About the Journal

Sortuz (ISSN 1988-0847) seeks to create a virtual, but real space, that strengthens the emerging community around the relations between law and society through the publication of quality research. Indeed, the community of scholars that year by year meet, discuss and grow in IISL facilities may find in this journal an additional chance to share and discuss, their knowledge and findings. However, Sortuz is also meant as a place of meeting to widen the reach of the Oñati community to those who do not have a previous involvement with the IISL, remaining committed as well with the wide and inclusive perspective of socio-legal studies promoted by the IISL.

Committed to the values of Open Science, Sortuz supports transparency, accessibility, and collaborative knowledge-making, and thus the journal is Diamond Open Access. Sortuz relies on double-blind peer review to ensure the quality of its publications; read more about our review policy in the Author guidelines section. We also actively encourage submissions from scholars in the Global South and from underrepresented communities, aiming to foster a diverse and global conversation in socio-legal studies.

Sortuz is owned and published by the Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law Foundation.

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2025): The Magic of Rights? Potentials and Limitations of Rights of Nature from Plural Perspectives
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Issue edited by Dirk Hanschel (University of Halle-Wittenberg/Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology), Annette Mehlhorn (Humboldt University of Berlin/Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology) and Jenny García-Ruales (Philipps University of Marburg/Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology). 

Published: 11/10/2025

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