Rationality and irrationality in legal systems Medieval elements in Costa Rican Criminal Codes

 

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Autor: Torres Fáuaz, Armando
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2013
Descripción:This paper deals with the concepts of rationality and irrationality in law. It is a study on comparative law, centred in the medieval and contemporary notions of perjury and false testimony. It will be argued that the juridical field has an arsenal of semantic tools at its disposal, which allow it to bring ancient elements and concepts into the present and give them a new meaning. The juridical field may not, however, get rid of the non-rational basis of the elements and concepts that it dislocates. Making them part of a dogma, modern law may render “normal” and “acceptable” elements of a tradition which is beyond the grip of logical rationality. This tradition is, nonetheless, intelligible from the perspective of a practical rationality. 
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/12699
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/12699
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Palabra clave:Rationality and irrationality
Comparative Law
History of medieval justice
Costa Rican law
legal sociology
Racionalidad e irracionalidad
Derecho comparado
Historia de la justicia medieval
Derecho costarricense
Sociología jurídica