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Ambitious, Original and Timely:
Prof. Daphna Hacker wins the
Herbert Jacob Book Prize
We are delighted to report that Prof.
Daphna Hacker has won the Law and
Society Association (LSA) Herbert
Jacob Book Prize for her seminal work,
“Legalized Families in the Era of Bordered
Globalization” (Cambridge University
Press, 2017).
The Herbert Jacob Book Prize is an
annual competition open to books from
all fields and approaches to law and
society scholarship. Established in 1996
as the LSA Book Award, and renamed
in memory of its past President Herbert
Jacob, the prize is awarded to the best
book in socio-legal studies, outside of
legal history.
Prof. Daphna Hacker
Prof. Daphna Hacker’s pioneering
book develops the concept of bordered
globalization to analyze the intersection
of borders and globalization in relation
to law and families. The book has been
praised by the LSA as an exemplary
work of law and society scholarship.
“It is ambitious, original, and timely.
The book’s ambition lies in the way the
author engages the fa mily in the context
of a ‘bordered globalization’, ultimately
giving meaning to studying families and
relational rights through broader frames
than just the national, by also giving
attention to the material limits of the
global. It is original in its approach to the
unit of study: families in a globalized yet
bordered context. The book is clearly and
gracefully written, and an outstanding
contribution to socio-legal studies.”
Prof. Hacker is an Associate Professor
at TAU Law and Women and Gender
Studies Program at Tel Aviv University.
She researches and teaches with a focus
on the intersection of law, families and
gender. •