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David Nelken

b. 1949

British political scientist

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About David Nelken

Born 1949. David Nelken is a political scientist, university teacher, jurist, criminologist and sociologist.

David Nelken is a Distinguished Professor of Legal Institutions and Social Change (Professore Ordinario, di chiara fama) Faculty of Political Science, University of Macerata and the Distinguished Visiting Research Professor, Faculty of Law, Cardiff University. His work focuses primarily on comparative criminal justice and comparative sociology of law. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2023.

Selected publications Monographs Comparative Criminal Justice: Making Sense of Difference, Sage, 2010 Beyond Law in Context: Developing a Sociological Understanding of Law, Ashgate, 2009, The Limits of the Legal Process. A Study of Landlords, Law and Crime, Academic Press, 1983

Edited volumes Comparative Criminal Justice and Globalization, edited, Ashgate, 2011 European Ways of Law: Towards a European Sociology of Law, edited with Volkmar Gessner, Hart Publishing, 2007 Explorations in Legal Cultures, edited with Fred Bruinsma, Elsevier, 2007 Law's New Boundaries: The consequences of Legal Autopoiesis, edited with Jiří Přibáň, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, 2001, Adapting Legal Cultures, edited with Johannes Feest, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2001, Contrasting Criminal Justice: Getting from Here to There, edited, Ashgate, 2000 Comparing Legal Cultures, edited, Dartmouth 1997, Nelken D, Tsinghua university Press, Peking, China (2003) . Italian Politics: The Center-Left in Power, edited with Roberto D'Alimonte, Westview, 1997 The Futures of Criminology, edited, Sage, 1994

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Born
1949
Birth century
Employers
University of Macerata, Utrecht University, Cardiff University, King's College London
Awards
Fellow of the British Academy
Also known as
Naierken, D.

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British political scientist

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David Nelken was born in 1949.

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David Nelken is a political scientist, university teacher, jurist, criminologist and sociologist.

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