As well as leading socio-legal research in Australia, UNSW Law & Justice is well recognised throughout the legal profession and the international community.

Many of our legal scholars carry out this multidisciplinary research through the lenses of the humanities, social sciences, political science, philosophy of law and criminology. This study makes an analysis of the legal and justice systems with a sociological perspective. Our scholars publish widely and often participate in international socio-legal societies and conferences.  

Our expertise

  • Applied legal philosophy
  • Art, culture and the law
  • Children & the law
  • Criminal law & criminology
  • Critical legal theory
  • Feminist legal theory
  • Health, science, technology & law
  • Interdisciplinary research methods
  • Labour law
  • Law & economics
  • Law & the environment
  • Law & human rights
  • Law & Indigenous peoples
  • Law & political economy
  • Law & social theory
  • Law & society
  • Law & technology
  • Laws, polities, economies & societies in local, national & global contexts
  • Legal ethics & professional practice
  • Legal geography
  • Legal history
  • Legal informalism & dispute resolution
  • Legal pluralism
  • New legal realism
  • Socio-legal approaches to tort