THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE AUTONOMY OF THE LAW: A PERSPECTIVE FROM LEGAL HISTORY
Abstract
If we consider the role the case law has played in recent years, we, as jurists of the “continent”, are impressed by the prominence it has assumed in the production of law (1). This new case law, in fact, seems to operate in a context different to the conventional judge / statute law relationship observed in the so-called civil law legal system (2). This novel framework merits exploration and investigation.Here, the autonomy of law emerges as a significant theoretical issue to be considered and understood against the background of historical experience. Using the lemma “autonomy of the law”, I want to examine the scope of legal production, in which the rules are the result of self-organization practices or of institutional dynamics (for example those connected with the Judiciary), without the involvement or mobilisation of political power.
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Meccarelli M. THE LEGAL SYSTEM AND THE AUTONOMY OF THE LAW: A PERSPECTIVE FROM LEGAL HISTORY. Journal of Law and Administration. 2016;(4):49-54. (In Russ.)
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