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, 2010Reviews of Comparative Criminal Justice: Beyond Law in Context: Developing a Sociological Understanding of Law, Ashgate, 2009, Reviews of Beyond Law in Context: The Limits of the Legal Process. A Study of Landlords, Law and Crime, Academic Press, 1983Reviews of The Limits of the Legal Process:

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

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