Pierre Guibentif lectures at ISCTE-IUL since 1982. PhD obtained at the University of Geneva, Faculty of Law, 1995. He teaches and researches in sociology of law and sociological theories. Main duties outside ISCTE-IUL: scientific director of the International Institute for the Sociology of Law (Oñati, Spain), 1998-2000; chair of the Scientific Board of the Réseau national des Maisons des Sciences de l’Homme (France), 2006-2010; since 1991, member of the editorial board of the journal Droit et Société, and, since 2010 co-editor of Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie.