This essay offers a response to Dr Lizzy Willimington's article and a reflection on the history of critical and socio-legal studies. It points to critique as a normative question

rather than a methodological one and discusses this idea through the history of legal needs and legal consciousness research. [...]

The paper comments on a presentation by Barbara Hughes-Moore at the occasion of a seminar series to celebrate the founding of the Journal of Law and Society. It draws on the

metaphor ‘the law is dead’, ‘the law is alive’ used by Hughes-Moore, which reminds of Eugen Ehrlich's thoughts, the ubiquity of law and the place of socio-legal [...]

The dominant decolonial approach in Adivasi studies and South Asian socio-legal studies is broadly and primarily rooted in a critical study of the British colonial rule, epistemologies,

laws and institutions, as they are considered to be the roots of social, cultural, religious, legal and political challenges faced by post-colonial India. [...]

This article is written as a response to Flora Renz's ‘Gender (de)certification and the home: A new focus for feminist legal scholarship’? Renz's paper offers a thought-provoking

critique of the contemporary role of gender categories within the home. This response is inspired by Renz's proposition that feminist legal scholarship has neglected [...]

Marine ecosystems are facing substantial stress due to global challenges that have escalated in magnitude and impact. The European Green Deal (EGD) can act as a driver of change

and innovation in marine governance. There are multiple enabling and constraining conditions to orchestrate change and innovation, as it requires coordination of [...]

The impact of synchronising the collection and supply of breast milk produced during the day and night on improving long-term health outcomes for preterm infants is discussed,

focusing on breast milk as a valuable source of melatonin, an essential synchroniser of biological rhythms. [...]

Written by Mar Negreiro. Deepfakes – videos, images and audio created using artificial intelligence (AI) to realistically simulate or fabricate content – are booming on

the internet. They are becoming increasingly accessible, as what previously required powerful tools can now be done with free mobile apps and limited digital skills. [...]