Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

DPhil and MLitt in Socio-Legal Studies

Course Code | 003260 

MSt in Socio-Legal Research

Course Code | 003275

The Centre’s research is currently focused on a number of research programmes:

• Theoretical Issues in law and society
• Public law and government
  
• Comparative media law and policy
• Media law in China and Africa
  
• Anthropology of law
• Comparative legal cultures
• Social foundations of constitutions
• Civil justice and access to justice
  
• Transitional justice
• Environmental law and policy
• Regulation, self-regulation and compliance
• Product liability and regulatory issues
• Socio-legal history of law
  

Students are encouraged to work on projects linked to these broad areas, but may also undertake research on topics of their own choice, provided adequate supervision is available.

The principle library resources for Socio-Legal Studies are:

• Bodleian Social Science Library

• Bodleian Law Library

The Bodleian Social Science Library supports the teaching, learning and research needs of departments in the Social Sciences Division.

Oxford also has the largest Law library in the UK, with a world-class collection; it has extensive coverage, both paper and online, in all major areas of Law. 

Graduates typically continue to careers in academia, or find work within the public or private sector dealing with policy development and implementation, as well as different types of consultancy work related to socio-legal issues.