Legal Pluralism as a Theoretical Programme

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  • Emma Patrignani University of Lapland

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Legal pluralism, empirical legal studies' epistemology, law, sociology, anthropology, Pluralismo jurídico, epistemología de los estudios jurídicos empíricos, derecho, sociología, antropología

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This paper reconstructs the development of the status of the theory of legal pluralism: while originally the term has been used as descriptive label referring to a situation observed in the world, nowadays a more sophisticated understanding of the role of the concept is needed. The epistemology of social sciences can help us make sense of the multifarious literature on legal pluralism, and of the different conceptions of the term that have been proposed. More specifically, legal pluralism is here devised as a theoretical programme and its influence on the production of social-scientific knowledge is analysed. The investigation concentrates on the role of the concept in the selection of relevant data and on the intelligibility structure imposed on them.

Este artículo reconstruye el desarrollo de la situación de la teoría de pluralismo jurídico: aunque en un principio el término se utilizó como una etiqueta descriptiva referida a una situación que se observaba en el mundo, hoy en día se necesita una comprensión más sofisticada del rol del concepto. La epistemología de las ciencias sociales puede ayudar a dar sentido a la literatura heterogénea sobre pluralismo jurídico, así como a las diferentes concepciones del término que se han propuesto. Más específicamente, aquí se concibe el pluralismo jurídico como un programa teórico y se analiza su influencia en la producción de conocimiento científico social. La investigación se concentra en el papel del concepto en la selección de datos relevantes y en la estructura de inteligibilidad impuesta sobre ellos.

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PhD Candidate, Legal Cultures in Transnational World (LeCTra) Doctoral Programme, University of Lapland, Faculty of Law. Yliopistonkatu 8, 96300 Rovaniemi, Finland. emma.patrignani@ulapland.fi

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2014-10-02

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Patrignani, E. (2014) «Legal Pluralism as a Theoretical Programme», Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 6(3), or. 707–725. Available at: https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/494 (Eskuratua: 27 abenduak 2024).

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