Blind Justice

Transsystemic law takes as its starting point the idea that legal systems do not exist in isolation but in dialogue-sometimes contentious, sometimes creative. It is customary to think of these discourses as overlapping in particular places, most notably in mixed jurisdictions such as Quebec, but als...

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Published in:McGill law journal 2020-09, Vol.66 (1), p.5-11
Main Author: Manderson, Desmond
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Judgments
Justice
Lawyers
Politics and government
Punishment
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Summary:Transsystemic law takes as its starting point the idea that legal systems do not exist in isolation but in dialogue-sometimes contentious, sometimes creative. It is customary to think of these discourses as overlapping in particular places, most notably in mixed jurisdictions such as Quebec, but also of course in colonial and imperial settings. It is less well appreciated that these overlaps are also characteristic of particular times marked by the often fraught transition from one legal order to another. Transsystemic time generates its own symbols capable of distilling the anxieties of transition, and revealing the tensions between old legal frameworks and new; established legal contexts and emerging ones.
ISSN:0024-9041
1920-6356
DOI:10.7202/1082030ar