Material Worlds

A study of the existing and future research on the intersections between law and materiality, leading to the illumination of both.

• A theoretically innovative book exploring the intersections between law and materiality
• Offers new perspectives on a variety of high profile controversial subjects, including climate change, public health, genetics, crime, biomedical technology
• Investigates the futures of both the sociology of law and the study of science and technology from a novel, interdisciplinary vantage point
• Illustrates a wide range of empirical topics to provide a focus for critical reflection on the nature of cross-disciplinary research
• Illuminates relationships between transnational regulation and local practices and the relation between social agency and material worlds