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
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…
Performing Law: Actors, Affects, Spaces
edited by Peter Goodrich, Anna Jayne Kimmel & Bernadette Meyler
The words 'all rise' announce the appearance of the judge in the thespian space of the courtroom and trigger the beginning of that play we call a trial. The symbolically staged enactment of conflict in the form…
Wages for Housework: India's Experiment with Unconditional Cash Transfers to Women
Prabha Kotiswaran
Now available open access from Oxford University Press, the print version and other e-versions of the book will be published in August 2026. The book cover features Mrinalini Godara beautifully adapted a badge from the Wages for…
Judging Drugs: Key Issues in Law and Society
edited by Simon Flacks and Kate Seear
Every day, judges determine vital questions about 'addiction', 'drugs', and the rights of those who use them. Despite the law's crucial role in handling drug 'problems', and in shaping drug practices, effects and outcomes, drug scholars have…
LGBTQ+ Youth Homelessness and Intersectionality: The Paradox of Progress
Carin Tunåker
This book examines why Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) young people continue to face homelessness and intersectional disadvantages, even as legal and social attitudes appear to improve. Drawing on seventeen years of ethnographic research and…
Queering African Law: Identity, Inclusion and Rights Protection for LGBTQ+ People Across Africa
edited by Adam D Dubin, Frida Lyonga and Rui Garrido
This book builds on the scholarship by contributing a critical analysis of the shortfalls of LGBTQ+ laws in Africa and the areas of progress and possible paths forward. It outlines the state of LGBTQ+ rights across Africa…
Low-wage Labour Migration Regimes in Asia: Lessons from Across the Governance Spectrum
Arwen Joyce
This book explores how low-wage labour migration policies in seven Asian economies affect millions of migrant workers. It identifies two contrasting regulatory approaches that bookend a governance spectrum, offering an original theoretical framework for understanding which policies heighten workers’ vulnerability…
Gender as a Cryptotype : Hidden Impacts of Gender on Judicial Decisions and Legislative Policies – call for contributions
Letizia Coppo, Anne-Christine Fornage and Dragica Vujadinović
Contributors are invited to submit abstracts for a new volume to be published in the Springer book series 'Gender Perspectives in Law' , edited by Dragica Vujadinovic and Ivana Krstic.
See the link to the series and…
Intersex: Enhancing Current Perspectives – call for contributions
Jelena Simić, Nikoletta Pikramenou and Kristian Ranđelović (eds)
Contributors are invited to submit abstracts for a new, experimental volume to be published in the Springer book series 'Gender Perspectives in Law' , edited by Dragica Vujadinovic and Ivana Krstic.
See the link to the series…
Double Lives: Stories of Bigamy in England and Wales, 1604–2024
Rebecca Probert
This book explores the fascinating backstories and unexpected sequels of bigamous marriages from the 17th century to the present day. A woman remarries after hearing that her husband has drowned, only for him to turn up alive…
JOURNALS AND REPORTS
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
AcSS Annual Review 2025, with 'Introduction' by Will Hutton and Rita Gardner
The Annual Review highlights the Academy's achievements, summarises the Academy’s work and activities in 2025 and sets out how these contributed to the 2024–2029 strategic objectives.
New Report: Exploring the Potential of Administrative Benefits Data to Evaluate the Impact of Legal Services
This report for the Legal Education Foundation by Policy in Practice by author and principal investigator Juliet-Nil Uraz explores what happens to people after they have received legal help.
See Executive Summary for details – where you can also download the full report.
See…
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…
Nuffield Foundation Annual Report 2025
The latest annual report sets out the Foundation's impact in responding to the significant social, economic and technological changes shaping the UK. The report also includes the contributions of the Foundation's three centres – the Ada Lovelace Institute, the Nuffield Family Justice Observatory and…
Amicus Curiae 7.3 now published, including a Special Section on 'Justice on Display: Law, Image and Popular Culture', edited by Paolo Vargiu
This issue was edited by Professor Pablo Cortés, University of Leicester, who is one of Amicus Curiae’s team of three Co-editors.
The issue opens with an article by Michael Murphy which is the second…
New Bar Council Report: Reviewing the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility
This new report from the Bar Council recommends the current minimum age of criminal responsibility threshold should change from age 10 to 14.
Article: 'A Critical Analysis of the Judicial Approach to Intersectional Natural Hair Discrimination in the UK' by Francesca Lee
Published in Industrial Law Journal, this article acknowledges hair discrimination as a form of intersectional discrimination, that is, ‘intersectional natural hair discrimination’, and critically examines the current judicial position, as exemplified in G v St Gregory’s Catholic Science College, through a detailed intersectional critique.
NILQ Reflections on Teaching: new contribution from Professor Anthony Bradney
In the fifth contribution to the series, in his article 'On teaching: some (very) personal reflections', Professor Anthony Bradney, Keele University, reflects on the structure and functioning of legal education, drawing on his 49 years of academic experience. He raises fundamental questions about financing…
feminists@law: Call for Papers on 'Feminism, Debt and Assets'
Submissions for a themed issue of feminists@law on 'Feminism, Debt and Assets'.
See announcement for details. Call closes: 30 November 2026.
Runnymede Trust: Homes, Not Harm – new report on the UK housing system
Homes, Not harm evidences the staggering housing crisis behind everyday life in London, and across the UK. Through in-depth interviews across the capital, the report details a two-tier housing system, where those with access to capital become home owners and gain security, versus those…
NILQ Reflections on Teaching: new contribution from the Connecting Legal Education CoP by Arwen Joyce, Verona Ní Drisceoil, Lydia Bleasdale and Michael Doherty
In the fourth article in the series, 'Teaching as a connected community practice: Connecting Legal Education and the value of learning from each other', Dr Arwen Joyce (University of Leicester), Dr Verona Ní Drisceoil (University of Sussex), Professor Lydia Bleasdale (University of Leeds) and…
BLOGS, NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
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:
AcSS eBulletin: July 2026
The latest eBulletin from the Academy of Social Sciences includes news, policy and research, an update on the Campaign for Social Science and more.
Lates from Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies this Summer
Borderlands section
Monstrous Meetings at Map’s Edge James Campbell (University of Oxford, Centre for Socio-Legal Studies) discusses the benefits of looking at the unknown while mapping (research) landscapes. Read the full article here.
Methodological Musings section
Madhuri Kamtam (University of East Anglia) explores how disclosing her Dalit identity shaped fieldwork interactions in her research on labour welfare in Telangana. Read the full article here.
Talking About Methods podcast
Professor Linda Mulcahy talks to Dr. Allison Lindner (University of College London) about trust in ethnographic research, drawing from her work with informal waste workers. Listen to the full episode here.
NILQ Blog: Gig Work Beyond Uber: Online Tutoring, Educational Inequality and Social Mobility by Zi Yang
Zi Yang's blog summarises his article in the Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly that sheds light on an under-regulated and under-studied sector at the intersection of the gig economy and the United Kingdom education system.
Latest from Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies: Private Law and Ideology in the 20th Century Poland
In this week's Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies, Krzysztof Lukaszek (University of Oxford, CSLS) reviews the edited collection, Ideology and Private Law: Polish Experiences in the Long 20th Century (Brill Nijhoff 2025). Read the full article here, which is published as part of the blog's A Good Read section.
Interdisciplinary Research Network: Courts on Trial (IN-COURT)
Founded in March 2023, IN-COURT offers a space for cooperation and exchange for researchers in the field of socio-legal studies. Researchers in the field of courtroom research study, among other things, the effects of law on society and its negotiation in court with an interdisciplinary approach. Conversely, the researchers are also interested in the effects of social norms and cultural perceptions on the law and the forms of its enforcement. See website for details of the blog, podcast and other activities.
Nuffield Foundation Monthly Newsletter: June 2026
Read the latest updates from the Nuffield Foundation:
Public Law Project: Monthly Update June 2026
Catch-up with the latest from the PLP, the charity that promotes access to justice, upholding the rule of law and ensuring fair systems.
Judicial Appointments Commission: Judging Your Future June 2026
The latest issue of Judging Your Future has details of the appointment of seven new Justices of Appeal all current legal vacancies in the judicial system.
Support Through Court: Summer Newsletter
Read the latest updates from Support Through Court, the charity that supports clients before, during and after court appearances.