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University of Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

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Anna Aseeva, From Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social Liability

The ‘Economic’ and the ‘Legal’ in Corporate Liability and its Negation

David Campbell reviews Anna Aseeva's new book, From Corporate Social Responsibility to Corporate Social Liability: A Socio-Legal Study of Corporate Liability in Global Value Chains (Hart, 2021).

by David Campbell | 29 December 2021
van Oorschot, The Law Multiple

The Making of Truths in Dutch Criminal Court 

Marina Kurkchiyan reviews Irene van Oorschot's new book, The Law Multiple: Judgment and Knowledge in Practice (Cambridge University Press, 2021).

by Marina Kurkchiyan | 1 December 2021
Peter Goodrich, Advanced Introduction to Law and Literature

A Prophetic Foretaste of Law’s Past: A Review of Peter Goodrich, Advanced Introduction to Law and Literature

Gary Watt reviews Peter Goodrich's new book, Advanced Introduction to Law and Literature (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021).

by Gary Watt | 3 November 2021
Herbert M Kritzer's Advanced Introduction to Empirical Legal Research (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021)

Divergent Histories and Shifting Sands?

Linda Mulcahy reviews Herbert M. Kritzer's new book Advanced Introduction to Empirical Legal Research (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021).

by Linda Mulcahy | 29 September 2021
Robyn Bartel and Jennifer Carter (eds) Handbook on Place, Space and Law

Crisis, Hope, and the Journey towards Imagined Legal Futures

Jessica Smith reviews Robyn Bartel and Jennifer Carter (eds) Handbook on Space, Place and Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021).

by Jessica Smith | 1 September 2021
Brian Tamanaha Legal Pluralism Explained: History, Theory, Consequences (2021) (Oxford University Press)

Learning and Living Legal Pluralism

Jiří Přibáň reviews Brian Z. Tamanaha's new book Legal Pluralism Explained: History, Theory, Consequences (Oxford University Press, 2021).

by Jiří Přibáň | 4 August 2021
Sofia Stolk The Opening Statement of the Prosecution in International Criminal Trials

Contradictions and Uneasy Dualities

Victoria McCloud reviews Sofia Stolk's new book, The Opening Statement of the Prosecution in International Criminal Trials: A Solemn Tale of Horror (Routledge, 2021).

by Victoria McCloud | 7 July 2021
Cover image of Poulami Roychowdhury Capable Women Incapable States: Negotiating Violence and Rights in India

Making Women Powerful: What the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence in India can Teach us

Chelsea Wallis reviews Poulami Roychowdhury's new text, Capable Women, Incapable States: Negotiating Violence and Rights in India (Oxford University Press, 2021).

by Chelsea Wallis | 9 June 2021
Cover of Routledge Handbook

A Reimagined and Refreshing Mosaic of Law and Society Scholarship: the Routledge Handbook of Law and Society

Penelope Andrews reviews Mariana Valverde, Kamari M. Clarke, Eve Darian Smith and Prabha Kotiswaran's new text, The Routledge Handbook of Law and Society (Routledge, 2021).

by Penelope Andrews | 26 May 2021
Cover of Invisible Institutionalisms book

A Matter Off-Course

Shruti Iyer reviews Swethaa S Ballakrishnen and Sara Dezalay's next text, Invisible Institutionalisms: Collective Reflections on the Shadows of Legal Globalisation (Hart Publishing, 2021).

by Shruti Iyer | 26 May 2021