The Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law (IISL)

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The Oñati International Institute

for the Sociology of Law (IISL)

Oñati:medieval town in the heart of the Basque Country, Euskadi.

Bilbao 65km (nearest international airport)San Sebastian 75 kmVitoria 45 km.Zumarraga 20 km (trains)

The Oñati Institute is in the Sancti Spiritus University (1540) the first Basque University

Sancti Spiritus University

IISL Founders:RCSLBasque Government (funding)

Boardbiannual meetings

Scientific Director 2 years)Administrative Director8 other Staff

Law and Society Library 3 meeting rooms Aula Magna 3 offices for visitors Computer room The Residence

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Residence: Antia Palace

THE RESIDENCE

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18th Century neoclassical 22 en suite double rooms €243/273 (shared) €409

(single)/month Shared kitchen, common

rooms, computer facilities, wi-fi, reading room

Use of Oñati sports centre, swimming pool

Oñati and surroundingshiking, open air activitiesMondragon co-opsBilbao (Guggenheim etc)San Sebastian (La Concha)Basque cuisine

Major Activities International Master in Sociology of Law

Treves Network Doctorate Visitors: doctoral/post-doc/senior researchers

Residence grants, Chiba & Celaya grants Law & Society Library & Documentation Centre

catalogue internet accessible

International Workshops, Conferences, Summer Courses2011 Conference: The Social Economy: Corporate Responsibility & Private Property & Partnerships, Workers´ Rights & Cooperatives

PublicationsBook Series: Hart (English), Dykinson (Spanish) Journals: Sortuz, Oñati Socio-Legal Series E-Newsletter

Networking the world socio-legal communityWorld Consortium for Law and Society (WCLS)

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The Oñati Institute

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Post-graduate Programme

International Master’s Degree in the Sociology of Law

(Official Master’s Degree in the Sociology of Law of the Universities of the Basque Country and Milan, recognised by the International Sociological Association (ISA)

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1990-2011 (22 Programmes)

396 Students from 60 countries 2011-12: 13 from 11 countries 147 professors

from 27 countries

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Graduates

281 students International Master’s in the Sociology of Law

46 students: Certificate of Course Work (no thesis)

69 students: Single Courses

From 1990-91 to 2011/12396 Master Students

67%

15%

18%

International Master in Sociology of Law

Course Work (no tesina)

Single Courses

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One-year Programme 60 ECTS credits

End-September – March (6.5 months)

Courses at the IISL

40 credits

1 ECTS teaching credit = 25 hours work (preparation, class seminar, individual discussion, assignments)

April–Mid September (5.5 months)

Research Project(supervised)

Master´s Thesis

20 credits

1 Research ECTS = 30 hours

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Courses – 2 weeks eachTaught by Visiting Professors

Theories and Approaches to the Sociology of Law Socio-Legal Research Theory and Practice: Qualitative Methods Socio-Legal Research Theory and Practice: Quantitative Methods Comparative Legal Cultures & Non-Western Law in a Comparative

Framework Socio-Legal Approaches to Rights The Sociology of Litigation and Adjudication Comparative & International Criminology Law in Global Governance Legal Professions Law and Economic Regulation New Issues in Socio-Legal Studies Anthropology of Law & Legal Pluralism (Thesis Seminar & Special Topics – weekly over 24 weeks)

Theses Submission: September

24 weeks to write and submit: draft proposal, supervised, empirical or theoretical research

Written defence (email) or Oral defence (Oñati/videoconference)

Grades: Eximia cum laude approbatur Magna cum laude approbatur Cum laude approbatur Approbatur

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Admission requirements

University degree in Sociology, Law, Social Sciences or a related discipline with good GPA

Good working knowledge of English (Toefl/IELTS or other evidence)

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Tuition Fees cover University 60 ECTS fees Course material Diploma IISL fees Sports facilities

2,000 €

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Student Fund & Grants

RCSL €3000 + IISL €3000 IISL €7800 in lieu of teacher fees Donations! www.iisj.net Tiruchelvam grant Treves grant

Widely recognised for entry into PhD programmesDirect entry to PhD at UPV/EHUInitial structural part of PhD programme at CES, University of Coimbra

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) May 2007“Oñati Master’s as a stepping stone to a PhD” “A well-established example of connection between Master´s and Doctoral courses”

Doctoral Programme

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European Doctoral Programme

Renato Treves International Research Doctorate in “Law and Society” established by the University of Milan together with the:

Centro Nazionale di Prevenzione e Difesa Soziale in Milan Carlos III University of Madrid University of Antwerp University of the Basque Country University of Bologna University of Insubria University of Lund University of Milan-Bicocca University of Urbino

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The Oñati Institute

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Workshops & Meetings

Up to 30 Participants, by invitation & on request Any socio-legal subject Between April-July (c. 12 weeks) Workshops Thursday-Friday Meetings Monday-Tuesday Meetings self-funded & organised IISL makes local arrangements Charge 50€ (Category A countries) Application for workshops + competition Bilkurak at other times subject to space availability

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Workshop Applications Application Form Details of the organiser(s) Statement of themes and objectives provisional timetable and programme Names of those who have agreed to take part Criteria for Selection quality of the proposal spread of participation – international & Basque contribution to socio-legal studies originality or novelty

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Publication of Workshop Papers

PAPERS

Book ProposalOñati Socio-Legal Series

Accepted by Publisher

HARTEnglish Series

DYKINSONSpanish series

Not Accepted

Book Series

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HART DYKINSON

Launched 2011 http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls Also in SSRN Issue 1: Top Theses Issue 2: Investigations –

Investigaciones - Ikerlanak Thematic Issues from Workshops All papers peer-reviewed Five Issues published by May 2011

The Oñati Institute

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OÑATI IISL LIBRARY

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OÑATI LIBRARY

Library resources: 16.600 monographs, and 21.000 indexed chapters from some of these books.

560 journals and series, 110 active subscriptions.

Library database: 77.000 bibliographical references: monographs, chapters, journals articles, unpublished materials, digital files.

Online Catalogue at http://www.iisj.es/bdiisj/

Library Reading Rooms: wifi access, photocopier, scanner

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IISL DATABASES LANGUAGES - 2007

SWEDISH; 22

DUTCH; 343

DANISH; 1

SPANISH; 14961

RUSSIAN; 14

ROMANIAN; 12

PORTUGUESE; 1392

POLISH; 18

NORWEGIAN; 3

J APANESE; 35

ITALIAN; 3032

HUNGARIAN; 4

GREEK; 16

GERMAN; 3371

ESTONIAN; 1FINNISH; 17

FRENCH; 5200

GEORGIAN; 1

CHINESE; 16

CZECH; 34CROATIAN; 2

CATALAN; 125

BULGARIAN; 1BASQUE; 420

ENGLISH; 43390

BASQUE

BULGARIAN

CATALAN

CROATIAN

CZECH

CHINESE

DANISH

DUTCH

ENGLISH

ESTONIAN

FINNISH

FRENCH

GEORGIAN

GERMAN

GREEK

HUNGARIAN

ITALIAN

J APANESE

NORWEGIAN

POLISH

PORTUGUESE

ROMANIAN

RUSSIAN

SPANISH

SWEDISH

LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOGUE : http//www.iisj.es/bdiisj/

Search query : Legal cultures

Search results :

(Legal cultures)+ (English) + (1970-2007)

1.372 bibliographic references: Books and chapters Journal articles Unpublished materials

Legal Cultures : A Book chapter

Legal Cultures : A Book

Legal Cultures : An article

Legal Cultures : A Paper

VISITING SCHOLARS Sabbaticals:

Option for offices, with internet access. Accommodation at the Residence. Shorter stays under the same conditions

Grants:* Chiba Grant : "social scientific study of non-Western law, including indigenous law among Western peoples, and studies by non-Western young scholars“.* Celaya Grant: “Sociolegal studies of Globalization and Law”* Residence Grants: Research work at the IISL Library

More information: www.iisj.es

Steering Committee Berlin July 2007Co-chairs Susanne Karstedt, Sol Picciotto (IISL); Joxerramón Bengoetxea; Anne Boigeol, Ulrike Schultz, Benoît Bastard, Vincenzo Ferrari; Terry Halliday, Malcolm Feeley; Masayuki Murayama, David Levi-Faur, Mariana Valverde

An international federation of organisations of scholars and institutions undertaking inter-disciplinary research in law,

the social sciences and humanities Objectives: share information, foster collaboration and

networking and joint organisation of activities and events;offer services beyond those conventionally undertaken by national/local organisations

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The World Consortium of Law in Society

WCLS Proposed Website

Information on Law and Society worldwide Facilities for members of member organisations Tools for member organisations Interactive – web 2.0 Drupal open-source software Levels of Access:

PublicMembers of Member Organisations Contributors Authorised by Member OrganisationsWebmaster

WCLS Public Website Members: List from database + links to websites News: items submitted by Authorised Contributors Working Groups: List generated from a database; Meetings & Conferences:

List + Calendargenerated from database of items submitted by authorised Contributorsone-stop shop to schedule and advertise events

Resources: pages of links to (i) Libraries, (ii) Journals, (iii) Publishers/Book series, (iv) Facilities (e.g. Smart Library, Experts listings).

Information: searchable databases containing items submitted by Authorised Contributors: (i) Jobs, (ii) Scholarships and Fellowships, (iii) Courses, (iv) Programmes, (v) Research Opportunities, (vi) Awards and Prizes.

links to Web 2.0 resources (Twitter, Facebook, Del.icious etc)

Register/Log In facility

Individual Member Pages Working Groups List + link to Join a group Create a Group facility: Groups could be

(i) Open to any individual member (and perhaps to non-members?); (ii) On Request applications to join must be approved by the group creator/coordinator(s), or (iii) Closed invitation-only.

Access your Group via Login Group Facilities

(i) blog /bulletin board for posts & discussions (ii) forum for debates (iii)files posting and archiving system, (iv)chatroom for real-time discussions online(v) group email address for group messages from and to any email programme

Member Administrator Pages Membership & Subscription Management: a database

system to manage the organisations´s membership and keep track of subscriptions, etc.

Meeting and Conference Organiser: a system for organising meetings from workshops to large conferences, including managing registration, paper submissions, approval of papers, paper archive, creating a schedule, etc.

Create & Manage a Journal/Working Paper Series: based on the Open Journals System: create and manage a journal or working paper series (managing submissions, reviewing, electronic publication of approved papers, & papers depository)

Create & Manage a Papers Depository depository for authorised persons to self-deposit papers, following a defined procedure (and probably subject to approval)

World Consortium for Law and Society

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WCLS Founder MembersCountry OrganisationGlobal Oñati IISLGlobal Commission on Legal PluralismGlobal International Society for Criminology ISCGlobal Research Committee for Sociology of Law, ISAArgentina SASJU: Sociedad Argentina de sociología jurídicaAustralasia Law and Society Association of Australia and New ZealandAustralia RegNet (Australian National University)Brazil Associação Brasileira de Pesquisadores em Sociologia do Direito (ABRaSD) Canada Canadian Law and Society Association /Association Canadienne droit et société (CLSA/ACDS)Denmark Centre for Studies in Legal Culture, Faculty of Law, University of CopenhagenEuropean Réseau Européen Droit et SociétéFrance CR (Thematic Network) Sociology of Law of the French Sociological AssociationFrancophone Comité de Recherches Études Socio-juridiques de l´Association internationale des sociologues de langue française

(AISLF)Germany "Rechtskulturen" programme of the Research Network Law in Context, Wissenschaftskolleg zu BerlinGermany Association for the Sociology of Law/Vereiningung für Recht und GesellschaftGermany Sektion Rechtssoziologie/Sociology of Law Section of the German Sociological AssociationIndia Adhoc Group on Sociology of Law of the Indian Sociological SocietyIndia Law and Social Sciences Research Network (LASSNET) - IndiaItaly Associazione di studi su diritto e società (Italy)Japan Japanese Association of Sociology of LawNetherlands Dutch and Flemish Association for the social scientific study of law (VSR)Sweden Lund University Sociology of Law UnitSwitzerland Research Committee for the Sociology of Law of the Swiss Sociological AssociationUSA Law in Society Association (US)USA American Bar FoundationUSA Baldy Center for Law & Policy (Buffalo, USA)Still ConsideringIsrael Israeli Law and Society AssociationItaly The Sociology of Law section of the Italian Sociological AssociationKorea Korean Society for the Sociology of LawPoland Section of Sociology of Law of the Polish Sociological Assoc.Russia Law in Society Group of the Centre for Independent Social Research, St PetersburgUK Socio-Legal Studies Association (UK)