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Institut des sciences sociales du politique (ISP), École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, 4 avenue des Sciences, 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette. Jacques Commaille is Professor Emeritus at the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay. He founded the journal Droit et Société and was its editor-in-chief until 2018.
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The Decline of the “Legislator”? Examining the Citizens’ Convention on the End of Life
In Droit et société (2025/2 n° 120)
Legal consciousness studies as a laboratory of a renewed system of knowledge about law. Presentation of the special report
- By Jacques Commaille,
- Stéphanie Lacour,
- Translated by Benn E. Williams
In Droit et société (2018/3 No 100)
Fortunes and Misfortunes of Legality in Contemporary Societies: A Political Sociology of
In L’Année sociologique (2009/1 Vol. 59)
The Political Challenges for a System of Knowledge about Law. The Example of Georges Gurvitch’s Sociology of Law
In Droit et société (2016/3 No 94)
Toward a Political Sociology of Law: Presentation
- By Jacques Commaille
- and Patrice Duran
In L’Année sociologique (2009/1 Vol. 59)
Legal consciousness studies according to Susan Silbey: Dissonance between empirical data and theoretical resources?
- By Jacques Commaille,
- Translated by Benn E. Williams
In Droit et société (2018/3 No 100)
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The Decline of the “Legislator”? Examining the Citizens’ Convention on the End of Life
In Droit et société (2025/2 n° 120)
The search for the meaning of social and political life tested by the experience of the Citizens’ Convention on the end of life
In Sociologie (2024/3 Vol. 15)
The “French touch” and legal research
In Droit et société (2021/1 No 107)
Legal consciousness studies according to Susan Silbey: Dissonance between empirical data and theoretical resources?
- By Jacques Commaille,
- Translated by Benn E. Williams
In Droit et société (2018/3 No 100)
Legal Consciousness Studies as a Laboratory of a Renewed System of Knowledge About Law. Presentation of the Special Report
- By Jacques Commaille,
- Stéphanie Lacour,
- Translated by Benn E. Williams
In Droit et société (2018/3 N° 100)
Legal consciousness studies as a laboratory of a renewed system of knowledge about law. Presentation of the special report
- By Jacques Commaille,
- Stéphanie Lacour,
- Translated by Benn E. Williams
In Droit et société (2018/3 No 100)
Editorial
In Droit et société (2017/2 No 96)
The Political Challenges for a System of Knowledge about Law. The Example of Georges Gurvitch’s Sociology of Law
In Droit et société (2016/3 No 94)
Editorial
In Droit et société (2015/3 No 91)
The Welfare State in Crisis: When Justice Is Part of the System
Special Report Presentation
In Droit et société (2012/2 No 81)
Reforming French Justice: Instrumentalization vs. Democracy
- By Jacques Commaille
- and Benoist Hurel
In Droit et société (2011/2 No 78)
Presentation
In Droit et société (2010/3 No 76)
The Law’s Political Virtues: Myths and Realities
In Droit et société (2010/3 No 76)
Fortunes and Misfortunes of Legality in Contemporary Societies: A Political Sociology of
In L’Année sociologique (2009/1 Vol. 59)
Toward a Political Sociology of Law: Presentation
- By Jacques Commaille
- and Patrice Duran
In L’Année sociologique (2009/1 Vol. 59)
Constructing a Specialized Sociology
Sociological Knowledge and the Judiciary Sociology of Jean Carbonnier
In L’Année sociologique (2007/2 Vol. 57)
When the Sociology of Law Is Honored
- By Jacques Commaille
- and Susan Silbey
In Droit et société (2007/1 No 65)
Pierre Strobel
In Revue française des affaires sociales (2007/1)
Families, the State, and Politicians: A New Value Economy
Between Tension and Contradiction
In Informations sociales (2006/8 No 136)
Presentation
- By Jacques Commaille
- and Anne Revillard
In Droit et société (2006/1 No 62)
Presentation
In Droit et société (2004/1 No 56-57)
Concerning the Book by Claudine Attias-Donfut, Nicole Lapierre, and Martine Segalen: Le nouvel esprit de famille
- By Philippe Alonzo,
- Jacqueline Laufer,
- Jacques Commaille,
- et al.
In Travail, genre et sociétés (2002/2 No 8)
Presentation
In Droit et société (2002/2 No 51-52)
Tribute to Pierre Bourdieu
In Droit et société (2002/1 No 50)