ISBN:
9789004498655
Language:
English
Pages:
VIII, 267 Seiten
Series Statement:
Legal history library volume 55
Series Statement:
Legal history library
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als State law and legal positivism
DDC:
340/.112
Keywords:
Legislation History
;
Customary law History
;
Law reform History
;
Rule of law History
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Staatsrecht
;
Rechtspositivismus
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
Introduction / Baudouin Dupret -- The great divide in legal discourse towards a global historical ontology of the concept of positive law / Baudouin Dupret and Gianluca Parolin -- Historical landmarks in mapping the spread of positive law teaching / Jean-Louis Halpérin -- Writing customs three episodes in the process of positivization of Berber Customary Law in Morocco / Léon Buskens -- Ambiguities and interdependencies the relationship between legal positivization and Islamic Law in Colonial India, 1765-1909 / Jean-Philippe Dequen -- The positivization of Ottoman Law and the question of continuity / Avi Rubin -- How government jurists and lawyering approached the "positivizing" of the Law in China / Tzung-Mou Wu -- The Meiji Era when Japanese Law became positivized / Béatrice Jaluzot -- Conclusion / Jean-Louis Halpérin.
Abstract:
"This volume formulates the hypothesis of a truly global revolution that reflected a Great Divide between ancient and new legal regimes. The volume brings together several case studies of transition from an ancient to a new legal regime characterized by the positivization of the law. This was an effect of Western imperialism, but also of local elites' conviction that positive law was an efficient instrument of governance. The contributors emphasize the depth and scale of the positivist legal revolution and explore the phenomenon whether it was the outcome of either direct colonialism (Morocco, Egypt, India) or indigenous reformism (Ottoman empire, China, Japan). Contributors are: Léon Buskens, Jean-Philippe Dequen, Baudouin Dupret, Jean-Louis Halpérin, Béatrice Jaluzot, Gianluca Parolin, Avi Rubin, and Tzung-Mou Wu"--
Note:
Includes index
Permalink