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Thomas Duve

This working paper aims to contribute to the transdisciplinary debates on how to analyze asymmetric forms of dependency at the BCDSS from the perspective of a legal historian interested in global legal history and working mainly on the... more
This working paper aims to contribute to the transdisciplinary debates on how to analyze asymmetric forms of dependency at the BCDSS from the perspective of a legal historian interested in global legal history and working mainly on the “Iberian Worlds”. I will therefore first introduce traditions and methods of legal historical research, and show the specific achievements and shortcomings of these traditions by giving examples of how legal historians studied asymmetric forms of dependency. In the second part, I will briefly show that legal history can be understood as a history of the translation of normative knowledge. This innovative approach can help to overcome some of the shortcomings of the research tradition in this field by opening legal historical research for practices and allowing us to integrate into its analysis modes of normativity other than those that resulted in the (Western) modern state. Building on this, I will in the third part explain the concept of “Historical Regimes of Normativity”, which is a form of observation of more or less stable constellations of normative knowledge.
In the last few years, the research at the Department “Historical Regimes of Normativity” at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory has increasingly been guided by two conceptual ideas: the analysis of “legal history... more
In the last few years, the research at the Department “Historical Regimes of Normativity” at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory has increasingly been guided by two conceptual ideas: the analysis of “legal history as a history of the translation of knowledge of normativity” and the integration of these findings into an analytical framework called “Historical Regimes of Normativity”. The understanding of “legal history as a history of the translation of knowledge of normativity” is explained in a separate working paper (mpilhlt research paper series N°. 2022-16). It is recommended to read the peper on "translation of knowledge of normativity" first. The present paper introduces the concept of “Historical Regimes of Normativity”.It consists of five parts. In a first part, I sketch out in a very general way our understanding of “Historical Regimes of Normativity” (I.). In the second part, I give an example (II.). In the third part, I add some comments on the different uses of the term “regime” (III.). In the fourth section, I briefly point out some intellectual opportunities this concept offers (IV.). I close with a brief remark on the relation between this approach and other theories (V.).
In the last few years, the research at the Department “Historical Regimes of Normativity” at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory has increasingly been guided by two conceptual ideas: the analysis of “legal history... more
In the last few years, the research at the Department “Historical Regimes of Normativity” at the Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory has increasingly been guided by two conceptual ideas: the analysis of “legal history as a history of the translation of knowledge of normativity” and the integration of these findings into an analytical framework called “Historical Regimes of Normativity”. The understanding of “legal history as an observation of Historical Regimes of Normativity” is explained in a separate working paper (mpilhlt research paper series N°. 2022-17). This paper consists of five parts. In a first part, I sketch out in a very general way our understanding of legal history as a history of the translation of knowledge of normativity (I.). I then introduce the legal-theoretical foundations of this perspective (II.) and explain some advantages of speaking of “knowledge of normativity” and not of “law” and “legal knowledge” (III.). In the fourth part, I summarize some intellectual opportunities of using the concept of (cultural) translation (IV.). In the epilogue, I connect this paper with the paper on "Historical Regimes of Normativity" (V.).
Legal history, as developed in nineteenth-century continental Europe, has a national tradition, but also a transnational past. During the last two decades, however, a new field of global legal history has emerged, not least as a response... more
Legal history, as developed in nineteenth-century continental Europe, has a national tradition, but also a transnational past. During the last two decades, however, a new field of global legal history has emerged, not least as a response to Eurocentrism, methodological nationalism and the current reality of transnational and global law. In this article, I map some historiographic traditions of transnational legal history and the emerging field of global legal history, pointing out some important methodological problems and suggesting a knowledge-historical approach. It ends with a definition of global legal history as a critical history of the production of multinormative knowledge, understood as a process of distributed knowledge production through cultural translation, comprising theory and practice, drawing on a wide range of sources, on a transnational scale, with special attention for the dialectics of glocalisation.
È al più tardi a partire dagli anni Novanta che la transnazionalizzazione del diritto e la formazione di ordini normativi nuovi,che si collocano accanto al diritto statale o che si realizzano mediante l’interazione tra attori statali e... more
È al più tardi a partire dagli anni Novanta che la transnazionalizzazione del diritto e la formazione di ordini normativi nuovi,che si collocano accanto al diritto statale o che si realizzano mediante l’interazione tra attori statali e non statali, sono considerate le grandi sfide della scienza giuridica occidentale. Nel contempo, con la globalizzazione e la mobilizzazione di capitali, di persone e di beni è significativamente aumentato il contatto tra appartenenti a tradizioni giuridiche diverse e di conseguenza è aumentato anche il numerodi “incontrigiuridici”. Entrambi questi fenomeni pongono la scienza giuridica di fronte a problemi fondamentali – per non dire classici – ma che proprio per questo sono ben lontani dall’essere risolti. Al contrario: come possiamo analizzare regimi regolativi ibridi, che non sono né puramente statali, né puramente privati e che non sono ricollegabili a confini nazionali, culture giuridiche, o altre categorie che hanno costituito lo strumentario classico della comparazione giuridica? Quali vocaboli abbiamo a disposizione per instaurare un dialogo su tale diritto transnazionale con giuristi (donne o uomini che siano) provenienti da altre tradizioni giuridiche  sociale, data la sempre maggiore necessità di intendersi anche al di là del contatto tra Stati nazionali o regioni contigue? E come possiamo analizzare ordini normativi differenti, senza influenzare il risultato fin dalla mera formulazione della domanda?
Dovrebbe essere cosa evidente, dopo oltre un quarto di secolo di dibattiti postcoloniali ed in considerazione dei cambiamenti dei rapporti tra leregioni globali, che il linguaggio e gli strumenti analitici necessari a tal fine non possono più essere ricavati dalla sola tradizione europea. È per questo che dobbiamo confrontarci in modo critico con la nostra tradizione analitica di tipo secolare-statalistico, che rinvia a nozioni occidentali di statualità – sia essa la tradizione di una storia del diritto di impronta eurocentrica-diffusionistica, sia essa la tradizione risultante da paradigmi statuali nazionali con intento tassonomico – che hanno ispirato anche la comparazione storicogiuridica, ma che nel frattempo sono diventate oggetto di critiche piuttosto esplicite. Dobbiamo chiederci in che misura queste categorie e concetti siano sufficienti anche per la comunicazione transnazionale, quale contenuto semantico essi trasportino implicitamente, e che cosa questo comporti per i nostri studi comparatistici.
Di tali questioni si occupa in misura crescente anche la ricerca storicogiuridica, la quale, per quanto riguarda la comparazione diacronica, è da sempre costretta a riflettere sui propri metodi. Da circa due decenni si possono inoltre osservare nella ricerca storico-giuridica numerosi tentativi di scrivere una storia del diritto in prospettiva storico-globale.Tale storia del diritto in prospettiva storico-globale deve fare i conti con le questioni fondamentali appena abbozzate in questa sede, ed in certa misura ha già iniziato a farlo. Lo scopo del presente saggio è quello di offrire un quadro generale di questo ambito piuttosto oscuro e sfuggente e distinguere tre filoni principali in base ai loro obiettivi conoscitivi (1) e alla loro collocazione disciplinare (2). Una visione d’insieme degli importanti problemi metodologici della ricerca storico-giuridica in prospettiva globale serve a scoprire possibili elementi di raccordo per un dialogo tra comparazione storico-giuridica e scienza giuridica comparata, protesa, quest’ultima,verso fattispecie attuali
La Escuela de Salamanca ha sido considerada desde hace tiempo como un fenómeno español, ibérico o europeo. Se subraya también siempre que su influencia se extendió desde Salamanca al resto del mundo, llegando hasta América y Asia ¿Es,... more
La Escuela de Salamanca ha sido considerada desde hace tiempo como un fenómeno español, ibérico o europeo. Se subraya también siempre que su influencia se extendió desde Salamanca al resto del mundo, llegando hasta América y Asia ¿Es, sin embargo, esta perspectiva realmente adecuada para analizar la indiscutible importancia de la Escuela en la construcción de un lenguaje jurídico-político? ¿No se trataría, más bien, de un caso de producción global de conocimiento a abordar más desde las metodologías de la historia del conocimiento que desde las propias de la historia de la ciencia? Si tenemos en cuenta, además, que la Escuela de Salamanca no fue, meramente, una comunidad de discurso erudita, sino también una comunidad de producción de normas pragmáticas, estos interrogantes se vuelven aún más acuciantes. En este working paper se recogen algunas reflexiones sobre los interrogantes mencionados, pretendiendo que sirvan de base para las discusiones que tendrán lugar en las jornadas La Escuela de Salamanca, ¿un ejemplo de producción global de conocimiento?, a celebrar en octubre de 2018. El presente working paper es, además, un trabajo preparativo para la contribución a un volumen colectivo dedicado a este mismo tema
‘Legal tradition’ is a term frequently used in legal history and comparative law. The increasing interest in global perspectives on law and history, the dialectics inherent in globalisation as such, as well as some tendencies of ‘de-’ and... more
‘Legal tradition’ is a term frequently used in legal history and comparative law. The increasing interest in global perspectives on law and history, the dialectics inherent in globalisation as such, as well as some tendencies of ‘de-’ and ‘re-tradionalisation’, often enhanced by law, have made legal traditions even more topical. But what does ‘legal tradition’ mean? In this article, I review some characteristic usages of the term by classical authors from both legal history and comparative law, like JH Merryman and Harold J Berman, with special emphasis on the work of Canadian comparative law scholar HP Glenn. Beyond its grounding in contemporary information theory and evidence of an impressive command of legal-historical scholarship, his concept of legal tradition as normative information bears analytical potential for legal historians and should be read as an invitation to dialogue between comparative law and comparative legal history.
Recientemente las bulas alejandrinas como el Tratado de Tordesillas han sido interpretados como expresión de una nueva concepción del espacio. No pocos autores se apoyan para esta visión en escritos de Carl Schmitt quién las consideraba... more
Recientemente las bulas alejandrinas como el Tratado de Tordesillas han sido interpretados como expresión de una nueva concepción del espacio. No pocos autores se apoyan para esta visión en escritos de Carl Schmitt quién las consideraba como el inicio de una ‘revolución espacial’ ¿Fue esto así? - En el artículo, se reconstruyen algunos aspectos de la práctica jurídica de trazar líneas de demarcación antes, durante y después de Tordesillas. Se muestra cómo las bulas y el tratado deben ser interpretados a partir de prácticas anteriores. Sin perjuicio de esto, parece notable un cambio en la interpretación del Tratado de Tordesillas en los primeros años del siglo XVI, relacionado con la dinámica evolución de la cartografía.
A incorporação das Índias à Coroa de Castela implicou a vigência, no Novo Mundo, da complexa estrutura de fontes que vigorava na Europa, com seus direitos históricos, formados por camadas sucessivas. Entretanto, nestas vastas terras,... more
A incorporação das Índias à Coroa de Castela implicou a vigência, no Novo Mundo, da complexa estrutura de fontes que vigorava na Europa, com seus direitos históricos, formados por camadas sucessivas. Entretanto, nestas vastas terras, administrar a justiça era um desafio ainda maior – pelas distâncias, pelo ineditismo da situação, pelo encontro com as culturas indígenas. Se o ius commune admitia uma grande flexibilidade, ainda maior era a requerida pelo mundo indiano. Neste artigo estuda-se um aspecto do particular processo de transplante e de reprodução das normas do ius commune nas Índias, tomando como ponto de partida a normativa sobre a competência jurisdicional do juiz eclesiástico para os assuntos das personæ miserabiles. A análise das autoridades medievais e de sua interpretação pelos autores europeus e indianos da Baixa Idade Moderna mostra como a pluralidade, a disparidade e a historicidade das fontes do direito contribuíam para criar um modus operandi muito particular. Destaca-se, pois, a íntima relação entre as condições pragmáticas da administração da justiça, especialmente as concernentes às fontes do direito, e a cultura jurídica que se erigia sobre essas bases institucionais.
(Tranl. bz Henrique Montagner and Alfredo de J. Flores)
The following bibliography originated from the work carried out for the contribution “Ein fruchtbarer Gärungsprozess? - Rechtsgeschichtswissenschaft in der Berliner Republik“, (A Fruitful Fermentation Process? - Scholarship in Legal... more
The following bibliography originated from the work carried out for the contribution “Ein fruchtbarer Gärungsprozess? - Rechtsgeschichtswissenschaft in der Berliner Republik“, (A Fruitful Fermentation Process? - Scholarship in Legal History in the Berlin Republic), in: Thomas Duve/Stefan Ruppert, Rechtswissenschaft in der Berliner Republik, Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp (to be published January 2018). In the contribution to this volume, only the authors' surname and date of publication (of the respective title) are listed. The works referenced in the footnotes are also included in the bibliography.
The bibliography makes no claim to being exhaustive. It contains - within the scope of the article (see remark 3) - a selection of significant publications by those who went on to receive legal historical university chairs in the German-speaking countries in the late 1970s and 1980s, in particular, monographs; the published results of important joint endeavours, including larger third-party-funded projects; the academic qualification theses of legal historians who received professorships in the German-speaking countries after 1990.
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Im Jahr 1996 erschien im Rechtshistorischen Journal Gunther Teubners Aufsatz »GlobaleBukowina. Zur Emergenz eines transnationalen Rechtspluralismus«, ein Jahr später in englischer Fassung publiziert als: »Global Bukowina: Legal Pluralism... more
Im Jahr 1996 erschien im Rechtshistorischen Journal Gunther Teubners Aufsatz »GlobaleBukowina. Zur Emergenz eines transnationalen Rechtspluralismus«, ein Jahr später in englischer Fassung publiziert als: »Global Bukowina: Legal Pluralism in the World Society«. Teubners Überlegungen zur Herausbildung neuer normativer Ordnungen in einer globalisierten Arena, angetrieben durch neue Normproduzenten, transnationale regulatorische Netzwerke und Entscheider, wurde bald zu einer Standardreferenz avancierter rechts- und normwissenschaftlicher Studien. Diese entstanden unter dem Eindruck einer Beschleunigung der Produktion transnationalen Rechts unter den weltpolitischen, wirtschaftlichen, medialen und ideologischen Bedingungen der späten 80er und frühen 90er Jahre. Multiethnische und multikulturelle Bukowinas gab es schon immer. Nunschiendie ganze Welt so zu werden. ›Rechtspluralismus‹ ist seitdem häufig transnational oder global konnotiert. Doch die für manche zunächst noch etwas exotische Debatte um diese Fragen von ›Recht ohne Staat‹ beschäftigt inzwischen auch die deutsche Rechtswissenschaft intensiv, vor allem im Kontext des Transnationalen Rechts und der Herausbildung einer Transnationalen Rechtswissenschaft. Rechtspluralismus wird in Monographien und Sammelbänden reflektiert, historisiert, systematisiert.
According to international and national constitutional law, indigenous peoples in most Latin American countries have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions. As a... more
According to international and national constitutional law, indigenous peoples in most Latin American countries have the right to maintain and strengthen their distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions. As a consequence of this and of a long and ongoing process of political debate and recognition, ever more indigenous peoples are practicing their own laws, following their own cultural traditions and customs. In doing so, they often draw on history, recreating their identities and reconstructing their distinct legal pasts. At the same time, historical research has increasingly pointed out the intense interaction between indigenous peoples and European invaders during colonial period. It has become clear that it is difficult to draw a clear line between purely ‘indigenous’ and ‘colonial’ legal traditions due to the hybridisation of indigenous and colonial laws and legal practices. The aim of this paper is to introduce this historiography and its relevance to law and to present some methodological challenges in writing the history of indigenous rights in Latin America resulting from this shift in (legal) historiography.
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Resulta incuestionable la importancia de las instituciones eclesiásticas y de sus actores para la formación de los órdenes normativos en Ibero-América durante la temprana edad moderna. No obstante, la historiografía jurídica, a causa de... more
Resulta incuestionable la importancia de las instituciones eclesiásticas y de sus actores para la formación de los órdenes normativos en Ibero-América durante la temprana edad moderna. No obstante, la historiografía jurídica, a causa de su fuerte impronta legalista y estatalista, y la historiografía general acerca de la época colonial, más inclinada al derecho secular, raras veces se han preguntado por la aportación de la normatividad eclesiástica a la formación de aquel tejido normativo que ha sido denominado, en la tradición historiográfica, ‘derecho indiano’.

Considerada esta situación, el Instituto Max Planck para la Historia del Derecho Europeo ha realizado una serie de coloquios en distintos lugares de América Latina, para ofrecer a la comunidad académica un foro de encuentro interdisciplinario dedicado a la investigación sobre ‘Normatividades e instituciones eclesiásticas en Ibero-América’ entre los siglos XVI y XIX. El presente tomo es el primero de una serie de publicaciones que documentan los resultados de este ciclo de seminarios celebrados en México, Lima, Bogotá y São Paulo.

Enfocado en la Nueva España, el libro se divide en cinco partes temáticas. La primera sección recoge trabajos sobre el derecho canónico y la teología moral que abordan aspectos propios de la multinormatividad y la enseñanza de aquellas disciplinas en la temprana edad moderna. La segunda sección examina el gobierno diocesano y el poder eclesiástico en México y Puebla a través de los estatutos del cabildo catedralicio, los miembros de la curia arzobispal y un dictamen pertinente. En la tercera sección se encuentran investigaciones sobre la normatividad y administración de los sacramentos basadas en normas conciliares, tratados, literatura pragmática, pero también en partidas de bautismo y padrones de confesión. La cuarta sección está dedicada a la actuación de grupos étnicos ante los foros de justicia, tanto civiles como eclesiásticos: indígenas acusados de hechicería en Tlaxcala y afro-mexicanos que promovieron procesos ante la audiencia arzobispal de México. Los artículos de la quinta sección abordan los temas de beatificación, devoción y vida cultural (música, imágenes) desde una perspectiva normativa y extienden el marco temporal hasta el siglo XIX.

Las investigaciones aquí reunidas sobre las instituciones eclesiásticas y las normatividades en la Nueva España proponen nuevos campos para la historia del derecho y la historia de la Iglesia también relevantes para la historia social y cultural. El propósito de los editores ha sido evidenciar aquellas miradas interesadas por explorar las relaciones entre los distintos tipos de normatividades, sus adaptaciones locales, los vínculos con debates globales, las formas de solucionar conflictos, así como el rol de juristas, teólogos y demás actores diversos. Las problemáticas abordadas por los autores representados en este tomo – cultivadores de las disciplinas de historia, historia del derecho, historia de la Iglesia, etnohistoria, historia del arte e historia de la música – contribuyen a una mejor comprensión del universo normativo religioso en las Indias.