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International Workshop on
"Formal, informal and Criminal Economy. A Comparative Outlook on Northern and Southern Europe"
October 21, 2011
University of Messina
Faculty of Political Sciences
Buccisano room, Via Malpighi (Messina)
h. 9:30
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New Publication:
Larry Barnett
The Place of Law. The Role and Limits of Law in Society
In this stimulating volume, Larry D. Barnett locates a fundamental defect in widespread assumptions regarding the institution of law. He asserts that scholarship on law is being led astray by currently accepted beliefs about the institution, and as a result progress in understanding law as a societal institution will be impeded until a more accurate view of law is accepted. This book takes on this challenge.
The Place of Law addresses two questions that are at the heart of the institution of law. Why is law an evidently universal, enduring institution in societies characterized by a relatively high level of economic development and a relatively high degree of social complexity? And why do the concepts and doctrines of the institution of law differ between jurisdictions (states or nations) at one point in time and vary within a particular jurisdiction over time? These two questions, Barnett believes, should be prominent in any study of law.
The framework for law Barnett proposes is concerned with activities that are fundamental aspects of social organization, that is, activities that are deeply embedded in social life. His viewpoint is grounded on a body of quantitative research pertinent to the societal sources and limits of law. Barnett argues that this perspective applies only to law in sovereign, democratic nations that are economically advanced and socially complex. In other environments, law’s place as a societal institution is less secure. This innovative perspective will do much to enhance understanding and appreciation of the role of law in modern societies.
Transaction,
2011
ISBN: 978-1-4128-4258-7
$ 59, 95
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Call for Paper
Second-Generation Immigrants in Italy: Segregation or Social Advancement?
Thematic Issue of the Journal of Modern Italian Studies edited by Jeffrey Cole and Pietro Saitta
Abstracts deadline: July 1, 2009.
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International Conference
"IL MERCATO DELLA SEX INDUSTRY TRA GLOBALE E LOCALE" (Sex Industry between Global and Local)
Messina
October 3-4, 2008
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Human Rights
Sedicesimo Meridiano - Education to Human Rights and Peace
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Call for Paper
Impact of Globalization and Technology on Behavior and Everyday Practices: Cross Cultural Studies
A book edited by Amaro La Rosa and César Carrillo
Abstracts deadline: December 31, 2007.
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ISA FIRST WORLD FORUM ON SOCIOLOGY
Call for Paper:
RCSL ON "RE-THINKING LEGAL JUSTICE"
Barcelona
September 5-8, 2008
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Novità Editoriale:
Domenico Carzo, Antonia Cava e Mariagrazia Salvo
Globalità virtuale e realtà locale. Genere, consumi e comunicazione in una città di provincia
Franco Angeli, 2007
€ 19
ISBN: 978-88-464-8573-1
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Novità Editoriale:
Pietro Saitta
Economie del Sospetto. Le comunità maghrebine in Centro e Sud Italia e gli Italiani
Rubbettino, 2007
€14
ISBN: 978-88-498-1675-4
website:
http://www.rubbettino.it/rubbettino/public/dettaglioLibro_re.jsp?ID=3556
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Joint Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association (LSA) and the Research Committee on Sociology of Law (RCSL of ISA)
Humboldt University, Berlin
July 25-28, 2007
The Law and Society Association and the Research Committee on Sociology of Law (RCSL) will hold their next joint annual meeting at Humboldt University in Berlin from July 25 to July 28, 2007. Berlin 2007 is the latest in a series of joint annual meetings that began in Amsterdam in 1991and included Glasgow (1996) and Budapest (2001).
The Berlin meeting will serve the needs of the members of LSA, RCSL and the other sponsors but will be open to scholars from all over the world. Scholars are encouraged to submit individual papers and organize panels and roundtables. In addition to panels, roundtables and other sessions on all socio-legal studies topics, there will be special theme events designed to identify common issues, take account of comparative work, foster studies of transnational phenomena, and promote future international cooperation. A detailed call for papers with instructions on how to make submissions will be issued in October 2006 with a deadline of January 12, 2007.
For further information, questions, and suggestions contact: Program Coordinator, Elizabeth Holzer
Website: http://www.lawandsociety.org/ann_mtg/am07/call.htm
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European Sociological Association (ESA) 8th Conference on “Conflict, Citizenship and Civil Society”
Glasgow,
United Kingdom
3-6 September
2007
Deadline for
paper proposals is 15 February 2007
The 8th European Sociological Association Conference will bring together
scholars from across the globe to explore contemporary transformations of
citizenship in Europe and debate the state of democracy and the fate of civil,
political and social rights that have been the political lifeblood of European
societies. The Conference will host papers in over 30 Research Networks and
Research Streams covering the full range of substantive areas within the
sociological canon.
Keynote Speakers
will include: Margaret Archer, Donatella Della Porta and Nicos
Mouzelis.
It is anticipated that registration and abstracts will be accepted from autumn
2006. If you would like to be contacted as details become available, please
email
esa8thconference@gcal.ac.uk
giving your name, address and contact email.
Paper
proposals:
Papers with a cross-national, comparative focus and
papers by researchers earlier in their career are particularly welcome.
Abstracts will only be accepted through online submission. The provisional
deadline for abstract submission is 15 February, 2007 and you can submit under
any of the Research Streams or Research Networks listed.
Click here for more information:http://www.esa8thconference.com/
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Book reviews for International Sociology
Call for reviews
The launching of two bi-annual issues of International Sociology - Review of Books is no less than a bid to rekindle the sociological imagination by proclaiming that sociology as a science is "going global." How social processes can be explicated under widely different political, economic, and historical conditions is understandably a burning theoretical and practical concern in a world where the free movement of people, goods, and techniques has become a cliché.
The proposed journal issues will prove an opportunity to examine whether, and in what way, perspectives on sociology as a science and on human experiences of the social are shaped by geography, i.e., by structures and world-views developed in different areas of the planet. Implicitly, ISRB represents an appreciation of the fact that the discipline is being enriched by the accruing insights of professionals whose expertise is modulated by distinctive experiences of society.
In these journal issues, therefore, work produced in languages other than English will be highlighted. In the meantime, however, materials submitted to ISRB will be written in English, with abstracts of review articles in French and Spanish. To encourage the realization of the goals of the ISRB, the editor will relate to both solicited and unsolicited contributions. Our mandate is detailed below.
Please follow the guidelines for submitting reviews.
Send contributions to:
Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, Dr. Rer. Soc.
Editor, International Sociology Review of Books
Faculty of Education
University of Haifa
Mount Carmel
Haifa, 31905
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