{"id":101063,"date":"2019-12-10T15:52:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T14:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucly.fr\/?page_id=101063"},"modified":"2026-07-07T14:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:42:30","slug":"legal-political-and-social-sciences","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ucly.fr\/en\/research\/research-groups\/legal-political-and-social-sciences\/","title":{"rendered":"Study of norms in a legal, political and social context"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manager<\/strong>: Dr. Aude Thevand<\/a> and Dr. Bastien Baret<\/a>
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Disciplines involved<\/strong>: private law and criminology; public law; history of law and institutions<\/p>

\n\n Discover the permanent members of the group 6<\/a>\n\n <\/div>

Topic and goals<\/h2>

The research group focuses on the changes and dynamics of norms and the law. It seeks to provide insights into the questions raised by a context of unprecedented internationalisation and modernisation of social phenomena, which are leading to changes in norms and the law, in accordance with dynamics that need to be characterised: what forms of normativity, other than legal norms, are emerging; what relevance do they have for researchers, but also for the maintenance of social cohesion? What risks and opportunities do they present? What interrelationships between legal systems do they imply, and on what basis(es)? What new research methods can and\/or should be employed?
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Goals<\/strong>. The research group adopts a complementary approach through the interdisciplinary study of changes and dynamics in norms and law, underpinned by a particular focus on ethics and the individual.
The shared scientific objective concerning changes and dynamics in norms and law was defined in consultation with the cluster\u2019s members and broken down into thematic research projects. This approach has fostered fruitful collaborations between members of the cluster and with academic staff from other clusters, and has enabled colleagues from the public university and international partner universities to be closely involved in this research (through monthly seminars, conferences and subsequent edited volumes).<\/p>

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Flagship project for 2025-2030: \u00ab The collective \u00bb<\/strong><\/h2>

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The law is both the product and the vehicle of social transformation and change; it accompanies these processes when it does not act as a barrier to them. Whether it embodies stability, stagnation, change or modernity, we shall seek to analyse how the relationship between the law and social transformation raises fundamental political, social and economic issues, harbouring both the risk of crisis and the hope of progress.<\/p>

This research aims to explore the concept of the collective through a multidisciplinary approach. This project is set against a backdrop in which collective dynamics play, and are set to play, a pivotal role in shaping contemporary societies, at both local and international levels, in order to counterbalance the rise of fragmentation, communitarianism and polarisation.<\/p>

This will involve:<\/p>