“…Matthieu Niederhauser is a PhD Candidate at the Institute of Political Studies at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, and was a researcher at the Global Governance Institute at University College London until November 2022. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Key Takeaways -- Conclusion -- Contents -- Part I: The Rise of Major Cities: Causes and Consequences -- Chapter 1: In the Age of Cities: The Impact of Urbanisation on House Prices and Affordability -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Popularity of Major Cities -- 3 Consequences of the Rise of Major Cities: Housing Affordability and Its Challenges -- 3.1 Causes of the Housing Affordability Crisis -- 4 The Impact of Institutional Investment on the Housing Market -- 5 Potential Solutions -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Tackling London ́s Housing Crisis -- 1 Defining the Crisis -- 2 Building Homes for Londoners -- 3 Beyond Building -- 3.1 Genuinely Affordable Homes -- 3.2 London ́s Private Rented Sector -- 3.3 Homelessness and Rough Sleeping -- 4 Devolution -- References -- Chapter 3: The Housing Market in Major Dutch Cities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Price Movements in Major Urban Housing Markets Dissected -- 2.1 Signs of Overheating in Major Urban Housing Markets -- 2.2 As Yet no Indications of a Credit-Driven Bubble -- 3 Differences Between the Major Cities and the Rest of the Netherlands -- 3.1 Demand for Housing -- 3.2 Housing Supply -- 4 Conclusions and Policy Recommendations -- References -- Part II: Is There a Bubble in Major Cities? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Lessons of a Focus Group Study Balázs Fekete (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)14. -- In Conversation with Reza: Theory and Method in Socio-Legal ResearchLinda Mulcahy (Oxford University, UK)15. -- 'The Light in the Tunnel Can Be a Train': About Kafkaesque Double Thoughts Karl Dahlstrand (Lund University, Sweden and Mikael Furugärde, Lund University, Sweden)16. -- Socio-Legal Agency in Late Modernity - Reappreciating the Relationship between Normativity and Sociology of Law Pierre Guibentif (Iscte University Institute, Portugal)17. -- The Quest for Scientific Methods: Sociology of Law, Jurimetrics and Legal Informatics Peter Wahlgren (Stockholm University, Sweden)18. -- Minding the 'Gap' Problem: The Relevance of Combining Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to the Study of Law's Role in Everyday LifeStine Piilgaard Porner Nielsen (University of Southern Denmark)19. -- Doing Fieldwork in Istanbul Courts: Challenges and Strategies Seda Kalem (Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey) PART IVCOMPARATIVE LEGAL CULTURES20. -- Legal Culture as an Approach to the Study of Law in Russian Society Marina Kurkchiyan (University of Oxford, UK)21. -- Flexible Structures: Using the Legal Culture Concept to Study the Law of Society Carlo Pennisi (University of Catania, Italy)22. -- Lawyers and Drivers: On Reading Two Works of Reza Banakar Lawrence M Friedman (Stanford University, USA)23. -- Traffic Justice: Law and Society on the Roads of Iran and the Netherlands Marc Hertogh (University of Groningen, the Netherlands)24. -- The Cancer of the Law in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Reflections on the Iranian Anti-Israel Law of 2020 Mathieu Deflem (University of South Carolina)25. -- Revolutions and Legal Cultures. -- Perspectives and Reflections Hanne Petersen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) PART VSOCIOLOGY OF LAW AS SCIENCE26. -- Reza Banakar and the Quest for a Sociology of Law Ole Hammerslev (University of Southern Denmark) and Mikael Rask Madsen (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)27. -- Governing through Covid Indicators David Nelken (King's College, London, UK)28. -- Safe but not Secure? …”

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