The University of Sheffield
Centre for the Study of Law in Society

Research Themes and Projects

Centre for Law in Society supports all types of socio-legal research, including empirical research. The School of Law, University of Sheffield, has a longstanding reputation for socio-legal research, especially in public law fields. Links with the Sheffield Centre for International and European Law enhance the international, EU and comparative law work of the cluster. The law relating to public services, such as health and housing is with the cluster’s current interests, and feeds international legal and policy developments. The cluster’s work also interfaces with interactions between research and teaching, including the widening access agenda. CLIS also hosts work on Legal Theory, including the Jurisprudence Reading Group.

Projects

Research Links

Members of CLIS have many internal and external links. Notable internally are the departments of Politics, Landscape and Architecture, Economics, Sociological Studies and Journalism. Externally CLIS members are linked with the University of Liverpool, University of Newcastle, University of Nottingham, University of Birmingham, Queens University Belfast, New York University, De Montfort University, Agence Nationale d’Information sur le Logement and European Court of Justice.