Ricerc@Sapienza

The paper intends to stimulate
a reflection among sociologists of law concerning the perspectives of the discipline, its
role with respect to the changes affecting the University and in relation to the cultural debate
in the country. The aim is to promote the public offer of the discipline to traditional and new
stakeholders. This contribution can be considered as a draft because its authors want to provide
readers with a certain interim and initial proposal, allowing the community of students
and scholars to take part in the broadest possible and constructive dialogue. The text consists
of two levels, marked by different typographic elements. The body of the text describes an
argumentative and conceptual “watermark” concerning the construction of a disciplinary
identity, while in italics authors try to give one of the theoretical and practical development
of its possible route.