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
Deepfakes and the Law: Challenges, Responses, and Critique
edited by Thomas D C Bennett and Rebecca Moosavian
Published by Routledge, this collection offers the first sustained, multidisciplinary legal analysis of deepfakes and their far‑reaching consequences. Deepfake technology has moved with disorienting speed from fringe curiosity to a global social, political, and legal problem. Once…
Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration Law: 30% discount
Natalie Sedacca
This book examines the legal protection of domestic workers, who carry out essential and undervalued labour such as cooking, cleaning, and care for children and the elderly in private households, drawing on case studies of Chile, the…
Toward Border Abolition: Migrant Struggles and the Law: 25% discount
edited by Nicholas De Genova and Daniel I Morales
Toward Border Abolition is an interdisciplinary exploration of border abolition that brings together scholars of international migration, border studies, and law who historicize the current border regime, critique the violence of border policing, and consider alternatives. The contributors…
Legal Weapons of the Wealthy: The Offshoring of Elite Conflict in Emerging Markets
Nikhil Kalyanpur
In Legal Weapons of the Wealthy, Nikhil Kalyanpur examines a striking feature of today's global legal order: the use of foreign courts by elites to settle domestic disputes. On the surface, the 'outsourcing' of disputes by elites…
Legal Moves: Choreographies of Race, Law, and Empire
Anna Jayne Kimmel
Legal Moves engages in a project of epistemological disobedience, boldly suturing concepts of dance studies – kinesthetic awareness, fleshly memory, and techniques of the body – to the legal humanities. What opens when we expand our disciplinary methods…
Law and Media
Cornelia Vismann (edited and translated by Anthony Enns)
The essays collected in Law and Media present German media theorist Cornelia Vismann investigating how law functions through the media technologies used to produce, disseminate, and preserve it – from papyrus and the codex to courtroom stenography and…
Legal Care: Advocacy and Friction in Family Detention: 25% discount
Erin Routon
Family detention garnered much public attention when it expanded dramatically in 2014 as significantly increased numbers of migrant groups began arriving and requesting asylum at the Mexico–US border. During this period, the Obama administration designated three detention…
Compromised Consent: A Feminist Justification for Sex Purchase Ban Laws: 20% discount
Ivana Bacik
Published by Hart, this book offers a fresh feminist perspective on prostitution. It challenges the ‘sex work’ perspective, drawing on experience from rape law and #MeToo campaigns in Ireland and elsewhere to develop a new legal concept…
Researching Rape Trials: Methods, Ethics and Empirical Perspectives
edited by Susan Leahy, Eithne Dowds, Siobhan Weare
Rape trials are inherently complex, often operating differently from other criminal trials. These trials are also complicated by the impact of societal attitudes about sexual offences, often referred to as rape myths, which can influence jurors’ deliberations…
Disabling Capitalism: A Critical Inquiry Into Work, Productivism and Disablement
Ioana Cerasella Chis
Published by Bristol University Press, this book offers a fresh and critical take on the relationship between disability, work, and capitalism in the UK. Challenging the idea that disabled people are ‘non-workers’, it shows how society is…
Pirates and Maritime Law: Legal Constructs and Cultural Perceptions
Mirosław Michał Sadowski
This book examines piracy not just as a historical and contemporary criminal activity but as a complex phenomenon deeply interwoven with legal constructs and cultural perceptions. Specifically, it studies the intersection of piracy and law through a…
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…
JOURNALS AND REPORTS
Frontiers in Sociology of Law: Epistemic Emotions in and around the Law – call for papers for special issue
Submissions are invited for this special issue edited by Renata Grossi, Eve Hanan, Alessandra Minissale, Cecilia Nordquist and Kate Rossmanith.
Please see announcement for details.
Closing date: 5 November 2026.
Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly: Four New 'Reflections on Writing' by C R G Murray; Barbara Prainsack; Kunal Parker; and David Archard
In 'Academic writing under the UK’s Research Excellence Framework', Colin Murray tackles the thorny subject of the REF, summarising the 'rules of the game', decoding the jargon and analysing how this recurring exercise is affecting academic workloads and influencing how academics manage their research…
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:
BLOGS, NEWSLETTERS AND OTHER ONLINE RESOURCES
SAFI Newsletter: September 2026
Read the latest newsletter to find out about SAFI activities, including events, online and in person, and publications.
Support Through Court: Autumn Newsletter
All the latest from Support Through Court, including publication of this year's Annual Report.
Runnymede Trust: Supporting Survivors of Domestic Abuse by Kitty Melrose
Domestic abuse affects one in four women in England and Wales. But its impact is not evenly felt, with Black, Asian and minoritised women facing disproportionate barriers to safety and recovery. As demand for services grows and funding remains stretched, creative forms of support show what recovery can look like – from culturally specific support to trauma-informed homes.
Read the blog by Kitty Melrose.
AcSS: September e-bulletin
In the latest AcSS e-bulletin, read details of all the latest new cohort of outstanding social scientists who have been appointed as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences this autumn including four nominated by the SLSA.
Plus the latest We Society podcasts and a recording of the Annual Lecture given by Professor Rana Mitter.
Latest from Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies: Three New Blog Posts
Bringing Feminism into Law-making
Professor Sophie Weerts reviews Becky Batagol, Kate Seear, Heli Askola and Jamie Walvisch's edited collection, The Feminist Legislation Project (Routledge, 2025). Read the full article here, which is published as part of the blog's A Good Read section.
God’s Law in Human Courts: Examining Muslim Women's Right to Unilateral Divorce in India
The Supreme Court of India is currently weighing whether Muslim women have a unilateral right to khula, a form of wife-initiated divorce under Islamic law. In this week's Frontiers of Socio-Legal Studies, Anamta Husain (Ashoka University) examines the khula arbitration process and how the requirement of husband's consent can impede women seeking to dissolve their marriages. Read the full article here, which is published as part of the blog's Borderlands section.
Marginal Criminological Realism and Syncretism in Drug Court Ethnography
Iulia-Cristiana Vatau (University of Oxford, Centre for Criminology) reflects on the incorporation of marginal criminological realism in drug court research. Read the full article here, which is published as part of the blog's Methodological Musings section.
Judicial Appointments Commission: Spotlight on Tribunals
The JAC's latest blog highlights the importance of tribunals in the justice system. The piece is informed by discussions with two tribunal judges and two non-legal tribunal members, who shared their reflections on their roles.
Baldy Center for Law and Social Justice: Newsletter
Find out about the latest news, events and publications.
BA Social Sciences and Humanities Opportunities in Horizon Europe Pillar 2: Understanding the 2026-27 Work Programme: recording available
The British Academy hosted a one-day workshop for UK-based social sciences and humanities (SSH) researchers seeking to engage with Horizon Europe Pillar 2 opportunities in the 2026-27 Work Programme.
Full details and a recording and other resources are available on the website.
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 Four JLS Authors and Two Book Authors
There are two new 'Meet the JLS Author' blogs on the Journal of Law and Society website:
Why is corporate accountability still on the margins of transitional justice? by Line Jespersgaard Jakobsen
Between the State and the Market: Academic Expertise in Tax Law by Helle Dyrendahl Staven and Marte Mangset, Oslo University, Norway
Plus there are two new 'Meet the Book Author' blogs:
The Criminal in Gothic Fiction and Contemporary Law: Literary and Legal Doubles by Barbara Hughes-Moore
Vulnerability and Sexual Assault Law: The Inadequacy of the Autonomy-based Approach by Sorcha McCormack