Material Worlds Intersections of Law, Science, Technology, and Society

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

Alex Faulkner is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Political Economy, King's College London