The work of three Kent Law School academics has been shortlisted for prizes by the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) in recognition of outstanding socio-legal scholarship.

A book by Dr Donatella Alessandrini has been shortlisted for the Hart-Socio-Legal Book Prize; a book chapter by Professor Helen Carr has been shortlisted for the Socio-Legal Article Prize; and a book by Dr Emily Grabham has been shortlisted for the Socio-Legal History and Theory Prize.

Head of Kent Law School Professor Toni Williams said: ‘We are delighted to learn that the work of three of our colleagues has been shortlisted by the SLSA this year and understand it’s unprecedented for this number of academics from one institution to be recognised in this way. It certainly helps to demonstrate the strength and vitality of the scholarship at Kent Law School.

‘We are passionate about are research and are proud to be ranked 8th in the UK for research intensity according to the most recent Research Excellence Framework 2014. Our aim has always been, and continues to be, to produce theoretically informed work that makes a difference to society and to our students.’

Dr Alessandrini’s book ‘Value-Making in International Economic Law and Regulation: Alternative Possibilities’  (Routledge) examines the contemporary production of economic value in today’s financial economies.

Professor Carr’s book chapter ‘Legal technology in an age of austerity: Documentation, “functional” incontinence and the problem of dignity”  was published in ‘Exploring the “Legal” in Socio-Legal Studies’ (Palgrave Macmillan), edited by Dave Cowan and Daniel Wincott.

Dr Grabham’s book ‘Brewing Legal Times: Things, Form and the Enactment of Law’ (University of Toronto Press) offers a fresh and lively examination of the relationship between law and time.

This year’s winners will be announced during the SLSA’s forthcoming annual conference dinner at the University.