Exploring the 'Socio' of Socio-Legal Studies - Call for Papers

Conference organiser: Dermot Feenan, University of Ulster


Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Susan S. Silbey, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, MIT, USA; co-author of The Common Place of Law: Stories from Everyday Life (with Patricia Ewick); former editor of Studies in Law, Politics and Society and the Law and Society Review.


Confirmed invited speakers
Professor Nicola Lacey, LSE, and Professor John Clarke, Open University (UK).


Aims
The conference will provide an opportunity to explore the meanings and implications of the ‘socio’ aspect of socio-legal studies, and to lay out pathways for future study.


First call for papers

Closing date: 1 June 2010

Up to 10 original papers of outstanding quality will be selected for presentation. Proposals for papers of approximately 300 words (with title, and author’s name, affiliation and contact details) should be emailed to the academic coordinator, Dermot Feenan, University of Ulster, School of Law, to whom any inquiries may also be directed (d.feenan@ulster.ac.uk / tel. +44 (0)28 9036 6374). Presenters will be expected to submit their papers to the academic coordinator by 2011 for consideration for publication in an edited collection.


Conference registration

Details (including fees) will be confirmed by June 2010 via the conference website: http://www.kent.ac.uk/nslsa/content/view/253/282/. Registration deadline: 1 October 2010.

Conference flier: http://www.kent.ac.uk/nslsa/images/bulletin/slsa%20first%20call%202010.pdf