14:30
Birkbeck, University of London
June 8
Birkbeck Central
When: — Venue: Birkbeck Central
MYTH, PSYCHOLOGY AND CRISIS: LAW AS OUROBOROS
ABSTRACT
IN THIS TALK I WISH TO INVESTIGATE AND REVISIT THE REPEATED MANTRA THAT SOCIETY AND LAW ALIKE ARE UNDERGOING A PERMANENT CRISIS. I SHALL ARGUE THAT THELATTER PERCEPTION STEMS BOTH FROM THE SEMANTIC IMPLOSION OF THE TERM CRISIS AND A MYTHICAL MODEL OF LAW WE HAVE DEVELOPED DURING THE 20TH CENTURY. A MODEL THAT CHARAGED LAW WITH THE TASK OF EMBODYING AND SECURING A PERFECTIONIST NORMATIVE HORIZON LARGELY BASED UPON FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND THE TRIUMPH OF LAW OVER POLITICS. I CALL THIS CONEPTION OF LAW MYTHICAL AND MYTHOLOGIZE LAW AS OUROBOROS, THE SERPENT THAT EATS ITS OWN TAIL SHOWING SOME OF THE PRACTICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS THAT FOLLOW FROM IT.
Contact name: Patrick Hanafin
SpeakersGuilherme Vasconcelos Vilaca is Professor of Law in the Instituto Tecnologico de Mexico (ITAM)
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