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The law generally does a poor job in supporting adults in various kinds of relationships. It’s well past time for that situation to change.

"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Aziz, author of The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious FreedomOn his first day in office, President Biden repealed the “Muslim Ban,” an executive order issued by Trump on January 27, 2017. This repeal was a welcome development for the hundreds of thousands of Muslims whose liv

By Dan A. Farber, author of Contested Ground: How to Understand the Limits of Presidential PowerAlmost ninety years ago today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling known as the “Sick Chicken Case” — or more formally, Schechter Poultry v. United States. Until recently, this New Deal-era case se

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 and authors. Maura also shares details about how she became an editor and advice for authors who wa

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 publishing house that your idea is a great fit for their press and their mission. This past spring, UC Press Sen

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. Panelists will demystify how academic publishing works and answer questions such as “What kinds of manuscripts a

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 Legacy AwardKitty Calavita has won the 2019 LSA Legacy Award. T

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, Carceral Protection, and Domestic SexThe passage of the Senate bill Stop Enabli