Interdisciplinary Seminar in Legal Studies

Presentation & Research Projects

Director(s)

OST François, DUMONT Hugues, CARTUYVELS Yves, van de KERCHOVE Michel, GÉRARD Philippe.

Members

BERNARD Nicolas, BRAIVE Gaston, CARTUYVELS Yves, DE BROUWER Jean-Louis, DE SADELEER Nicolas, DE STEXHE Guillaume, DE THEUX DE MEYLANDT ET MONTJARDIN Axel, DEVILLÉ Anne, DILLENS Anne-Marie, DUMONT Hugues, FLORENCE Jean, GERARD Philippe, GUILLAIN, Christine, HANARD Gilbert, MINCKE Christophe, NANDRIN Jean-Pierre, RIGAUX Marie-Françoise, RUELLE Annette, SEGERS Marie-Jeanne, STROWEL Alain, TULKENS François, VAN DE KERCHOVE Michel, VAN DROOGHENBROECK Sébastien, VAN GEHUCHTEN Pierre-Paul.

External collaborator(s)

TULKENS Françoise, DE BAUW Ch., JADOUL André, TANGHE F., VAN BOL J.-M., VOGLIOTTI Massimo.

About the Centre

Created in 1974, the Seminar aims to develop a critical study of legal phenomenon on an interdisciplinary basis. The Seminar is interested in the evolution of contemporary Law and has, so far, focused its reflection on the nature of legal reasoning, the changes in the role of the Judge, the relation between law and interest, and the images and uses of nature in law and "negotiated law". The theme presently chosen by the Seminar is : law, language and literature. In each case, the Seminar considers law within its social and human context. The Seminar publishes a review : the Revue interdisciplinaire d'études juridiques, as well as a collection of books which reflects the synthesis of its studies. It collaborates in a post-graduate program in Legal Theory, the European Master's in Legal Theory.

Keywords

law / interdisciplinarity.

Ongoing project(s)

	Opportuneness and effectiveness of the Autonomic Police Action.
	Human rights, shield or sword of penal law.
	The building of European rights : powers, translations and transpositions.
	Critical and interdisciplinar analysis of contemporary legal transformations.
	A prosecution service for the twenty-first century.
	Law and literature.
	Law and democracy : new regulations.
	Right to housing.
	Law and the politics of language and literature.
	Transfer of judicial responsabilities : in-group analysis by actors and researchers.
	From socila complaint to a demand for justice.
	The elaboration of a concept to survey the expectations of the citizens regarding justice.
	Justice for juveniles ans sexual abuse.
	The impact of the new socio-penal policies on social relations and the feeling of insecurity in urban areas.
	Public management of deviance in Europe.
	Justice and mental health : towards an interconnected approach ?.
	The Assise trial of 4 Rwanda citizens in Brussels (june 2001).