title: Decolonizing Law: Language and anthropology in the Lusosphere
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metadata.value: Gandini, Edoardo
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2024-06-04T21:23:16Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2024-06-04T21:23:16Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2024-03
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.citation
metadata.value: Gandini E. 2024. Decolonizing Law: Language and anthropology in the Lusosphere. Pravovedenie 68 (1): 58–96. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2024.104
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu25.2024.104
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/45533
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: In the Lusophere, under the appearance of homogeneity of law, due to the influence of Portuguese
  law, are hidden linguistic and anthropological aspects that are still untied from the State
  institutions and formal law of the new independent Countries. Thus, this paper, after an overview
  of the historical events of Portuguese law — from the presence of ius commune in Portugal,
  to the colonial era, to the post-independence legal systems — focuses on the linguistic and
  anthropological aspects of millions of people, only conventionally of Portuguese mother tongue
  and who regulate their lives according to spontaneous unwritten rules. Comparing within the
  Lusophere, this paper carries out its observation from three different perspectives: law, language,
  and anthropology. Portuguese now ranks sixth in terms of the number of native speakers
  and is spread across at least four continents; therefore, it is surprising to observe the scant
  consideration within the comparative studies for the law and language of Lusophone areas,
  with few exceptions and mostly confined to native authors. Even more unexplored is the field
  of comparative law among Portuguese-speaking countries, and except for a few contributions
  between Portuguese and Brazilian law, attention to Angola, Mozambique, Guinea Bissau, Cape
  Verde, São Tomé e Princípe, Equatorial Guinea and East Timor is sporadic, rare or nonexistent.
  This scenario appears to be due to a kind of self-referentiality of the Lusophone legal systems,
  mainly due to a strong academic dependence on Portuguese universities, a common erudite
  and administrative language, and a low diffusion of foreign language study. A decolonization of
  law is for these reasons desirable and, instead of being perceived an intimidating path, should
  be seen as a chance for new development opportunities.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 68; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Lusophony
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Lusosphere
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: language
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: anthropology
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: traditional law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: costume
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: decolonization
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: comparative law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Decolonizing Law: Language and anthropology in the Lusosphere
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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