Institute of State and Law Academy of Sciences

The Institute for the State and the Law (ISL) was established in 1947 and is the only scientific unit in the system of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences which carries out fundamental and applied research in the field of law. It carries out active scientific-expert and consulting activities in support of the legislative, executive and judiciary authorities. ISL is part of the scientific division “Man and Society” of BAS.

The mission of ISL is manifested in its three main current priorities:

• Supporting the law-making function of the state, the law enforcement, the activity of the judicial and the administrative bodies
• Research in the field of harmonization of Bulgarian law with EU law, in international public, private law and international relations
• Research on fundamental and practical problems of the legal system