Research Committees
RC12 Sociology of Law
Objectives
The Research Committee on Sociology of Law (RCSL) shall act as a free association of scholars active in sociology of law or socio-legal studies all around the world, whatever their nationality, opinion and scientific or methodological tendency.
Board 2018 - 2022
| President | Ulrike SCHULTZ, Fern University of Hagen, Germany, ulrike.schultz@fernuni-hagen.de |
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| Vice-Presidents | Manuel CALVO GARCIA, Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain Sharyn Lee-Anne ROACH ANLEU, Flinders University, Australia |
| Secretary | Lucero IBARRA ROJAS, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico, luceroibarrarojas@gmail.com |
| Board Members | Swethaa BALLAKRISHNEN, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE Luigi COMINELLI, University of Milan, Italy Pierre GUIBENTIF, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal Laura LORA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Co-opted Board Members | Reza BANAKAR, Lund University, Sweden Lynn MATHER, SUNY Buffalo, USA Stefan LARSSON, Lund University, Sweden |
| Executive Committee | Noe CORNAGO, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain (IISL Scientific Director) Pierre GUIBENTIF, ISCTE-IUL, Portugal (RCSL Website) Pablo CIOCCHINI, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (Editorial Committee) |
| Immediate Past President | Masayuki MURAYAMA, Meiji University, Japan |
| Editorial Committee | Pablo CIOCCHINI, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom (Chair) Lucero IBARRA ROJAS, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico Laura LORA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Pedro Rubim Borges FORTES, FGV, Brazil Swethaa BALLAKRISHNEN, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE Stefan MACHURA, Bangor University, United Kingdom (former chair) Mavis MACLEAN, University of Oxford, United Kingdom Shozo OTA, The University of Tokyo, Japan |
| RCSL Members at International Institute of Sociology of Law Board | Luigi COMINELLI, University of Milan, Italy Joxerramon BENGOETXEA, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain Susanne KARSTEDT, Griffith University, Australia Rosemary HUNTER, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom Ulrike SCHULTZ, Fern University of Hagen, Germany (ex officio) Marta SOLER GALLART, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain (ISA representative) |
Working Groups
- Working Group on Civil Justice and Dispute Resolution
Chair: Luigi COMINELLI, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy, luigi.cominelli@unimi.it - Working Group on Comparative Legal Culture
Chair: Marina KURKCHYIAN, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, mkurkchyian@hotmail.com - Working Group on Comparative Studies of Legal Professions
Chair: Rosemary AUCHMUTY, University of Reading, United Kingdom, r.auchmuty@reading.ac.uk - Working Group on Gender and Law
Co-chairs: Barbara Giovanna BELLO, University of Trento, Italy, barbaragbello@gmail.com, and Alexandrine GUYARD-NEDELEC, France, alexandrine.guyard-nedelec@u-cergy.fr - Working Group on Human Rights
Chair: Dani RUDNICKI, Brazil, danirud@hotmail.com - Working Group on Law and Politics
Chair: María Angélica CUELLAR VAZQUEZ, Mexico, cuellarv@servidor.unam.mx - Working Group on Law and Popular Culture
Chair: Guy OSBORN, University of Westminster, United Kingdom, osborng@wmin.ac.uk - Working Group on Law and Migration
Chair: Rashmi JAIN, India, rashmi.jn1@gmail.com - Working Group on Social and Legal Systems
Co-chairs: Germano SCHWARTZ, Brazil, germano.schwarz@globo.com and Lucas KONZEN, Italy, lucas.pizzolatto@unimi.it - Working Group on Sociology of Constitution
Chair: Alberto FEBBRAJO, Università di Macerata, Italy, febbrajo@unimc.it - Working Group on Urban Problems
Chair: tba
Cross Interest
RC36 Alienation Theory and Research
Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (Spain)
The Centre for the Study of Law and Society, California, Berkeley, USA
Socio-Legal Studies Association (UK)
The Law and Society Association
Centre for Socio-Legal Studies - University of Oxford, UK
Justice Policy Research Centre - University of Newcastle, Australia
Legal Intersections Research Centre - University of Wollongong, Canada
Griffiths Socio-Legal Centre
Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy
Institute of Global Law
Canadian Law and Society Association
Centre for Law and Society
Centre for Socio-Legal Research - University of Capetown, South Africa
The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society (FLJS), Wolfson College, UK
Institute of Law and Social Sciences, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan
The Institute for Legal Studies, University of Wisconsin, USA
Newsletter
Available on RC12 website.
Membership
Regular category A membership dues for a 4-year period is USD 130.
| Regular membership categories B & C | USD 65 |
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| Category A students | USD 65 |
| Category B & C students | USD 30 |
Life membership is available after 70.
| Life membership | |
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| Category A | USD 200 |
| Category B & C | USD 100 |
Students if you prefer to pay in Euro, please contact RC12 organizational secretariat at manttoni@iisj.es.
ISA membership registration form is available on https://isa.enoah.com/Sign-In.