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Events

Research Events and Collaborations

Forthcoming Events

The Centre of Law and Society presents: Law, Economy and Society

Previous Events

The Journal of Law and Society 50th anniversary series of events:

Theory in Socio-Legal Studies: revisiting the Cotterrell-Nelken debate

The Journal of Law and Society 50th anniversary series of events: Socio-Legal Construction of Law

Václav Havel European Dialogues: Peace and Democracy in Crisis

The CLS Visitor Fellowship Call 2023/24

The CLS Fellow Seminar Series:

Representation of the Future Generation in the Neoliberal Debt State

The Centre of Law and Society Annual Conference: Dialogues in Legal Consciousness Studies

The Centre of Law and Society presents the 2022-23 Book Series

Articulating Security: The United Nations and its Infra-Law (CUP, 2022) Speaker: Dr Isobel Roele, Queen Mary University of London

The Centre of Law and Society presents the 2022-23 Book Series

Biosecurity, Economic Collapse, the State to Come (Taylor Francis). Speaker: Dr Christos Boukalas, Northumbria University

The Centre of Law and Society presents the 2022-23 Book Series

Legal Fictions in International Law (Edward Elgar 2021). Speaker: Dr Reece Lewis, Cardiff University

The CLS “Law and”… Series presents:

Negotiating the 1998 Belfast/Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland

The CLS “Law and”… Interdisciplinary series presents: Rosie Harding

Exploring the Polyphonic Legality of Everyday Decisions in Mental Capacity Law

The CLS “Law and”… Interdisciplinary series presents: Atina Krajewska

Dialectics of abortion law: what can the sociology of health law tell us about the development of reproductive rights and justice?

CLS Annual Lecture: Roger Cotterrell

A socio-legal quest: From jurisprudence to sociology of law and back again. Click here to watch the recorded lecture.

The CLS Book Series – Daniel Newman

Justice in a Time of Austerity

The CLS Book Series – Rachel Cahill O’Callaghan

Values in the Supreme Court

The CLS Book Series – Ambreena Manji

The Struggle for Land and Justice in Kenya

The CLS “Law and”… Mini-series presents: Pavlina Hubková

Socio-Legal Study or Socio-Legal Studies?

The CLS “Law and”… Mini-series presents: Sharyn Roach Anleu

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We promote a wide range of activities and research programmes supporting the exchange and development of ideas, through conferences, symposia, seminars, research methods seminars, reading groups and working paper electronic publications, between academics, practitioners and others.

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Since its inception, the Centre has steadily developed collaborative relationships with the most advanced and internationally established research centres and academic institutions. The Centre provides an environment that enables visiting scholars and fellows to meet and discuss their views and ideas, present research projects and outcomes, and deliver lectures and seminars. Our board members welcome expressions of interest for our prestigious fellowship programme.

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