{"id":325,"date":"2015-02-06T10:56:38","date_gmt":"2015-02-06T10:56:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/?p=325"},"modified":"2015-02-06T10:56:38","modified_gmt":"2015-02-06T10:56:38","slug":"professor-perry-kessaris-shortlisted-for-socio-legal-article-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/law-news\/professor-perry-kessaris-shortlisted-for-socio-legal-article-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Perry-Kessaris shortlisted for Socio-Legal Article Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

An article written by Kent legal academic Professor Amanda Perry-Kessaris has been shortlisted for the Socio-Legal Article Prize<\/a> 2015.<\/p>\n

The article, \u2018The Case for a Visualised Economic Sociology of Legal Development<\/a>\u2019, originally published in the journal Current Legal Problems<\/em> (Vol. 67), is one of three that has been shortlisted by the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) as an outstanding piece of socio-legal scholarship.<\/p>\n

In the article, Professor Perry-Kessaris explores how an interdisciplinary, econo-socio-legal approach to legal development could be radically improved using graphic design techniques such as typography and information design.<\/p>\n

It is the second consecutive year an academic from Kent Law School has been shortlisted for the Socio-Legal Article Prize; last year, the prize was won by PhD student (and alumna) Sarah Keenan for her article ‘Property as governance: time, space and belonging in Australia\u2019s Northern Territory intervention’ in the Modern Law Review<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s winner will be announced during the SLSA\u2019s forthcoming annual conference.<\/p>\n

The field of legal development is a major focus of Professor Perry-Kessaris\u2019s current research. She has a particular interest in exploring the potential of visual communication<\/a> at every stage of the legal research process. Examples of her work with graphic design can be found on her blog, Approaching the econo-socio-legal<\/a>, and on her online design portfolio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Professor Perry-Kessaris is also the academic coordinator for a collaborative project called Thinking into | about practice<\/a> which asks academics and practitioners to use images and text to reflect upon their experience in the field of law and development.<\/p>\n

Professor Perry-Kessaris studied law, economics, ethnography and graphic design before joining Kent in 2013. To learn more about her publications and research, visit her staff profile page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2014, the SLSA also awarded the Hart Socio-Legal Book Prize to Dr Emilie Cloatre from Kent Law School, for her book Pills for the Poorest: An Exploration of TRIPS and Access to Medication in Sub-Saharan Africa<\/em>. It was the third consecutive year that the prize, awarded in recognition of outstanding socio-legal scholarship, had been won by an academic from the School; Senior Lecturer in Law Dr Nicola Barker, won the award in 2013 for her book Not the Marrying Kind: A Feminist Critique of Same-Sex Marriage<\/em>, and Professor Didi Herman was awarded the prize in 2012 for her book An Unfortunate Coincidence: Jews, Jewishness, and English Law<\/em>.<\/p>\n