Introduction
| Author | Sally Sheldon,Alison Diduck |
| Date | 01 December 2017 |
| DOI | 10.1177/0964663917728115 |
| Published date | 01 December 2017 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
Article
Introduction:
Twenty-Five Years of
Social & Legal Studies
Alison Diduck
UCL, UK
Sally Sheldon
Kent Law School, UK
Abstract
This short article introduces the five review articles, which make up this special issue to
mark the 25th anniversary of Social & Legal Studies.
Keywords
Critical Approaches to Law, Review of a Field, Social & Legal Studies, Socio-Legal Studies
Twenty-five years ago, this journal was founded by a group of 13 academic lawyers,
sociologists and criminologists who wished to open up debate in the fields of sociology
of law, critical legal studies and critical criminology.
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They saw a space in academic
publishing for a theoretically oriented journal that would produce critical knowledge and
contribute to formulating and shaping intellectual debate across disciplinary and inter-
national barriers. Entitling it, Social & Legal Studies: An International Journal, they
entreated contributors to frame their work analytically, in order that it might have
‘international relevance rather than parochial interest’ (Editorial Board, 1992: 5) and
set out four main aims for the journal:
the publication of committed critical scholarship;
the promotion of non-western perspectives on law, regulation and criminology;
the integration of feminist analyses at every level of scholarship; and
the advancement of accessible theoretical approaches which enhance analysis and
explanation rather than providing description or reports.
Corresponding author:
Sally Sheldon, Kent Law School, Eliot College, Canterbury CT2 7NS, UK.
Email: s.sheldon@kent.ac.uk
Social & Legal Studies
2017, Vol. 26(6) 665–675
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