Center for the Study of Law & Society

Featuring Stephanie Jones-Rogers, Associate Professor and Chancellor’s Professor of History, UC Berkeley Abstract: In 1703, forty years after Virginia’s legislators passed an act (Act XII) which made the free or enslaved status of children born to “Englishmen” and “negro” women in the colony contingent upon the free or enslaved status of their mothers, the Governor […]

Featuring 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 this through an investigation of the EU’s harmonization of occupational exposure limits — rules dictating allowable levels of chemicals in the workplace. We introduce extensive […]

Featuring 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 shown the mechanisms by which problems are designated “sickness” versus “badness” and how those designations change over time. However, scholars have paid less attention to […]