LEGAL POLYCENTRISM: A CHRISTIAN THEOLOGICAL AND JURISPRUDENTIAL EVALUATION
Legal theorists have long debated whether law originates from a single source (the actions of state officials) or from multiple sources (including the innumerable communities and associations that constitute broader civil society). In recent years, proponents have defended polycentrism-and its criti...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2017]
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Journal of law and religion
Jahr: 2017, Band: 32, Heft: 3, Seiten: 383-405 |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Customary law
B Legal positivism B law and theology B Christian jurisprudence B Polycentrism |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Legal theorists have long debated whether law originates from a single source (the actions of state officials) or from multiple sources (including the innumerable communities and associations that constitute broader civil society). In recent years, proponents have defended polycentrism-and its critics have tried to refute it-from various moral, economic, and historical angles. But no contemporary writer has examined polycentrism from a Christian perspective. In the absence of such a study heretofore, this article attempts to evaluate legal polycentrism from a Christian theological and jurisprudential perspective. The Christian scriptures and Christian theology do not directly address whether law is polycentric or monocentric. Nevertheless, appealing to a number of biblical-theological issues-including the image of God, the Noahic covenant (Genesis 8:21-9:17), wisdom, and the purpose of civil government-I argue that Christians have good reason to regard polycentrism as a more satisfactory view of law. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2017.37 |