Social theory of law, private law theory, contract law, comparative law
Elected 2013
Social theory; the sociology of punishment and control; historical and comparative analysis of legal institutions; the history and sociology of welfare states; sociology of law; criminological theory
General contract law and transactional commercial law, both national and transnational; commercial credit, proprietary security and insolvency; interests in tangible and intangible personal property
Julia Black is President of the British Academy and Strategic Director of Innovation and Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
