

PUBLICATIONS
In this section we feature the latest socio-legal publications, including books, journals and reports, blogs, newsletters and other online resources.
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SOCIO-LEGAL BOOKS
Blackstone's Guide to the Anti-Terrorism Legislation
Alan Greene and Clive Walker
This fourth edition of the Blackstone's Guide to the Anti-Terrorism Legislation provides expert explanations and assessments of the UK anti-terrorism legislation. It offers comprehensive and critical guidance on interpretation, impact in practice, and justifiability. Analysis is provided…

Digital Intermediaries in Domestic and Care Work – 20% discount available
edited by Lorena Poblete and Eva Kocher
This edited collection unravels the multiple ways in which digital intermediaries have transformed the domestic and care work sector – and what this development entails for the regulation of digital labour platforms. It looks at business models…

Neurodivergence and Criminal Justice: International Perspectives
Tom Smith, Roxanna Dehaghani, Emma Smith and Leigh Anne McKingsley
This book offers an original perspective on neurodivergence in the context of criminal justice. Neurodivergence collectively describes a range of neuro-developmental differences, and which primarily affect cognitive processes such as social communication, learning and memory, and sensory…

Autism, Criminal Defence and Access to Justice
Roxanna Dehaghani and Tom Smith
Interest in neurodivergence, particularly autism, and its impact on suspects and defendants in the criminal process has grown significantly in recent years, domestically and globally. A significant gap nevertheless remains in relation to (socio)-legal perspectives on the…

Greyscale Legality: The Diverse Landscape of Intellectual Property Law Enforcement in China
Qiaoling He
25% discount code SLSAUP valid until 30 April 2027.
Poor enforcement of international intellectual property law in non-Western countries is typically blamed on national-level institutional, political, and cultural contexts. However, there are other factors at play, producing…

The Borders of Responsibility: Migration Control in the Mediterranean Sea
Kiri Olivia Santer
25% discount code SLSAUP valid until 30 April 2027.
While migrants face many dangers in attempting to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea – from drowning to dying of dehydration—they also confront an elaborate legal system…

Lawyer Nation: The Past, Present, and Future of the American Legal Profession
Ray Brescia
25% discount code SLSAUP valid until 30 April 2027.
The author explores the critical role that American lawyers have played since the nation's founding and what the future holds for the profession. The American legal profession faces…

Rethinking Homicide: The Constitutional Case for Reform
Colton Fehr
25% discount code SLSAUP valid until 30 April 2027.
Critics describe homicide law in Canada as outdated and unprincipled in application. While early jurisprudence compelled limited reform, constitutional challenges subsided near the turn of the twentieth century,…

Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 13, Part 2: Doctrinal Problems for Modern Property Law – 20% discount available
edited by Martin Dixon and Emma Lees
This collection is based on papers presented at the well-established Modern Studies in Property Law biennial conference. It contains cutting-edge research relating to property law broadly conceived, covering land law, equity and trusts, and the interaction between…

The Deaf Legal Dilemma: Challenging Equality Law – 20% discount available
Rob Wilks
Equality law is audist. Deaf communities around the world continue to encounter Deaf Legal Exclusion through legal frameworks that define them narrowly and restrict their rights. The Deaf Legal Dilemma: Challenging Equality Law examines why these frameworks…

The Road to Equal Partnership: Reforming the Financial Consequences of Divorce
Sharon Thompson
The law on the financial consequences of divorce needs to be reformed. This accessible yet authoritative text moves beyond the complexity of current case law to propose concrete legislative solutions centred on equal partnership principles. With the…
JOURNALS AND REPORTS
Journal of Personal Injury Law : call for contributions
The Journal of Personal Injury Law (JPIL), published quarterly by Sweet & Maxwell, is now a refereed law journal. In addition, the journal has a new editorial team, consisting of Prof. Rachael Mulheron KC (Hon) FBA (General Editor), Brett Dixon and John McQuater (who continue…
Three New Reports from the Nuffield Foundation
The Nuffield Foundation has published three new reports on aspects of the legal system:
New Report from the Nuffield Foundation: People’s Experiences and Views of the Justice System by Anna Tsalapatanis, Karen Nokes et al
This report by Anna Tsalapatanis, Janice Tripney, Dr Mark Newman, Carol Vigurs and Karen Nokes, looks at public users’ experiences and views of the justice system, as well as interventions to improve these experiences.
Article: 'Performative Diversity in UK Legal Academia: Illusions, Smokescreens and the Power Gap' by Vieviene Antifon
This open access article was published earlier this year in Educational Review and examines how diversity and inclusion initiatives in UK legal academia can become performative where they do not redistribute power, protect marginalised staff, or address institutional practices that undermine equality. It develops…
Pressure Points: Mapping Women’s Wellbeing in Law – New Report from Next 100 Years
The report, with a foreword by Mark Evans, President of the Law Society of England and Wales, is based on a survey of over 530 women working across law firms, chambers, and in-house legal teams in England and Wales. The findings are clear, consistent,…
Sentencing Council: Annual Report and Consultation on Future Strategic Objectives
The Sentencing Council has published its Annual Report for 2025/2026, and a public consultation on its Strategic Objectives for the next three years.
The consultation closes on 30 October 2026.
NLQ Reflections on Writing: New Contribution from Peter Goodrich
NILQ: Call for Articles and Commentaries & Notes for the First Two Volumes Published with CUP
In the journal’s 90th anniversary year, the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly will be
published by Cambridge University Press. From January 2027, all content will be gathered in the same place for the first time and freely available. Editorial control remains in Belfast. The Editorial…
BLOGS, NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
Latest Newsletter from the Public Law Project
Details of all upcoming PLP events are available in the August newsletter.
New on the SAFI Blog: The Stolen Horizon: Afghanistan’s Crisis of Educational Recognition
Five years have passed since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan. This blog, by Jawed Nazari, New York University, examines the deep multi-sectoral toll of this educational disruption and explores the urgent challenge of alternative learning.
New on the JLS Blog: meet the authors: Imogen Jones, University of Leeds, and Louise Austin, University of Leicester
There are two new 'Meet the author' blogs on the Journal of Law and Society:
JAC Newsletter: Judging Your Future July 2026
The Judicial Appointments Commission’s monthly newsletter has been published:
PLP Response to Government's New Asylum Bill
The Public Law Project's response to the Government's new Asylum Bill is that it is 'Unfair, unworkable and unsafe'.
Nuffield Foundation Newsletter: July 2026
The monthly roundup of Nuffield Foundation news and projects:
NCRM Methods News: July 2026
Read the latest monthly news from the National Centre for Research Methods at the University of Southampton, including events, publications and courses.
UKRI: New Five-Year Year Strategy: Videos by Professor Charlotte Deane and Professor Sir Ian Chapman
The five-year strategy sets out how UKRI will deliver its mission to advance knowledge, improve lives and drive growth. It demonstrates how UKRI will deliver the Government's record investment in research and innovation, providing a clear framework for supporting world-leading discovery and curiosity-driven research, strengthening national capability and driving long-term economic growth.
View the videos by Professor Charlotte Deane and Professor Sir Ian Chapman:
New on the JLS Blog this Summer
Meet the Book Author
Statehood as Political Community: International Law and the Emergence of New States by Alex Green, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Meet the JLS Author
What the Public Already Understand — and Still Misunderstand — About Domestic Abuse and Self-Defence by Vanessa Bettinson, Nicola Wake and Thomas Crofts
The Third Way? Prefigurative Legality for Reimaging Public Governance by Margherita Pieraccini
British Academy International Newsletter: July 2026
This issue features the latest updates from the Global (Dis)Order programme:
JRF: Monthly News, July 2026
Read the latest news, publications and jobs from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation:

