“With issues like bad lawyering, bad science, and inadequate investigations, it’s easy to draw the line between the cause and effect of a wrongful conviction.”
After the rise of Donald Trump, followed by the #MeToo movement, there was a need to explore what misogyny really is, and why it persists in legal systems that proclaim women to be equal citizens with equal rights.
By Sahar Aziz, author of The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom On his first day in office, President Biden repealed the “Muslim Ban,” an executive order issued by Trump on …
By Dan A. Farber, author of Contested Ground: How to Understand the Limits of Presidential Power Almost ninety years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling known as the “Sick …
As part of our ongoing Editor Spotlight Series, we connected with UC Press Executive Editor Maura Roessner to talk about her Criminology, Law, and Society program, and how she spots the right projects …
Book proposals are wonderful tools to develop and help you clarify your thoughts, to find a way to express your thesis clearly and succinctly. It’s also what you’ll need to persuade a …
For the Law and Society Association virtual conference, UC Press Senior Editor Maura Roessner will be on the panel Writing Academic Books on Sunday May 31st at 1 – 2:45 p.m. Eastern Time. …
Congratulations to Kitty Calavita and Valerie Jenness, authors of Appealing to Justice: Prisoner Grievances, Rights, and Carceral Logic, for their awards at the 2019 Law and Society Association conference. #LSADC19 2019 LSA …
This updated post is published in conjunction with the Law and Society Association conference in Washington, D.C., May 30 – June, 2, 2019. #LSADC19 By Jennifer Musto, author of Control and Protect: Collaboration, …