Professor Chloë Kennedy’s book shortlisted in SLSA awards
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‘Inducing Intimacy: Deception, Consent and the Law’, by Professor Chloë Kennedy of Edinburgh Law School, has been shortlisted for the Socio-Legal Theory and History Prize by the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA).
The prize recognises outstanding contributions to socio-legal theory and history, and is awarded by the SLSA, one of the UK’s leading associations for socio-legal research.
Professor Kennedy’s book examines the complex legal and ethical issues that arise in thinking about how deception affects consent to sex and intimate relationships. It offers important contributions to contemporary debates in socio-legal scholarship and legal practice.
She said: “I am deeply honoured that my book has been shortlisted for this award. In offering my thanks to the prize committee, I would also like to acknowledge the conditions that made writing this book possible. I was fortunate to be awarded an AHRC fellowship to support this project, but most of the writing occurred during a subsequent, extended period of institutional research leave. Granting this leave represented a genuine commitment to research excellence on the part of my institution, so I would like to record my thanks for that decision alongside my thanks to the funder.”
The winner will be announced at the SLSA Annual Conference, taking place at the University of Sussex from 30 March to 1 April 2026.
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