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37
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Nicola Lacey publication distribution in Law in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Law in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicola Lacey sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 262+

This scientist: 236 publications — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 262 publications or more.

Nicola Lacey D-index placement in Law in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Law scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Nicola Lacey sits on this spectrum.

20 D-Index: 16 scientists 21 D-Index: 23 scientists 22 D-Index: 11 scientists 23 D-Index: 20 scientists 24 D-Index: 17 scientists 25 D-Index: 23 scientists 26 D-Index: 19 scientists 27 D-Index: 19 scientists 28 D-Index: 22 scientists 29 D-Index: 14 scientists 30 D-Index: 25 scientists 31 D-Index: 25 scientists 32 D-Index: 20 scientists 33 D-Index: 24 scientists 34 D-Index: 23 scientists 35 D-Index: 12 scientists 36 D-Index: 11 scientists 37 D-Index: 15 scientists 38 D-Index: 14 scientists 39 D-Index: 4 scientists 40 D-Index: 8 scientists 41 D-Index: 9 scientists 42+ D-Index: 92 scientists
20 D-Index 42+

This scientist: 37 D-Index — 73rd percentile

73% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 42 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Law in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Nicola Lacey is affiliated with the London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a specific focus on sociology and political science, law, and political science and international relations. In addition, they have contributions in cognitive neuroscience and general health professions.

Their main research topics include:

  • Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
  • Law in Society and Culture
  • Free Will and Agency
  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Torture, Ethics, and Law
  • Legal principles and applications
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics

Nicola Lacey has published extensively in legal and social sciences venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Monist
  • Modern Law Review
  • Crime and Justice
  • London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online

Some recent papers by Nicola Lacey are:

  • Why Standing to Blame May Be Lost but Authority to Hold Accountable Retained: Criminal Law as a Regulative Public Institution (2020, The Monist)
  • Institutionalising Interpersonal Ideas in Law (2024, Modern Law Review)
  • Getting Proportionality in Perspective: Philosophy, History, and Institutions (2021, Crime and Justice)
  • Getting Proportionality in Perspective: Philosophy, History and Institutions (2021, SSRN Electronic Journal)

In addition to journal publications, Nicola Lacey has contributed to book publications, including a title published by eBooks:

  • H.L.A.: (2021)

Frequent co-authors include:

  • David Soskice
  • Hanna Pickard
  • Lucia Zedner
  • Kristina Kolbe
  • Chris Upton-Hansen

Best Publications

  • Not Just Deserts: A Republican Theory of Criminal Justice.

    Nicola Lacey;John Braithwaite;Philip Pettit

  • Punishment, Communication, and Community

    Nicola Lacey

  • The prisoners' dilemma political economy and punishment in contemporary democracies

    Nicola Lacey

  • The Politics of Community: A Feminist Critique of the Liberal-Communitarian Debate

    Elizabeth Frazer;Nicola Lacey

  • The Prisoners’ Dilemma: Punishment in contemporary democracies

    Unknown

  • Unspeakable Subjects: Feminist Essays in Legal and Social Theory

    Nicola Lacey

  • State Punishment: Political Principles and Community Values

    Nicola Lacey

  • Communitarianism

    Unknown

  • In Search of Criminal Responsibility

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  • To Blame or to Forgive? Reconciling Punishment and Forgiveness in Criminal Justice

    Nicola Lacey;Hanna Pickard

  • In search of the responsible subject: history, philosophy and social sciences in criminal law theory

    Nicola Lacey

  • The Chimera of Proportionality: Institutionalising Limits on Punishment in Contemporary Social and Political Systems.

    Nicola Lacey;Hanna Pickard

  • Feminist legal theory

    Nicola Lacey

  • Responsibility and modernity in criminal law

    Nicola Lacey

  • From the Consulting Room to the Court Room? Taking the Clinical Model of Responsibility Without Blame into the Legal Realm

    Nicola Lacey;Hanna Pickard

  • Historicising Criminalisation: Conceptual and Empirical Issues

    Nicola Lacey

  • Crime, punishment and segregation in the United States: The paradox of local democracy:

    Nicola Lacey;David Soskice

  • Discourses of community in criminal justice

    Nicola Lacey;Lucia Zedner

  • A Life of H. L. A. Hart: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream

    Nicola Lacey

  • Legislation against sex discrimination: questions from a feminist perspective

    Nicola Lacey

  • Women, crime, and character: from Moll Flanders to Tess of the d'Urbervilles

    Nicola Lacey

  • Understanding the Determinants of Penal Policy: Crime, Culture, and Comparative Political Economy

    Nicola Lacey;David Soskice;David Hope

  • Populism and the Rule of Law

    Nicola Lacey

  • Legal constructions of crime

    Nicola Lacey

  • The Jurisprudence of Discretion:Escaping the Legal Paradigm

    Unknown

  • In Search of Criminal Responsibility

    Nicola Lacey

  • Punishment and Welfare@@@Giving Desert Its Due

    Nicola Lacey;David Garland;Wojciech Sadurski

  • :Answering for Crime: Responsibility and Liability in the Criminal Law

    Nicola Lacey

Frequent Co-Authors

David Soskice
David Soskice London School of Economics and Political Science
Elizabeth Frazer
Elizabeth Frazer University of Oxford
Lucia Zedner
Lucia Zedner University of Oxford
David Garland
David Garland New York University
Christine Chinkin
Christine Chinkin London School of Economics and Political Science
Gunther Teubner
Gunther Teubner Goethe University Frankfurt
Hugh Collins
Hugh Collins London School of Economics and Political Science
Mike Savage
Mike Savage London School of Economics and Political Science
Alan Manning
Alan Manning London School of Economics and Political Science
Naila Kabeer
Naila Kabeer London School of Economics and Political Science

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