Building Transnational Sociolegal Scholarship: Established Problems in New Contexts

标题：建立跨国社会法律学术：新背景下的既定问题PI：Sally Merry等人。建议编号：0647809在过去的二十年里，法律和社会领域的学术在与跨国和国际站点、框架和视角的接触方面发生了巨大的变化。例如，美国学者正在研究同样的问题，比如法院在不同社会中的运作方式，而不仅仅是在美国。此外，社会法学学者正在研究跨国和国际法律实践和机构的性质以及人权传播或国际法运作等全球进程。这项工作的大部分是由美国、加拿大和欧洲的学者完成的，但理解全球现象需要世界各地的学者参与。来自不太富裕国家的研究人员经常发现，前往全球北方参加会议的费用高得令人望而却步。为了促进全球法律和社会学术的发展，法律和学会协会建立了国际合作研究网络，将欧洲和北美的学者与拉丁美洲、非洲、亚洲和东欧的学者联系起来。这些国际研究合作是在一年多前用法律和学会协会提供的种子资金建立的，并已在去年夏天该协会的2006年会议上举行了会议。国家科学基金会向该协会提供的赠款将使这些网络中来自较贫穷地区的大约40名学者能够前往参加2007年在柏林举行的国际法和社会会议。本次会议由法律学会和其他四个法律学会主办。因此，这些基金将极大地扩大和加强这些国际研究网络。NSF资助的学者和非NSF资助的学者都将从交流中受益。受资助的学者大多来自缺乏强大的社会法学学术传统的国家，他们将了解该领域的当前问题和辩论。与此同时，来自富裕国家的学者将学习世界其他地区发展的新视角、新见解和新理论。这些基金为建立一个更加全球化的知识界提供了一个难得的机会。分享理论和研究成果极大地提高了我们对世界的理解。结合世界各地同事的观点，为美国和我们的国际同事的国际组织和国家政府提供更好的涉及法律和法律机构的政策建议。更充分地了解不同社会和世界区域的学者的研究将产生与全球社会更微妙和更有效的接触形式。

Title: Building Transnational Sociolegal Scholarship: Established Problems in New ContextsPI: Sally Merry, et al. Proposal Number: 0647809Over the last two decades, scholarship in the law and society field has changed dramatically in its engagement with transnational and international sites, frameworks and perspectives. US scholars, for example, are looking at the same issue, such as the way courts operate, in different societies instead of only in the United States. Moreover, sociolegal scholars are studying the nature of transnational and international legal practices and institutions along with global processes such as the spread of human rights or the operation of international law. Much of this work is being done by scholars in the US, Canada, and Europe, but understanding global phenomena requires participation from scholars all over the world. Researchers from less affluent countries often find traveling to and attending conferences in the global North prohibitively expensive. In order to facilitate the development of global scholarship on law and society, the Law and Society Association developed international collaborative research networks to link scholars from Europe and North America with those from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe. These international research collaboratives were established over a year ago with seed money provided by the Law and Society Association, and already met last summer at the 2006 conference of the Association. The National Science Foundation grant to the Association will enable about forty scholars in these networks who come from poorer regions to travel to an international law and society meeting in Berlin in 2007. This meeting is sponsored by the Law and Society Association and four other law and society associations. Thus, the funds will dramatically expand and enhance these international research networks.Both NSF-supported scholars and non-supported ones will benefit from the exchange. Supported scholars mostly come from countries that lack a strong tradition of sociolegal scholarship and will learn about current issues and debates in the field. At the same time, scholars from wealthier countries will learn new perspectives, insights, and theories developed in other parts of the world. These funds offer an exceptional opportunity to build a more global intellectual community. Sharing theories and research findings dramatically improves our understanding of the world. And joining the perspectives of colleagues around the world produces better policy recommendations involving law and legal institutions for international organizations and national governments, both of the US and those of our international colleagues. Understanding more fully the research of scholars situated in different societies and world regions will produce more nuanced and effective forms of engagement with the global community.