IISL Newsletter 56 - October 2018

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First of all, I would like to express how grateful I am to the IISL Board for my election as the new IISL Scientific Director for the 2018-2020 term. In addition to an important responsibility this is a very special honour, not only because of the importance of the IISL itself, but also considering the impressive group of scholars that preceded me in this position. [Read more]

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Since its foundation in 1989, the International Institute of the Sociology of Law in Onati has been a space for exchange between generations of scholars. At its 30th anniversary, the Research Committee for the Sociology of Law will celebrate its achievements of intergenerational exchange and collaboration and prepare for the future by linking generations for the advancement of our field.

The organisers will particularly promote and facilitate exchange and collaboration across generations of socio-legal scholars through panels and keynotes, and link generations from North and South for innovative research and theorizing.

The calls for sessions and for papers are open until 10 December. Learn more on the IISL's website.

The students from the academic term 2017/18 all got their Master's Degree. Congratulations and best of luck!

2017/18 André-Jean Arnaud Prize

Pamela Teutli, from Mexico, has been awarded the André-Jean Arnaud Prize, given to the student whose thesis (in this case, La participación política de la mujer indígena a través de las narrativas de las mujeres zapatistas) got the best mark. ¡Enhorabuena!

5-6 Jul: Gender and Judging in the Middle East and Africa: Emerging Scholarship and Debates
Chairs: Josephine Dawuni (Howard University), Monika Lindbekk (University of Oslo), Rania Maktabi (Østfold University College), Ulrike Schultz (FernUniversität in Hagen).

"The workshop addressed the constrains and challenges on the path towards female appointments to judgeship from an historical perspective, the political and theoretical debates that sorrounded such appointments and the impact that they have on local societies in the various contexts under analysis." [+info] [+Programme]

12-13 Jul: New constitutionalism? New forms of democracy and rule of law beyond liberalism
Chair: Adam Czarnota (University of New South Wales)

"This year I have participated in three workshops organised by IISL in Oñati (...). Everybody who tried to organise workshop or conference knew how much time-consuming activity it is. How many emails and phone calls are necessary to make. Organisation of a workshop at IISL is less time -consuming because all organisational and logistic matters are deal with by Malen Gordoa Mendizabal who is truly professional." [+info] [+Programme]

19-20 Jul: Social Ontology of Law in Legal Education
Chairs: Michał Paździora (University of Wroclaw), Michał Stambulski (University of Wroclaw).

"I truly recommend organizing a workshop in Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (...). Infrastructure of the Institute and the city itself create a convenient area for scientific discussions. During our work on legal education, we had the opportunity to exchange ideas and plans for activates. We discussed the role of legal education in creating the social ontology of law. As a consequence of this meeting we plan to publish a monograph devoted to this topic." [+info] [+Programme]

26-27 Jul: Niklas Luhmann 20 Years After. Constructing Law in World Society
Chairs: Germano Schwartz (Uniritter), Aldo Mascareño (Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez).

"A special guest of our meeting was Niklas Luhmann himself. In the early nineties, Niklas Luhmann held a conference at Oñati. Chair of that conference was an even younger Pierre Guibentif, who kindly organized the video presentation at the end of our meeting." [+info] [+Programme]

Jacinta Opara (Kampala International University - Uganda): 18/09/2018 - 26/07/2019

Bartholomeus Maria Johannes van Klink (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): 27/09/2018 - 05/10/2018

Sean Robertson (University of Alberta - Canadá): 02/10/2018 - 29/10/2018

Jacqueline Wilson (Rhodes University, Sudáfrica): 01/10/2018 - 01/12/2018

Annie Bunting (York University, Canadá): 16/09/2018 - 29/09/2018

Shane Chalmers (University of Melbourne, Australia):
10/09/2018 - 28/09/2018

Rebecca Munro (The European University Institute): 10/09/2018 - 24/09/2018

Deborah Jump (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK): 22/07/2018 - 24/07/2018

"Whilst at the IISL in Onati, I commenced work on my forthcoming monograph- Boxing, Desistance and Violence. I am interested in whether ot not the sport of boxing reduces violence among young men, or increases it". [+]