Global law before the State? On Canon Law as a transnational regime

Authors

  • Ino Augsberg Universidade de Kiel, Kiel, Alemanha
  • Luiz Filipe Araújo Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil
  • Arthur Shodi Motoike Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.32361/2023150115361

Keywords:

Constitution, Secularization, Harold Berman, Concepts, Paleonym

Abstract

According to Harold Berman, modern Western law is based on the establishment of canon law in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. By this account, the original role-model for our modern concept of law is already transnational, and the idea of law being a characteristic instrument of nation-states is only a subsequent event. The article discusses this thesis and scrutinizes its relevance for current attempts to develop a concept of transnational law and transnational constitutionalism. In doing so, it also raises a critical question: if our modern concepts of law are based on canon law, is it possible that some main characteristics still reflect this origin? Could it be that a certain motif of the unity of the constitution' - a motif which, according to Gunther Teubner, underlies all kinds of societal constitutionalism, even those insisting on social pluralism - is a hidden legacy of canon law? And if so, what might be the alternative?

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Author Biographies

Ino Augsberg, Universidade de Kiel, Kiel, Alemanha

Catedrático de Filosofia do Direito e Direito Público da Universidade de Kiel, Alemanha, desde 2013. Estudou Filosofia, História da Arte, Literatura e Direito nas universidades de Freiburg e Heidelberg, Alemanha, com doutorado em Filosofia (2001) e Direito (2008). Co-diretor do Instituto Hermann Kantorowicz para pesquisas em fundamentos do direito na Universidade Christian-Albrechts de Kiel, Alemanha. E-mail: augsberg@law.uni-kiel.de. Currículo: https://www.augsberg.jura.uni-kiel.de/de/prof.-dr.-dr.-ino-augsberg.

Luiz Filipe Araújo, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Doutor em Filosofia do Direito pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Professor Adjunto de Filosofia do Direito e Teoria do Direito na Universidade Federal de Viçosa. E-mail: luiz-filipe@ufv.br. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0224-9638.

Arthur Shodi Motoike, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brasil

Bacharel em Direito pela Universidade Federal de Viçosa. E-mail: arthur.motoike@gmail.com. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3298-8896.

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2023-02-09

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AUGSBERG, I.; ARAÚJO, L. F.; MOTOIKE, A. S. Global law before the State? On Canon Law as a transnational regime. Revista de Direito, [S. l.], v. 15, n. 01, p. 01–25, 2023. DOI: 10.32361/2023150115361. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufv.br/revistadir/article/view/15361. Acesso em: 19 may. 2024.

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