Established in 1962

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.

Statutes. Amended January 2001, July 2010.

Board 2010-2014
President
Vittorio OLGIATI, University of Macerata, Italy
vittorio.olgiati@unimc.it

Secretary and Treasurer
Germano SCHWARTZ, Lutheran University of Brazil, Brazil, germano.schwartz@globo.com

Board Members
Benoit BASTARD, France
Luigi COMINELLI,  Universitá degli Studi de Milano, Italy
Volkmar GESSNER, Germany
Carlos LISTA, Argentina
Angela MELVILLE, University of Manchester, UK
David NELKEN, Italy
Ulrike SCHULTZ, Germany

Co-opted members
Arvind AGRAWAL, Rajasthan University, India
Flora DI DONATO,  Podgorecki Prize 2010 winner
Madalena DUARTE, Portugal
Hakan HYDEN
Germano SCHWARTZ, Lutheran University of Brazil, Brazil

Observer members
Sol PICCIOTTO, IISL Scientific Director, IISL, Oñati, Spain

Past Boards

Working Groups

• Working Group on Comparative Legal Culture
  Chair: Marina KURKCHYIAN, University of Oxford, UK
  mkurkchyian @hotmail.com
  
• Working Group on Gender and Law
  Chair: tba
• Working Group on Human Rights
  Chair: Stephan PARMENTIER, Leuven Institute for Criminology, Belgium, Stephan.Parmentier@law.kuleuven.be
• Working Group on Law and Politics
  Chair: María Angélica CUELLAR VAZQUEZ, Mexico, cuellarv@servidor.unam.mx
• Working Group on Urban Problems
  Chair: Antonio AZUELA, Mexico, cueva@servidor.unam.mx
• Working Group on Social Systems and Legal Systems
  Co-Chairs: Vittorio OLGIATI, Italy and Germano SCHWARTZ, Brazil, germano.schwarz@globo.com
• Working Group on Law and Popular Culture
  Chair: Guy OSBORN, University of Westminster, UK, osborng@wmin.ac.uk
• Working Group on Law and Migration
  Chair: Devanayaka SUNDARAM, India, dsundaram@hotmail.com
• Working Group on Civil Justice and Dispute Resolution
  Chair:  Masayuki MURAYAMA, Meiji University, Japan, aa00092@kisc.meiji.ac.jp
• Working Group on Legal Professions
  Chair:Ulrike SCHULTZ, Germany, ulrike.schultz @fern-uni.hagen.de
  

Cross Interest
RC29 Sociology of Deviance and Social Control
RC36 Alienation Theory and Research

Cross-interest web sites

• The RCSL is closely involved in the activities of the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law.
• Socio-Legal Research Centre's Websites
  
• RC12 Sociology of Law webpage

Forthcoming Activities

Sociology of Law and Political Action 
ISA Research Committee on Sociology of Law RC12
and Sciences-Po Toulouse
Toulouse, France 
September 3-6, 2013
Abstracts: February 15, 2013

Awards
Adam Podgórecki Prize, established in October 2004.

Newsletter
- RCSL Newsletter published twice a year.

	Spring	Summer	Fall
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008

Membership
Dues USD 130 (USD 65 discount) for a 4 year period. If you prefer to pay in Euro, please contact RC12 organizational secretariat at manttoni@iisj.es
ISA membership registration form is available on https://secured.com/~f3641/formisa.htm