emerging fields of research would have newly created institutes, whereas traditional subjects such as Roman law and Legal history, Private law in general and Public law in general, would not necessarily have ones. Currently, among the research centers at Panthéon-Assas, there are: the Institute of Legal History, which is one of the largest research centers in Roman Law and Legal History of Europe. It hosts the Société d'histoire du droit ("Legal History Society", for French legal historians), created in 1913 by professors of Legal History at the Faculty of Law of Paris. Created in 2001 as such, the Institute of Legal History regroups the Centre de Documentation des Droits Antiques, created in 1962, the Centre d’Histoire des Institutions and the Centre d’Études d’Histoire Juridique, created in 1953. It is now also attached to the CNRS and to the French National Archives. the Institute of Higher International Studies (IHEI), serving as the university's research center for international law and international relations founded in 1921 by Paul Fauchille and Albert de Lapradelle and regarded as being one of the best of its kind in Europe. the Paris Institute of Criminology and Criminal Law, founded in 1922, the oldest research center in Criminal Law of France. the Paris Institute of Comparative Law, founded in 1931 by Henri Capitant and Henri Lévy-Ullmann. the French Press Institute, founded in 1937 at the Faculty of Law of Paris by Boris Mirkine-Guetzevitch and Georges Bourdon (Secretary General of Unions of journalists). It is the first research center in journalism and media studies in France. the Research Center in Business Law, created in 1945 by Joseph Hamel. Each research center usually has one or several Research or Professional Masters of Laws programs (LL.M.) attached to it. Libraries The campuses at Rue d'Assas, Rue de Vaugirard and Melun host the university libraries, which are open to all the students. The university's research centres, institutes and reading rooms host twenty-two more specialized libraries. The total seating area of the university's libraries spans over 3,500 m2, and the university's collections gather over three hundred thousand volumes together. The new library at Centre Assas has been designed by the architect Alain Sarfati and has furniture designed by Philippe Starck. Faculty and students of the university also have free access to Cujas Library, which is the largest law library in Europe and to general research and study libraries in Paris, like the Sainte-Geneviève