Who needs the European Society for Empirical Legal Studies?

Abstract

The European Society for Empirical Legal Studies (ESELS) was established on 1 September 2022, in Amsterdam. Its goal is to promote a constructive conversation among legal scholars involved in empirical legal research (in the broadest sense), primarily relevant to Europe and European jurisdictions, and organize an annual conference. The first conference was held on the same date. The call for papers invited scholars to submit their work using qualitative and/or quantitative methods about the assumptions, the functioning, and the impact of the law.1 The aim of the conference was to create a unique place for empirical legal scholars to engage, present, and discuss their results. For full disclosure, I delivered one of the plenary addresses and I am one of the founding members.