The International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL) in Oñati is the only international establishment which is entirely devoted to teaching and promoting the sociology of law, socio-legal studies, and

law and society The sociology of law (legal sociology, or law and society) is often described as a sub-discipline of sociology or an interdisciplinary approach within legal studies. Some see sociology of law as belonging "necessarily" to the field of sociology, ...

research. The IISL is a joint venture of th
Research Committee on Sociology of Law
(also known as RC12 of the International Sociological Association) and the government of the Basque autonomous region in Spain. It is situated (since 1989) in the

University of Oñati The University of Oñati (in Basque ''Oñatiko Unibertsitatea''; in Spanish ''Universidad de Oñate''), the official name being the University of the Holy Spirit (Sancti Spiritus), was a University founded in 1540 and located in the Basque people, B ...

(the Ancient University of the Basque Country) in Oñati. The founding director of the IISL, André-Jean Arnaud, had bronze plaques put on the walls of the renaissance building with the names of some of the forefathers of modern sociology of law: Montesquieu, Henry James Sumner Maine, Francisco Giner de los Ríos, Henri Lévy-Bruhl,

Achille Loria Achille Loria (March 2, 1857 in Mantua – November 6, 1943) was an Italian political economist. He was educated at the lyceum of his native city and the universities of Bologna, Pavia, Rome, Berlin, and London and graduated at the University of ...

Leon Petrażycki Leon Petrażycki (Polish: Leon Petrażycki; Russian: ''Лев Иосифович Петражицкий'' ev Iosifovich Petrazhitsky born 13 April 1867, in Kołłątajewo, Mogilev Governorate, now in Belarus – 15 May 1931, in Warsaw) was a Poli ...

, Émile Durkheim,

Max Weber Maximilian Karl Emil Weber (; ; 21 April 186414 June 1920) was a German sociologist, historian, jurist and political economist, who is regarded as among the most important theorists of the development of modern Western society. His ideas profo ...

, Eugen Ehrlich, Karl Renner,

Karl N. Llewellyn Karl Nickerson Llewellyn (May 22, 1893 – February 13, 1962) was a prominent American jurisprudential scholar associated with the school of legal realism. ''The Journal of Legal Studies'' has identified Llewellyn as one of the twenty most cited A ...

Theodor Geiger Theodor Julius Geiger (9 November 1891 in Munich, Germany - 16 June 1952) was a German socialist, lawyer and sociologist who studied Sociology of Law, social stratification and social mobility, methodology, and intelligentsia, among other thin ...

Georges Gurvitch Georges Gurvitch (russian: Гео́ргий Дави́дович Гу́рвич; October 20, 1894, Novorossiysk – December 12, 1965, Paris) was a Russian-born French sociologist and jurist. One of the leading sociologists of his times, he was a ...

, Nicholas S. Timasheff. The IISL has four "official languages": English,

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

, Spanish and Basque. It houses a famous library/documentation centre covering socio-legal literature in all major and many minor languages. The Institute organises socio-legal workshops and an international Master's Program in the Sociology of Law, including student scholarships. Publications from the workshops are regularly produced in both an English- and Spanish language series, including the Institute's own online peer-reviewed journal (Onati Socio-Legal Series). The IISL is also the host of the World Consortium of Law and Society associations. Applications to host a workshop, residence grants for visitors wishing to use the library, and to study on the Masters programmes are usually due mid-February.

Literature

* André-Jean Arnaud, Inaugural Speech: Legal Culture and Everyday Life, Vitoria, ñati Proceedings, vol.1 1989, p. 41-48. * Pierre Guibentif (ed.) Oñati IISL-IISJ. 1989-2000: Introduction to the Institute and Report about its Activities. Oñati: IISL 2000. * Oñati International Series in the Sociology of Law (Richard Hart Publishers, Oxford) * Collección Oñati: Derecho y Sociedad (Dykinson: Madrid)

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* * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUfz8CqLnE8 {{DEFAULTSORT:International Institute For The Sociology Of Law Legal research institutes Sociology of law Research institutes in the Basque Country (autonomous community)

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