This text on socio-legal studies is derived from the Socio-Legal Studies Association 1995 annual conference at Leeds University. It examines the definition of the term ""socio-legal"" and the boundaries in which the lawyers of this subject fit.
Contents:
Socio-legal studies - the case of the disappearing fleas and bustards, P.A. Thomas; socio-legal research in Britain - shaping the funding environment, M. Partington; the political economy of socio-legal research, P. Hillyard and J. Sim; socio-legal research - what's the use?, R.G. Lee; sense and sensibility - debates and developments in socio-legal research and methods, A. Bradshaw; legal education, A. Bottomley; fem-legal and socio-legal - an incompatible relationship, K. O'Donovan; critical legal studies, P. Fitzpatrick; criminal law and socio-legal studies, A. Sanders; public law and socio-legal studies, D. Galligan; European Union Law and socio-legal studies, J. Shaw; contract law and socio-legal studies, D. Campbell; company law and socio-legal studies, S. Wheeler; tort and socio-legal studies, W. Mansell.
