At this year’s Law and Society Association conference from May 30 – June 2 in Washington, D.C., don’t miss these sessions from our esteemed authors. #LSADC19
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Mugambi Jouet, author of Exceptional America: What Divides Americans from the World and from Each Other
Session on Punishment and Dignity I
Mass Incarceration Paradigm Shift?: Convergence in an Age of Divergence, Thursday, 5/30: 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM, Hyatt Room: Bunker Hill
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Jennifer Musto, author of Control and Protect: Collaboration, Carceral Protection, and Domestic Sex Trafficking in the United States
Session on Impact of FOSTA-SESTA
FOSTA/SESTA, Networked Abolition, and the Effects of Sexual Humanitarian Creep, Thursday, 5/30: 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM, Hyatt Room: Concord
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Leigh Goodmark, author of Decriminalizing Domestic Violence: A Balanced Policy Approach to Intimate Partner Violence
Session: Author Meets Reader
Decriminalizing Domestic Violence, Thursday, 5/30: 11:50 AM – 12:35 PM, Hyatt Room: Thornton B
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Hadar Aviram, author of Cheap on Crime: Recession-Era Politics and the Transformation of American Punishment
Plenary Session
Dignity and Austerity, Friday, 5/31: 4:45 PM – 6:30 PM, Hyatt Room: Capitol B
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Jody Lyneé Madeira, author of Taking Baby Steps: How Patients and Fertility Clinics Collaborate in Conception
Session on Emotional Scripts and the Evaluation of Credibility
Testing Credibility: Ascertaining the Emotional Implications of Genetic Testing and the Law, Saturday, 6/1: 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM, Hyatt Room: Yosemite
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Joseph J. Fischel, author of Screw Consent: A Better Politics of Sexual Justice
Session: Author Meets Reader
Screw Consent, Saturday, 6/1: 11:50 AM – 12:35 PM, Hyatt Room: Congressional A