Access to Law - Accessible Rights?

Fifth Congress of the German-speaking Sociology of Law Association, 21-23 September 2023

Leopold-Franzens-University of Innsbruck

As "access to law" is a classic topic in the sociology of law and within the empirical legal studies it will build the focus of the inter- and mulitdisciplinary congress taking place in Innsbruck in September 2023. Theoretical, empirical and methodological reflections around "access to law" and "accessible rights" are highly welcome. Current crises (economy, climate, health, migration etc) as well as technological developments (keyword: digitalisation) also challenge the access to justice and the accessibility of law. As empirical studies repeatedly show, the accessibility of law varies greatly for people of different origins, social class, gender, (dis)ability, etc.

Thematically, nine conference strands (= “tracks”) will be hosted:

Knowledge about law, knowledge in law, knowledge for law
Legal subjectivity and legal subjects
(Non-)mobilisation of law and rights
Access to criminal law
Access to social rights, access to social law
Global access to law
Courts in crisis
Environment in law
Societal security - social security, sense of security and access to justice