ABSTRACT. This article reviews Little (2016) and supplements it with theoretically based empirical research concerning the ontology of the social world, the socially situated individual, the ontological status of social structures, the character of social entities and their link to social participants, and institutions as intricate social entities.

Keywords: social; ontology; institution; world; structure; participant

How to cite: Popescu Ljungholm, Doina (2017). “The Social Ontology of Institutions: A Reassessment,” Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice 9(1): 132–138.

Received 8 November 2016 • Received in revised form 10 April 2017
Accepted 11 April 2017 • Available online 20 May 2017

doi:10.22381/CRLSJ9120178