabay “It’s just not productive getting into terms like [climate] ‘reparations’, you get lawyers involved,” said former Irish president and climate activist Mary Robinson in 2022. “But if we talk about justice, we can get somewhere”. Do lawyers have any business becoming involve
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May 117 min read
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The Northumbria University Law School is home to an expert Space Law Team researching on current legal issues and challenges in Earth’s...
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Sep 4, 20256 min read
Could Estonia's e-Residency Pave the Way for e-Residency in Space?
The Northumbria University Law School is home to an expert Space Law Team researching on current legal issues and challenges in Earth’s...
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Aug 28, 20256 min read
Can Maritime Law inform Space Law in addressing international commons?
The Northumbria University Law School is home to an expert Space Law Team researching on current legal issues and challenges in Earth’s...
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Aug 12, 20256 min read
Who’s Moon? Framing Lunar Activities from an Indigenous Cosmopolitics Perspective
The Northumbria University Law School is home to an expert Space Law Team researching on current legal issues and challenges in Earth’s...
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Aug 2, 20257 min read
Due Regard and Responsibility for Space Debris Mitigation: Hard Law Provision for Protecting the Space Environment?
The Northumbria University Law School is home to an expert Space Law Team researching on current legal issues and challenges in Earth’s...
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Jul 29, 20256 min read
Lunar Landowners: Questions Regarding the Ownership of Lunar Bases and the Land upon which they are Built
The Northumbria University Law School is home to an expert Space Law Team researching on current legal issues and challenges in Earth’s...
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Jul 14, 20259 min read
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