GLB: Global Legal History Module 8.1 PDF

GLB: Global Legal History – Module 8. Part 1: Global Setting Legal transitions under pressure Dr. Zülâl Muslu Agenda  Knowledge clip 1: Global setting of legal transitions in the 19th century  Knowledge clip 2: The example of Japan Cartography of Legal Transfers (Civil law & Common law)...

GLB: Global Legal History – Module 8. Part 1: Global Setting Legal transitions under pressure Dr. Zülâl Muslu Agenda  Knowledge clip 1: Global setting of legal transitions in the 19th century  Knowledge clip 2: The example of Japan Cartography of Legal Transfers (Civil law & Common law) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_legal_systems Legal Transfer: Brazil (19th century) German BGB Portugal Argentinian codification of 1871 Legal Systems in Asia Cartography of Legal Transfers (Civil law & Common law) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_legal_systems Codification: A model of success Nation-state building process in the 19th and early 20th centuries Within a European theoretical framework  Embodies Success: True legal progress and modernity (in and out Europe)  Positivism ( Auguste Comte, 1798-1857)  Recognition of what can be scientifically verified (logical proofs, concrete facts, etc)  Relativity of interpretation (moral, etc) leads to injustice  Practical aim: harmony in society via order & progress  Universal mission: Unite all nations, progress of humanity  Very popular philosophical theory: widely spread Codification: A model of success Nation-state building process in the 19th and early 20th centuries Within a European theoretical framework  Embodies Success: True legal progress and modernity (in and out Europe)  Positivism ( Auguste Comte, 1798-1857)  Recognition of what can be scientifically verified (logical proofs, concrete facts, etc)  Relativity of interpretation (moral, etc) leads to injustice  Practical aim: harmony in society via order & progress  Universal mission: Unite all nations, progress of humanity  Very popular philosophical theory: widely spread  Scientification and rationalisation Globalisation and colonial context Interdependencies Economic, diplomatic and military pressure  Economic and military asymmetry  “Unequal treaties”  Unequal sovereignty (colonial like situation)  Legal reforms (“modernisation”): To recover full sovereignty Legal transfer: Transplant? Reception? Transplant? Reception? Linear transfer from A  B? Global dynamics: Law imposed and desired Foreign law is not simply given or received  Not linear process  Importance of the new context  Example “bread”: Brot, brood, pain, pan, bröd, ekmek, pão, roti, maize,… Legal transfer: Transplant? Reception? Transplant? Reception? Linear transfer from A  B? Global dynamics: Law imposed and desired Foreign law is not simply given or received  Not linear process  Importance of the new context  Example “bread”: Brot, brood, pain, pan, bröd, ekmek, pão, roti, maize,… Metaphor : Hybridisation Metaphor borrowed from biology Hybrids = Combining qualities of two organisms Many other metaphors  To be continued… Module 8 Part 2: Japan case