Liliana Ruth Feierstein – författare

Today, law is no longer homogenous or unquestioned. Different overlapping legal systems constantly interfere with one another, both on an international level, in complex transnational contexts such as the European Union or human rights law, but also in the context of cultural diversity or conflicts between religious norms and civil institutions, between minorities and the power of the state. On the other hand, the neutrality of law is also under growing pressure, be it from different global transnational players, or from within nation states where calls are made to adapt law to the will of "the people." The heated European debate on the "refugee crisis" has made it manifest that law is more necessary than ever and yet fundamentally contested, perhaps even caught in contradictions and self-limitations. At the same time, the current perspective on legal problems allows us to address issues of diversity and the role of Europe in the globalized world more clearly. The articles of this book take these recent developments and debates as a starting point to discuss from the perspective of different disciplines the pressing question of how to live together in the new millennium and how to figure the long history of law before, besides, and after the dominant paradigm of state law.

Today, law is no longer homogenous or unquestioned. Different overlapping legal systems constantly interfere with one another, both on an international level, in complex transnational contexts such as the European Union or human rights law, but also in the context of cultural diversity or conflicts between religious norms and civil institutions, between minorities and the power of the state. On the other hand, the neutrality of law is also under growing pressure, be it from different global transnational players, or from within nation states where calls are made to adapt law to the will of "the people." The heated European debate on the "refugee crisis" has made it manifest that law is more necessary than ever and yet fundamentally contested, perhaps even caught in contradictions and self-limitations. At the same time, the current perspective on legal problems allows us to address issues of diversity and the role of Europe in the globalized world more clearly. The articles of this book take these recent developments and debates as a starting point to discuss from the perspective of different disciplines the pressing question of how to live together in the new millennium and how to figure the long history of law before, besides, and after the dominant paradigm of state law.

Today, law is no longer homogenous or unquestioned. Different overlapping legal systems constantly interfere with one another, both on an international level, in complex transnational contexts such as the European Union or human rights law, but also in the context of cultural diversity or conflicts between religious norms and civil institutions, between minorities and the power of the state. On the other hand, the neutrality of law is also under growing pressure, be it from different global transnational players, or from within nation states where calls are made to adapt law to the will of "the people." The heated European debate on the "refugee crisis" has made it manifest that law is more necessary than ever and yet fundamentally contested, perhaps even caught in contradictions and self-limitations. At the same time, the current perspective on legal problems allows us to address issues of diversity and the role of Europe in the globalized world more clearly. The articles of this book take these recent developments and debates as a starting point to discuss from the perspective of different disciplines the pressing question of how to live together in the new millennium and how to figure the long history of law before, besides, and after the dominant paradigm of state law.

Cette collection d''articles sur des régions géographiquement et culturellement éloignées comme le sont l''Afrique et l''Amérique Latine, propose de les rapprocher à travers une perspective qui prend en compte les expériences de la (post-)colonisation établissant des parallèles parfois surprenants. Les contributions à ce volume ouvrent des réflexions sur la construction de l''enfance et de la jeunesse dans les systèmes éducatifs, politiques et culturels à partir d''exemples concrets analysés dans des perspectives anthropologiques, juridiques, littéraires et médiatiques. Un paradoxe fondamental se trouve dans l''opposition entre une idée romantique de l''enfance promesse d''espoir et gage d''avenir et l''idée d''instrumentalisation des enfants et des jeunes dans un contexte de violence difficilement assumé par les sociétés respectives.Esta compilación de trabajos sobre regiones geográfica y culturalmente alejadas, como son África y América Latina, las acerca a través de una mirada que toma en cuenta las historias de la colonizaciones y las experiencias postcoloniales con sus sorprendentes paralelismos. Se reúnen así contribuciones que proporcionan indicios para la reflexión sobre la construcción de los conceptos de infancia y juventud en el seno de los sistemas educativos, políticos y culturales, a partir de ejemplos analizados desde diversas perspectivas disciplinarias (antropológicas, jurídicas, literarias y mediáticas). Los escritos están atravesados por la contradicción entre una idea romántica de la infancia portadora de todas las esperanzas y del futuro; y una noción que instrumentaliza y marginaliza a niños y jóvenes, como portadores de una violencia que dificilmente puede ser asumida e integrada en las respectivas sociedades.