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Laurie in Paris. Diffusion, discussion and influences of Lauren Edelman's work in France

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

Jérôme Pélisse
Jérôme Pélisse*
Affiliation:
Professor of Sociology, Centre de sociologie des organisations, Sciences Po Paris, France
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Jérôme Pélisse, Professor of Sociology, Centre de sociologie des organisations, Sciences Po Paris, France. Email: jerome.pelisse@sciencespo.fr
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As someone who was privileged to call Laurie B. Edelman a mentor and also a friend, I write this short essay to highlight the international diffusion of her research and in particular, the important legacy she has left to French scholarship on law and society. Laurie certainly preferred Italy, Bellagio, and Lake Como notably, but she did not hate Paris either, and she traveled here several times for academic events. Beyond this, however, her work has been very influential for many young French researchers in recent years. As an actor facilitating the diffusion and discussion of Laurie's work in France, I want to pay tribute to her by describing how the legal endogeneity theory that she gradually forged based mostly on her work in employment discrimination law has been understood by French sociologists, institutionalist economists and political scientists over the last 20 years. In the remainder of this essay, I first point to some milestones in the attention to and diffusion of her work in France. These include theses, invitations to colloquia, and the publication of books and special issues of journals. Second, I evoke various publications and how they have been further mobilized in French law and society scholarship. Third, I point to two main avenues of thought that have been opened up so far.

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Law & Society Review , Volume 57 , Issue 3 , September 2023 , pp. 380 - 384
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Copyright © 2023 Law and Society Association.

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Many thanks to Robin Stryker for her comments and improvements to this tribute to Laurie Edelman.

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