Department of Legal Studies has 11 employees.

The Department operates in the following areas:

·      To carry out fundamental and applied scientific researches in particular areas of Law, including human rights and freedoms, and to prepare scientific and practical recommendations;

·      To participate in the development and improvement of legislation;

·      To participate in the assessment of the impact of normative legal regulation;

·      To participate in the process of raising public legal literacy;

·      To contribute to the development of legal education;

·      To analyse and summarize the decisions and reports of international human rights institutions and international non-governmental organizations related with Azerbaijan.