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The Oñati Socio-Legal Series (ISSN 2079-5971) is an international peer-reviewed on-line journal which publishes work within the field of law and society. This is broadly defined to include work which makes a significant contribution to the understanding and analysis of law as a set of social institutions, processes, practices or techniques, using any methodologies and approaches from the social sciences and humanities. Oñati Socio-Legal Series is a 100% Open Access journal and is owned and published by the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law.

Oñati Socio-Legal Series publishes original pieces of research. Papers previously published as preprints or working papers are accepted, as well as original reviews of literature. Papers are first reviewed at desk and, if pre-accepted, are sent out to double-blind peer-review by at least two external referees. Authors retain the copyright of their work at all times.

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2026): A colloquium at the intersection of law, society, and cognition: Integrating sociological and philosophical paradigms with the cognitive sciences
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Issue edited by Luigi Cominelli (University of Milan), Giovanni Bombelli (University of the Sacred Heart) and Daniele Velo Dalbrenta (University of Verona).

Published: 01-04-2026

Legal realism and cognition

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