Center for the Study of Law & Society
Events
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CSLS Speaker Series: “The Social Architecture of Moral Judgment: How Responsibility and Group Structure Shape Collective Decisions”
Philip Selznick Seminar Room 2240 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFeaturing Diag Davenport, Assistant Professor of Technology Policy, Governance, and Society, Goldman School of Public Policy and School of Information, UC Berkeley Abstract: Moral decisions are often treated as private […]
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CSLS Speaker Series – Harmonizing Safety: The Politics of Occupational Exposure Limits in the EU
Philip Selznick Seminar Room 2240 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFeaturing Rebecca Perlman, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UC Berkeley Abstract: When countries with divergent regulations harmonize their rules, what determines which rules get harmonized and at what level? We study […]
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CSLS Speaker Series: “Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis”
Philip Selznick Seminar Room 2240 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFeaturing Liz Chiarello, Associate Professor of Sociology, Washington University in Saint Louis Abstract: Sociologists and socio-legal scholars have long been fascinated by how social fields transform social problems. They have […]
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CSLS Speaker Series – Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services (Princeton University Press, 2023)
Philip Selznick Seminar Room 2240 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFeaturing Kelley Fong, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC Irvine Abstract: It’s the knock on the door that many mothers fear: a visit from Child Protective Services (CPS), the state agency […]
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CSLS Speaker Series – Plundered: How Racist Policies Undermine Black Homeownership in America (Little, Brown and Company, 2025)
Warren RoomFeaturing Bernadette Atuahene, Frances R. and John J. Duggan Professor of Law, USC Gould School of Law Abstract: In the spirit of Evicted, a property law scholar uses the stories […]
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CSLS Speaker Series – Insuring Cyberinsecurity: Insurance Companies as Symbolic Regulators (University of California Press, 2025)
Philip Selznick Seminar Room 2240 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFeaturing Shauhin Talesh, Professor of Law, UC Irvine School of Law Abstract: Despite the massive costs associated with data breaches, ransomware, viruses, and cyberattacks, most organizations remain thoroughly unprepared to […]
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CSLS Speaker Series: “Agents of Commerce: Transactional Lawyering in the 19th Century United States”
Philip Selznick Seminar Room 2240 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFeaturing Justin Simard, Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University College of Law Abstract: Agents of Commerce is a history of transactional lawyering in the nineteenth century United States. The […]
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Speaker Series: “Penal Power in Action: On the Tracks of County Prosecutors”
Philip Selznick Seminar Room 2240 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesTo understand the delivery of state punishment as legitimate material and symbolic violence trained on unruly bodies, it is essential to drill deep into the ordinary functioning of the criminal […]
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After the Scramble: State Formation in Africa
JSP (2240 Piedmont Ave.), Kadish Library 2240 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United StatesCSLS Speaker Series – “After the Scramble: State Formation in Africa” Monday, February 2, 2026 @ 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm Featuring Jack Paine, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emory University Abstract: States are the fundamental building block of […]
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CSLS Speaker Series: “The Children of Immigrants Ineligible for Naturalization and Historical Struggle for Birthright Citizenship”
Philip Selznick Seminar Room 2240 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA, United StatesFeaturing Hardeep Dhillon, Assistant Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania This presentation explores the early history of attacks on birthright citizenship for the children of immigrants born to non-citizen parents […]
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Special Event – CSLS’s 65th Anniversary Conference: Law and Society and the Disciplines
295 Law Building - Warren Room 2745 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, United StatesAn interdisciplinary conference on law and society featuring scholars from history, sociology, political science, public policy, and law. Complete details regarding the program schedule and featured speakers can be found on […]
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CSLS Special Event – Robert A. Kagan Lecture in Law and Regulation: Responsive Democracy and the Administrative State
Warren Room (295 Simon Hall) 2745 Bancroft Ave, Berkeley, United StatesFeaturing Edward L. Rubin, Distinguished University Professor of Law and Political Science, Vanderbilt University Abstract: Existing definitions of democracy focus on one notable feature, an elected, policy making legislature. Existing theories of democracy, many of which are more aspirational than descriptive, focus on its virtues, such as liberty, equality, participation or deliberation. This paper, one chapter of a book in progress, argues that the essence […]
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