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The Dialectics of Law Author(s): Chhatrapati Singh |
A description of the concept of law is an exposition of its essential elements or features. An account of how these various features interact with each other and how they evolve, however, requires a different analysis. Such an analysis of the ends and means of law in its progressive evolution or degeneration - constitutes an account of the dialectics of law. Discussion of the dialectics is usually a preoccupation of those inclined towards historical materialism, but in so far as the comprehension of the dynamics of law is necessary for anyone interested in the legal phenomena, an exposition of its dialectics is required whatever philosophical perspective one may take. In this work an attempt is made to outline the central aspects of its dialectics of the various ends and means, the contradictions between them and the directions in which resolutions to such conflicts are possible. Since an exhaustive account of the dialectics is a major task, an attempt will be made only to identify the different conflicts and mention the specific directions in which the resolutions can emerge. This preliminary groundwork is important because the usual accounts of legal dialectics leave out a number of significant aspects. Identification of all important points of conflicts within law is a significant task in itself. Each of these nodal points identified would, no doubt, need separate elaborations; their recognition, however, is the primary task. The aspects of legal dialectics dealt with here concern mainly the relationship of ends and means between the legal and religious, and the legal and coercive (police) institutions. Society consists of various institutions interrelated in complex ways. The ends of law and the procedures adopted to achieve them change in accordance with the manner in which other institutions of society intervene in legal reality. However, the intervention and changes in law, as this paper will attempt to demonstrate, are not arbitrary. There are overall purposes and specific teleos inherent in the nature of law itself which form the reason for its dialectics.
Opis koncepta prava je izlaganje o njegovim suštinskim elementima ili osobinama. Pogled na međusodbnu interakciju ovih različitih karakteristika i kako one evoluiraju, ipak zahteva drugačiju analizu. Takca analiza o granicama i sredstvima prava u njegovoj progresivnoj evoluciji i degenaraciji - obrazuje pogled na dijalektiku prava. Diskusija o dijalektici obično obuzima one koji su naklonjeni istorijskom materijalizmu, ali sve dok je razumevanje dinamike prava neophodno svakome ko se interesuje za fenomen prava, izlaganje njegove dijalektike je neophodno koju god filozofsku perspektivu neko uzme. U ovom radu načinjen je pokušaj da se potcrtaju središni aspekti dijalektike prava, različitih njegovih sredstava i granica, kontradikcija između njih i pravaca u kojima su moguća razrešenja takvih konflikta. S obzirom da je iscrpno objašnjenje dijalektike veliki zadatak, pokušaćemo samo da identifikujemo različite konflikte i spomenemo posebne pravce u kojima se mogu pojaviti razrešenja. Ovaj prethodni bazični rad je važan jer obično objašnjenja pravne dijalektike izostavljaju brojne važne aspekte. Identifikovanje svih važnih tačaka konflikta unutar prava je značajan zadatak po sebi. Svaka od ovih čvornih tačaka koje treba identifikovati bi, bez sumnje, zahtevala posebnu razradu; kakogod, njihovo prepoznavanje je primarni zadatak. Aspekti dijalektike prava kojima se ovde bavimo uzima u obzir najpre odnos granica i sredstava između pravnih i religijskih, kao i zmeđu pravnih i prinudnih (policijskih) institucija. Društvo čine razne institucije međusobno povezane na složene načine. Granice prava i procedure usvojene da bi se zakon usvojio, menjaju se u odnosu na način na koji druge institucije društva intervenišu u pravnu realnost. Ipak, intervencije i promene u zakonu, kao što će ovaj članak pokušati da pokaže, nisu arbitrerne. Postoje opšta svrha i posebni ciljevi inherentni samoj prirodu prava koje obrazuju razlog za njegovu dijalektiku.
Key words: authors/Chhatrapati Singh, language/ English, law, dialectics, historical materialism, religion, police
Ključne reči: Autori / Chhatrapati Singh, Jezik / Engleski, pravo, dijalektika, istorijski materijalizam, religija, policija
