iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New Meet the JLS Blog Author | Negar Mansouri In our latest post, Negar explores Canary Wharf’s transformation through the relationship between law, capitalism and space, from its historic docklands to today’s mixed use neighbourhood. Read here: journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/canary-...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

📚 New on the JLS Blog In our latest Meet the Book Author post, Sorcha McCormack discusses her new book, Vulnerability and Sexual Assault Law, exploring vulnerability, autonomy and sexual assault law. Read more 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/vulnera...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Meet the Book Author blog Barbara Hughes-Moore discusses her new book 'The Criminal in Gothic Fiction and Contemporary Law: Literary and Legal Doubles, exploring how Gothic fiction can help us interrogate criminality, responsibility and identity in law. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-cri...

020

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Can academic tax lawyers really be impartial when their expertise sits between the interests of the state and the market? Helle Dyrendahl Staven & Marte Mangset explore academic expertise, autonomy & neutrality in tax law in our latest JLS Authors blog journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/between...

010

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Why does corporate accountability remain on the margins of transitional justice? In our latest JLS Blog, Line Jespersgaard Jakobsen explores why this blind spot persists and what Colombia can teach us about rethinking accountability and justice. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/why-is-...

020

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Whose past counts when states consult Indigenous communities? Ronit Levine-Schnur, Renana Keydar and Noam Maeir explore whether consultation processes truly listen to Indigenous voices, and what happens when testimony is translated into policy. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/whose-p...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

What does it mean to rethink public governance beyond the state and the market? 🤔 In our latest Meet the JLS Authors blog, discover how prefigurative legality offers a new perspective on governing through the commons. Read more: journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-thi...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

New Meet the JLS Author blog 📢 Nicola Wake, Vanessa Bettinson and Thomas Crofts explore what the public already understand, and still misunderstand, about domestic abuse and self defence, and why these perceptions matter for law and justice. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/what-th...

031

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

A new Meet the Book Author blog post has been added to the JLS website. Sharon Thompson talks about her new book, The Road to Equal Partnership: Reforming the Financial Consequences of Divorce. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-roa...

011

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

In our latest Meet the Author blog post, Lisa Flower, Lunch University discusses her new book 'The Digital Courtroom: Participation, Attendance, Engagement and Consumption' Read here - journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-dig...

010

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Explore Soundings, a project at the intersection of sound, art, embodiment, law and justice. Join a soundscape showcase, audience demonstration, panel reflections and Q&A at Manchester Metropolitan University on 14 July 2026. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/soundings-...

eventbrite.com

Soundings

A showcase of sonic methods in legal/social justice research and panel reflections

021

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

In the latest Meet the JLS Author blog, David Horton discusses his new article, ‘What They Have, What They Do: Social Security and Regulatory Accountability’. Read the blog here: journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/what-th...

010

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

New on the JLS Meet the Authors blog series: Jo Wilding discusses her article, A geography of access to justice: mapping social welfare legal aid need and provision in England and Wales. Read more: journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/a-geogr...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

A new post in the Meet the Book Editors Series. Lynette Chua and Jack Jin Gary Lee discuss Contagion, Technology, and Law at the Limits, published by Bloomsbury in 2024. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/meet-th...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

A new post in the Meet the Book Author Series. Ngaire Naffine, Emerita Professor of Law at Adelaide University, reflects on her book Manning the Law: Why the Legal Person Remains a Man. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/meet-th...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

New on the JLS website, a Meet the Book Author post with Jeff Handmaker of Erasmus University Rotterdam on his new book Legal Mobilization: Assessing the Potential and Limits of Law-based Civic Advocacy (Edward Elgar, 2026). journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/meet-th...

The front cover of the book 'Legal Mobilization'

011

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

New in our Meet the Book Authors series on the JLS website: Alex Green and Jennifer Hendry discuss their new book, “Legal Pluralism: New Trajectories in Law”. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/legal-p...

063

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Meet the latest JLS Author Blog, now published. “Islamophobia and the Social Production of Legal Knowledge” by Sofie Aaltonen. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/islamop...

000

Reposted by The Journal of Law and Society

Rowan Alcock @row-a.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

@journallawsociety.bsky.social Special Issue: Dysfunctional Governance: Crisis, Scandal, Tragedy, Emergency now out with lots of interesting articles including - 'Polanyi on crisis: The United States, fascism and ecological break-down' 😁 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14676478...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Special Supplement S1: Dysfunctional Governance: Crisis, Scandal, Tragedy, Emergency: Journal of Law and Society: Vol 53, No S1

Click on the title to browse this issue

001

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

We had a fantastic time at the SLSA Annual Conference in Brighton last week. It was great to meet so many of you at our stand, thanks to everyone who stopped by and had a chat!

030

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Our latest Meet the Book Author blog is now live. Human Rights and Intellectual Property before the European Courts by Elena Izyumenko and Christophe Geiger. Read the blog here - journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/human-r...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Our latest Meet the Book Author blog is now live. Progressive Laws in Patriarchal Societies: Lessons from Pakistan, by Sara Malkani, Advocate of the High Courts of Pakistan. Read the blog here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/progres...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

New meet the JLS author blog post just published. 'If you don’t see it as legal, you won’t get legal help. That’s obvious — and that’s the problem.' by Nigel Balmer. Read the full blog here - journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/if-you-...

030

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Meet the JLS authors - Tax Compliance is Low Among Small Businesses. We Now Know Why by Rita de la Feria and Tu Anh Tran. Read the full blog here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/tax-com...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Just published on the JLS blog: Reflections of an Academic Activist by Jane Kelsey, reflecting on the influence of scholarship, activism and the role of critical academics in society. Jane also featured in our Big Book Series in August 2025. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/categor...

011

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

New Meet the JLS Author blog just posted 🚨 Changing Interpretations: Freedom of Association in Germany and the United Kingdom by Felix Syrovatka. Read the blog here: journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/changin... #JournalofLawandSociety

010

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

New blog just posted 🚨 Meet the JLS author: Global Supply Chains and Corporate Accountability: An Empirical Perspective by Taskin Iqbal. Read here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/global-...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Our latest Meet the Book Author blog is now live. Rachel Horton from the University of Reading discusses her book, Discrimination, Equality and Health Care Rationing. Read it now on our website 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/discrim...

022

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Happy new year from everyone at the JLS! 🎉 New Meet the JLS Author blog post on website: Animal Interests in the Public Interest? by Matias J Koivulehto and Tomi Lehtimäki. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/animal-...

010

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

New blog just posted 🚨 Meet the JLS authors: The Local Injustice of Bankruptcy: Geographical Variation in Access to Debt Relief within England by Dr Joseph Spooner and Professor Saul Schwartz. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-loc...

010

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

A new blog has been published on our website 🚨 Why Movements Split Their Work: Legal Mobilisation, Protest, and the Division of Labour in Social Movements by Daniel Fjellborg, postdoctoral researcher in political science, Luleå University of Technology. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/why-mov...

010

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Meet the JLS authors - Reforming Surrogacy Law: Listening to Children Through Art by Katherine Wade and Charlotte Mills. Read the new blog here - journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/reformi...

020

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Meet the Book Editors - Socio-legal trajectories across Europe: comparative perspectives by Christian Boulanger, Naomi Creutzfeldt and Jen Hendry. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/meet-th...

020

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Meet the Book Editor - Intellectual Property and the Human Right to a Healthy Environment by Elena Izyumenko, University of Amsterdam. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/meet-th...

041

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

A new 'Meet the Book Author' blog added to the website: Digitising Cultural Heritage: Clashes with Copyright Law by Pinar Oruc, University of Manchester Read here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/digitis...

000

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

New Meet the Book Author blog added to website: The Intermediary in the Criminal Justice System by John Taggart at Queens University Belfast. Read here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-int...

010

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

New Meet the Book Author blog added to website: Law and Order Leviathan: America’s Extraordinary Regime of Policing and Punishment by David Garland. Read here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/law-and...

030

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Meet the Book Author: The Regulation of Medical Products: Dope, Drugs and Devices by Penny Gleeson, Deakin Law School. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/the-reg...

020

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

🚨A new meet the JLS author blog post added to the website 🚨 AI as Legal Persons – Past, Patterns, and Prospects by Claudio Novelli, Yale University Read here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/ai-as-l...

000

Reposted by The Journal of Law and Society

UCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 18/09/2025

How have epidemics shaped the law over the course of history? 🦠📚 Meet the editors of Epidemics and the Law: From Plague to the Present – including UCL Laws’ Professor Charles Mitchell – in this new blog post from @journallawsociety.bsky.social. buff.ly/7KkB6Mt

A cover of Epidemics and the Law from the Plague to the Present, featuring an illustration of a skeleton standing on coffins with historic London in the background.

041

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🚨New meet the JLS author blog post 🚨 Anti-intellectualism and Scepticism of Expertise in Capital Cases: A Persistent Challenge for Mentally Ill Defendants by Dr Chloé Deambrogio, University of Warwick. Read here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/anti-in...

021

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

🔍 New on the JLS blog: Solid in Shape, Shattered in Practice? The ‘Sentencing Pyramid’ in China by Dr Enshen Li (City University of Hong Kong). Read it here 👇 journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/solid-i...

010

Reposted by The Journal of Law and Society

Jo Hynes @johynes.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Speeding up, slowing down, and managing time through managing atmospheres - new 🔓paper in @journallawsociety.bsky.social on immigration bail tribunal hearings. Indebted in particular to Nick Gill's, Jess Hambly's and Melanie Griffiths' work on law and time. eprints.gla.ac.uk/361308/1/361...

132

Reposted by The Journal of Law and Society

Sam Varvastian @samvarvastian.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Happy to see Sam Adelman's wonderful review of my book in @journallawsociety.bsky.social, which raises key concerns about the efficacy of international environmental law - for example, the fact that the ongoing session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop a treaty on plastic 1/2

122

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

A new blog has been published on the JLS website - Environmental protest, contention, and the law: conceptualizing the Public Order Act 2023 by Dr Richard Martin, Law School, London School of Economics. Read it here: journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/environ...

100

Reposted by The Journal of Law and Society

James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Really enjoyed this article by Barabara Hughes-Moore on the @journallawsociety.bsky.social's 50th anniversary, the gothic, and how law is dead... oh wait, it's undead... oh god, oh no... it's ALIVE onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

The JLS at 50: Art, literature and socio‐legal studies

This article began life as a lecture the author was invited to deliver as part of the Journal's 50th-anniversary celebrations in the summer of 2024. The piece explores how law, literature and socio-l...

031

Reposted by The Journal of Law and Society

Flora Renz @florarenz.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

I've got a new piece out in @journallawsociety.bsky.social looking at what legal gender decertification means for the space of the home and the public/private distinction in feminist legal scholarship. Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/jols...

doi.org

Gender (de)certification and the home: A new focus for feminist legal scholarship?

This article considers three sites that draw out the contemporary role of gender categories in the home in the context of a wider project on gender decertification. Firstly, the presence of those who...

183

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Meet the JLS author blog just published: Giving rap a chance: the cultural policing and consequences of the suppression of rap music in England in the twenty-first century by Ayush Sanghavi, University of Cambridge. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/meet-th...

040

The Journal of Law and Society @journallawsociety.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

New blog added to website. Meet the book authors: Rational anger – an international comparison of legal systems by Stina Bergman Blix and Nina Törnqvist. journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/meet-th...

000

Reposted by The Journal of Law and Society

Rowan Alcock @row-a.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Very happy to see our co-authored review of Paddy Ireland's great book 'Property in Contemporary Capitalism' (@brisunipress.bsky.social) published in @journallawsociety.bsky.social. Give it a read! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

Property in Contemporary Capitalism By Paddy Ireland, Bristol: Bristol University Press, 2024, 310 pp., £19.99

Click on the article title to read more.

022