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John Selden's Harmonic Jurisprudence. A European Interpretation of English Legal History.

Descripción del proyecto

Explorar la tradición perdida de la «jurisprudencia armónica» en Europa

Se está cuestionando la existencia histórica de un espacio jurídico europeo común, la finalidad real de su marco institucional, así como la historia de Europa y su lugar actual en el mundo. Ahora, juristas e historiadores están llamados a abordar estos retos. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos HARMONI. explorará la tradición perdida de la «jurisprudencia armónica». Se centrará en las obras únicas y relativamente ignoradas de la historiografía jurídica escritas por John Selden (1584-1654), jurista, historiador y hebraísta del siglo XVII. Arrojará luz sobre el razonamiento de Selden de que ninguna ley, por discreta que sea, puede comprenderse correctamente si se aísla del conjunto de la experiencia jurídica.

Objetivo

As nationalisms conspire and sectarians around the world rise against coordinated supra-national orders, Europe – the aspiration and the legal reality – is turning from being a principle of harmony to a source of cynicism. Consequently, the historical existence of a common European legal space, the actual purpose of its institutional framework, Europe's history, and its current place in the world are all being called into question. Addressing these challenges now demands front-line action by jurists and historians; it is their calling to counterweight the resurgence of blinkered narratives of national law and rediscover the “seamless web” of legal history. Answering this calling, the proposed action will investigate the lost tradition of ‘harmonic jurisprudence’ that first conceived Europe as one of humanity’s discrete legal experiences. To do so, the action will select as its focus the unique and relatively neglected works of legal historiography written by the seventeenth-century jurist, historian, and Hebraist John Selden (1584-1654). The project will centre on Selden’s effort to balance, preserve, and harmonize the history of English law within the inclusive order of nations that his reading of medieval and modern European jurisprudence recognized. Thus, it will bring to light the cogent yet overlooked reasoning by which Selden demonstrated that no law, however discrete, can rightfully be understood if isolated from the continuum of legal experience. It is the purpose of this multidisciplinary project to understand 'why'. Developing a global synergy between the University of Michigan Law School and the School of History at the University of St Andrews, the action will document and explore Selden's layered answers in nine critical contributions to legal historiography. Thus, it will reassess their meaning and relevance through an innovative combination of close reading, comparative historical criticism, and historically committed jurisprudential analysis.

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MSCA-IF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF)

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Coordinador

THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
Aportación neta de la UEn
€ 271 732,80
Dirección
NORTH STREET 66 COLLEGE GATE
KY16 9AJ ST ANDREWS
Reino Unido
Región
Scotland Eastern Scotland Clackmannanshire and Fife
Tipo de actividad
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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Coste total
€ 271 732,80

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