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University of Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

A Good Read

Global Pro Bono

What is Global Pro Bono About?

Pierre-Louis Sanchez reviews Scott L. Cummings, Fabio de Sa e Silva, and Louise G. Trubek's new collection, 'Global Pro Bono: Causes, Context, and Contestation' (Cambridge University Press, 2022).

by Pierre-Louis Sanchez | 23 November 2022
Book cover of Henry Redwood - The Archival Politics of International Courts

Reading the Archives of International Law

In this post for A Good Read, Trish Luker (UTS) reviews Henry Alexander Redwood's new book, The Archival Politics of International Courts (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

by Trish Luker | 26 October 2022
Perry-Kessaris Book Cover

“Designerly ways can help”

In this post, Dr Emma Rowden (Oxford Brookes University) reviews Amanda Perry-Kessaris' book, Doing Sociolegal Research in Design Mode (Routledge, 2022).

by Emma Rowden | 21 September 2022
Grisel Book Cover

Common Seas, Private Orders

In this post for A Good Read, Ciarán O’Kelly (Queen's University Belfast) reviews Florian Grisel's new book, The Limits of Private Governance: Norms and Rules in a Mediterranean Fishery (Hart, 2021).

by Ciarán O’Kelly | 24 August 2022
Jo Wilding The Legal Aid Market

Re-Thinking the Legal Aid Market in Immigration and Asylum Representation

In this post Nick Gill reviews Jo Wilding's new book, The Legal Aid Market: Challenges for Publicly Funded Immigration and Asylum Legal Representation (Policy Press, 2021).

by Nick Gill | 3 August 2022
Roach Anleu and Mack

Judging and Emotions: A Socio-Legal Empirical Masterclass

In this post Professor Leslie Moran reviews Sharyn Roach Anleu and Kathy Mack's new book, Judging and Emotion: A Socio-Legal Analysis (Routledge, 2021).

by Leslie J Moran | 20 July 2022
Campesi - Policing Mobility Regimes

The Many Tensions at the Heart of European Border Management

In this post Dr Anna Tsalapatanis reviews Giuseppe Campesi's new book Policing Mobility Regimes: Frontex and the Production of the European Borderscape (Routledge, 2021).

by Anna Tsalapatanis | 22 June 2022
Robins and Newman Justice in a Time of Austerity

Solitary, Poor, Nasty, Brutish, and Short

Ann Mumford reviews Jon Robins and Daniel Newman's new book Justice in a Time of Austerity: Stories From a System in Crisis (Bristol University Press, 2021)

by Ann Mumford | 25 May 2022
Watson and Douglas

Finding Justice through Indigenous Voices     

Carson Smith reviews Nicole Watson and Heather Douglas' new edited collection, Indigenous Legal Judgments: Bringing Indigenous Voices into Judicial Decision Making (Routledge, 2021).

by Carson Smith | 27 April 2022
Biber, Luker, and Vaughan - Law's Documents - Front Cover

Paratexts

Professor Peter Goodrich reviews the new edited collection by Katherine Biber, Trish Luker, and Priya Vaughan (eds) Law's Documents: Authority, Materiality, Aesthetics (Routledge, 2021).

by Peter Goodrich | 23 March 2022
Hillier and Dingwall - Criminal Justice and the Pursuit of Truth

To be Perfectly Honest …

In this post for A Good Read, Donald Nicolson reviews Tim Hillier and Gavin Dingwall's new book, Criminal Justice and the Pursuit of Truth (Bristol University Press, 2021).

by Donald Nicolson | 23 February 2022
Paul Passavant, Policing Protest

Black Lives, ‘Not a Big Deal’

Maria Aristodemou reviews Paul Passavant's new book, Policing Protest: The Post-Democratic State and the Figure of Black Insurrection (Duke University Press, 2021).

by Maria Aristodemou | 26 January 2022