CRN 55
Law and Political Economy
May 28-31, 2026,
San Francisco, California
The Law and Political Economy CRN is a forum for legal scholars, social scientists,and others working at the intersection of law and political economy. It promotes interdisciplinary scholarship that brings political economy perspectives into legal and sociolegal research, and invites scholars from across sociology,political science, anthropology, geography, history, literature, gender studies, business studies, and heterodox economics to engage more deeply with legal rules, institutions, and processes. By centering political economy, the CRN explores how power and sociolegal structures shape behavior, governance,and institutional development. It supports work that foregrounds justice, fairness, identity, and sustainability, and welcomes scholarship that is comparative, historical, and transnational, as well as attentive to local legal systems and processes.
Organizing Committee
Maj Grasten – University of Copenhagen Business School
- Daniela Campos Ugaz – Emory University
- Jay Varellas – UC Berkeley
- Henrique Castro – University of Konstanz
Leanna Katz – McGill University
- M. Francis Cao – Goethe University Frankfurt
Co-organizers and Sponsors
Law and Political Economy Collective
- Law and Society Association
