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December 19, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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The Socio-Legal Review is pleased to announce its Editorial Board for 2025-26. We look forward to expanding the imaginations for socio-legal scholarship through dedicated editorial work and public-facing initiatives.
December 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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For the second session of the 'Law and the Paper Archive' reading circle series, we will meet on Wednesday, 10th December to discuss Mohsin Alam Bhat's article '(Un)Credible Citizen: Citizenship Dispossession, Documents and the Politics of the Rule of Law’ (2024) with Prof. Darshana Mitra. Do join.
December 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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For the first session, we read Rosalind O'Hanlon's ‘In the Presence of Witnesses: Petitioning and Judicial “Publics” in Western India, circa 1600–1820’ (2019), with Prof. Samyak Ghosh.
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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In the third iteration of the SLR Reading Circle, this term we are reading a set of texts curated for the theme 'Law and the Paper Archive'. The concept note and session plan can be found here: www.nls.ac.in/news-events/...
A poster for the Socio-Legal Review (SLR) Reading Circle. The background features an illustrated Mughal-style painting with figures in traditional attire. Overlaid text reads: “SLR Reading Circle – Law and the Paper Archive, Session 1. Rosalind O’Hanlon, ‘In the Presence of Witnesses: Petitioning and Judicial “Publics” in Western India, circa 1600–1820’ (2019). Discussant: Dr. Samyak Ghosh. Date: Wednesday, 26th November 2025. Time: 5 PM. Venue: NAB 104.” The SLR logo appears at the top, and a small credit at the bottom right notes “Image: Modern Asian Studies Vol. 53 (1) Cover.”
December 2, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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For the SLR Forum, we continue to invite contributions on a rolling basis in the form of short essays and commentary on contemporary developments or issues that speak to the Aims and Scope of the Journal.

To submit, please mail us at sociolegalreviewforum@gmail.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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NLSIU’s Socio-Legal Review (SLR) Journal is now inviting submissions for Volume 22(1) of the Journal. The deadline is 31st January 2026.

Please find the submission guidelines here: repository.nls.ac.in/slr/policies...

Please find all other relevant details here: drive.google.com/file/d/131cp...
November 15, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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Photographs from our last session for this trimester and the 'Trials of Sovereignty' series. We were glad to discuss the book with Dr. Alastair McClure. We were also joined by Prof Mrinal Satish (Professor of Law, NLSIU) and Prof Samyak Ghosh (Assistant Professor, Social Sciences).
September 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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Photographs from our second session. Details on the next session soon!
August 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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We are meeting for our second session today, to discuss Chapter 3 of the book with Dr. Mrinal Satish. Do join us if you're on campus, details here.
August 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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A photograph from our first session. Details on the next sessions soon - stay tuned!
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August 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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In the second iteration of the SLR Reading Circle, this term we are reading Dr. Alastair McClure's Trials of Sovereignty over four sessions. If you're on campus, join us! Details of the first session are here, we are reading Chapter 1 with Dr. Samyak Ghosh.
A poster with a yellow background and a beige horizontal panel at the top, on which the text is 'SLR, Socio-Legal Review.' The poster is divided into two vertical panels, with a photo of a book 'Trials of Sovereignty: Mercy, Violence and the Making of Criminal Law in British India, 1857-1922' by Alastair McClure on the left side. The words on the right side are as follows: 'SLR Reading Circle' followed by 'Session 1', 'Chapter 1: Forgetting War and Punishing Crime', 'Lead Discussant: Dr. Samyak Ghosh', 'Date: Wednesday, 13th August 2025; Time: 4:30 PM; Venue: CrL01'.
August 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Our Special 20th Anniversary Issue ends with a Postscript written by Kalyani Ramnath, Editor-in-Chief of SLR in 2007. Ramnath reflects on SLR’s journey, particularly the initial years, placing the question of socio-legal in an institutional context. repository.nls.ac.in/slr/vol20/is...
The picture shows the first page of the Postscript, accessible using the link in the post.
June 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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In our fifth and final article, Sara Dezalay asks what a socio-legal enquiry looks like on a "global" scale when seen from the vantage point of Africa, showing the entanglement of law in the selective globalisation fostered by global value chains. repository.nls.ac.in/slr/vol20/is...
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June 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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In our fourth article, Maryam S Khan shows the emergence and development of socio-legal research in Pakistan in broad comparison with India, arguing that the meaning and evolution of “socio” in socio-legal is contingent on social and historical contexts. repository.nls.ac.in/slr/vol20/is...
The picture shows the first page of the article with the abstract and article history. Please access using the link in the post.
June 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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In our third article, Anup Surendranath and Maitreyi Misra show how mitigation practice—which draws heavily from social science disciplines—brings forth the tensions between the ostensible neatness of legal doctrine and the complexity of social reality. repository.nls.ac.in/slr/vol20/is...
The abstract of the article along with article history. Please access using the link in the post.
June 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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The second article in our Special Issue is by Deepa Das Acevedo and Jahnavi Chamarthi who discuss the relationship between the subdiscipline of legal anthropology and the broader field of law and society scholarship, with a special focus on India and SLR.
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The abstract of the article along with article history. Please access using the link in the post.
June 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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In the first article of our Special Anniversary Issue, Elizabeth Lhost critically examines what constitutes “law’s archive” when doing legal history. Outlining trends in socio-legal history, she asks how a critical historian can tell a story of fragments. repository.nls.ac.in/slr/vol20/is...
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June 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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SLR's Special 20th Anniversary Issue is out now! Volume 20(2) reflects on two decades of socio-legal inquiry from India, South Asia, and beyond—through legal history, anthropology, mitigation practice, comparative method & institutional memory. Read here: repository.nls.ac.in/slr/
Table of Contents from Socio-Legal Review, Volume 20, Issue 2. The contents include: Editorial – page vi Articles: Fingerprints and Fragments: Reflections on the Challenges and Contributions of Socio-Legal History by Elizabeth Lhost – page 1 Cultivating Attentiveness to Law in India through Legal Anthropology by Deepa Das Acevedo & Jahnavi Chamarthi – page 25 The Meaning and Challenges of an Interdisciplinary Sentencing Exercise: Reflections from a Death Penalty Mitigation Practice by Anup Surendranath and Maitreyi Misra – page 52 Locating Socio-Legal Research in Pakistan: A Reflexive Approach by Maryam S Khan – page 92 Socio-Legal Enquiry on a Global Scale: Legal Intermediation, the Geography of Extraction, and the (Re)Negotiation of Africa’s Relationship with the World Economy by Sara Dezalay – page 120 Postscript by Kalyani Ramnath – page 149
June 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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It’s finally here! India, South Asia, and Beyond—SLR’s ambitious 20th Anniversary Issue takes stock of the field. Join us on 18 June, 3 PM IST for its launch + round-table with our authors on what socio-legal inquiry means today. Q&A to follow! Register: shorturl.at/ElSzB
Poster for the launch of Socio-Legal Review’s Special 20th Anniversary Issue titled “SLR@20: Reflections from India, South Asia, and Beyond.” Includes details of an online round-table discussion on “Socio-Legal Today” featuring editors in conversation with Elizabeth Lhost, Anup Surendranath, Maitreyi Misra, Maryam S Khan, and Sara Dezalay. Event is on 18 May 2025, Wednesday at 3:00 PM IST. Registration link: shorturl.at/EISzB. Background image shows a classroom at NLSIU. Footer reads: "2005 – SLR Turns Twenty – 2025."
June 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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As part of SLR’s anniversary celebrations, we spoke with former editors about the journal’s evolution and socio-legal inquiry today. Our final feature before the Special Issue launch later this month! Read now at SLR Forum.
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June 5, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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In our third editor spotlight, Mannat Sabhikhi (Editor-in-Chief, 2016) reflects on the ecumenical nature of socio-legal scholarship, as reflected in the SLR archives, allowing for an examination of the law from a variety of disciplines and perspectives.
A graphic from the Socio-Legal Review (SLR) celebrating its 20th anniversary, featuring a testimonial from past editor Mannat Sabhikhi, Senior Associate at HSF LLP and Editor-in-Chief of SLR in 2016. The header reads: “Hear from our Past Editors on our 20th Anniversary!” The quote reads: “To my mind, one of the important features of socio-legal scholarship is the amorphous nature of its scope; theoretically, an innumerable number of intersections and lenses can be applied. In connection with this anniversary exercise, I have flipped through the Socio-Legal Review’s archives and the breadth of the scholarship published over the past 20 years is there for all to see. What better way to work towards the law being a human good, than to continuously seek challenge from a variety of disciplines and different perspectives—not just to understand the current interface between law and society or tackle contemporary problems but to shine light on ideas whose time is yet to come.”
May 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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In our second editor spotlight, Praggya Surana (Editor, 2015) reflects on how a socio-legal lens challenged legal formalism, sparked interdisciplinary thinking—and made for some of her favourite college memories.
A graphic from the Socio-Legal Review (SLR) commemorating its 20th anniversary, featuring a testimonial from past editor Praggya Surana, PhD Candidate at the Geneva Graduate Institute and SLR Editor in 2015. The header reads: “Hear from our Past Editors on our 20th Anniversary!” The main quote reads: “Law and society are co-constitutive, and excessive formalism runs the peril of missing part of the picture. A socio-legal lens allows asking deeper, critical questions about both law and society. As one of the earliest Indian legal journals adopting this approach, SLR was a front-runner in bringing in fresh perspectives from other disciplines that reimagined the familiar in thought-provoking ways. It also encouraged discussions that addressed the unique aspects of the Indian context, while effectively adapting and translating concepts between the Indian and broader contexts. Brainstorming themes for, and curating our special issue is one of my more fun memories from college.”
May 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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From the page to the process—after sharing author reflections for our 20th Anniversary, we now turn to the editors who helped shape SLR. First up: Sanhita Ambast, Editor (2007), now Senior Research Advisor at Amnesty International, reflecting on the value of socio-legal work.
A yellow and black graphic for the Socio-Legal Review (SLR) features a testimonial from a past editor, Sanhita Ambast, in celebration of the journal's 20th anniversary. The quote is as follows: “Socio-legal scholarship is essential to understanding what work the ‘law’ is actually doing—what it means to people, to communities, for society. Socio-Legal Review has been a crucial forum for debate and discussion on these themes. Over the past 20 years, it has fostered meaningful exchanges amongst academics, practitioners, and students on the myriad ways in which law operates in society. While in law school, I was lucky to work on the journal with co-editors who remain close friends to this day. For me, it was a wonderful way to engage with like-minded peers and with mentors who were already working on these crucial issues. It facilitated many reflections on how law could be a tool for equality and justice, and influenced what I chose to do after law school.”
May 21, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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This week, SLR organised the second session of the Critical Reading Circle, where we watched Santosh (2024) alongside Nikita Sonavane's article 'Deconstructing Police Discretion as Brahmanism,' which was published in SLR's 19(1) issue.

You can also read the Article here: lnkd.in/eXaRRRx8.
May 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM