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. Members bring expertise in law, sociology, political science, psychology, anthropology, economics, history, and geography as well as in other related areas to the study of sociolegal phenomena. Among its activities, the Association publishes the ''

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'', sponsors annual conferences and educational workshops, and fosters the development of academic programs in law and society around the world. The LSA's executive office is located in the

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Annual meetings

* 2007: Berlin, Germany (July 25–28) * 2008: Montreal, Quebec (May 29-June 1) * 2009: Denver, Colorado (May 28–31) * 2010: Chicago, Illinois (May 27–30) * 2011: San Francisco, California (June 2–5) * 2012: Honolulu, Hawaii (June 5–8) * 2013: Boston, Massachusetts (May 30-June 2) * 2014: Minneapolis, Minnesota (May 29 - June 1) * 2015: Seattle, Washington (May 28–31) * 2016: New Orleans, Louisiana (June 2–5) * 2017: Mexico City, Mexico (June 20–23) * 2018: Toronto, Canada (June 7–10) * 2019: Washington, DC (May 30 - June 2)

Law and Society Association International Prize

This prize is offered to a scholar (typically residing outside of the U.S.) who made significant contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the field of law and society. Past recipients of the award include: * 2001:

Neelan Tiruchelvam Neelakandan Tiruchelvam, PC ( ta, நீலகண்டன் திருச்செல்வம்; 31 January 1944 – 29 July 1999) was a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, academic, human rights activist and politician. He was a Member of Parli ...

(posthumously) * 2003: Masaji Chiba * 2005:

Hazel Genn Dame Hazel Gillian Genn, DBE, KC (Hon), FBA (born 1949) is a leading authority on civil justice whose work has had a major influence on policy-makers around the world, and is a former Dean of the Faculty of Laws and Professor of Socio-Legal Stu ...

* 2007: Xingliang Chen * 2007: Dario Melossi * 2009: Yves Dezelay * 2012:

Upendra Baxi Upendra Baxi (born 9 November 1938) is a legal scholar, since 1996 professor of law in development at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. He is presently a Research Professor of Law and Distinguished Scholar in Public Law and Jurispruden ...

* 2013: David Nelken * 2014: Setsuo Miyazawa * 2015: Ronen Shamir * 2016: Susanne Karstedt * 2017:

Nachman Ben-Yehuda Nachman Ben-Yehuda ( he, נחמן בן יהודה; born 8 March 1948) is a professor emeritus and former dean of the department of sociology and anthropology at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. Masada myth One of his notable subjects o ...

* 2017: John Braithwaite * 2018: Fiona Haines * 2019: Kelly Hannah-Moffat * 2020: Ulrike Schultz * 2021: Rachel Sieder * 2022:

Nicola Lacey Nicola Mary Lacey, (born 3 February 1958) is a British legal scholar who specialises in criminal law. Her research interests include criminal justice, criminal responsibility, and the political economy of punishment. Since 2013, she has been Pr ...

References

External links

Official Website
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