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Research Handbook on Legal Evolution
Adopting an evolutionary perspective, this Research Handbook presents novel and cutting-edge insights into the interdisciplinary field of legal evolution. Engaging with various scientific approaches, it provides a versatile analysis of legal evolution, examining the field as a whole as well as in the context of specific branches of law.
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Adopting an evolutionary perspective, this Research Handbook presents novel and cutting-edge insights into the interdisciplinary field of legal evolution. Engaging with various scientific approaches, it provides a versatile analysis of legal evolution, examining the field as a whole as well as in the context of specific branches of law.
Featuring meritorious contributions from eminent scholars, the Research Handbook navigates the two different yet interconnected currents of legal evolution. Chapters first offer a reflective study of the history of legal systems, concepts and doctrines which sets out the regularities, mechanisms, and patterns in the process of transformations that such systems, concepts and doctrines undergo. It moves on to explore various legal problems through the prism of evolutionary anthropology which rests on the assumption that evolutionary biology and psychology provide valuable insights into human nature.
Both stimulating and authoritative, the Research Handbook on Legal Evolution is an indispensable read for researchers, academics and students in law, legal philosophy and theory, and political philosophy.
Featuring meritorious contributions from eminent scholars, the Research Handbook navigates the two different yet interconnected currents of legal evolution. Chapters first offer a reflective study of the history of legal systems, concepts and doctrines which sets out the regularities, mechanisms, and patterns in the process of transformations that such systems, concepts and doctrines undergo. It moves on to explore various legal problems through the prism of evolutionary anthropology which rests on the assumption that evolutionary biology and psychology provide valuable insights into human nature.
Both stimulating and authoritative, the Research Handbook on Legal Evolution is an indispensable read for researchers, academics and students in law, legal philosophy and theory, and political philosophy.
Critical Acclaim
‘A widely comprehensive compass for anybody aiming to pursue the research program of Legal Evolution. A mandatory starting point for any scholar interested in exploring and contributing to this fascinating branch of the empirical science of law.’
– Edoardo Fittipaldi, University of Milan, Italy
‘This Research Handbook is undoubtedly a must-read for scholars interested in evolutionary approaches to the law. The contributions span the entire spectrum of intersections between evolution and law, ranging from theoretical discussions to more specific applications. The volume not only provides a comprehensive overview but also constitutes a fundamental and high-quality contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature of law, its components, and their potential evolution.’
– Mauro Zamboni, Stockholm University, Sweden
‘Perhaps the four most significant scientific advancements in history are heliocentricity, the theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, and of course evolution. Evolution as both a science and a metaphor has had an enormous impact not just on scientific fields like genetics, but the social sciences as well. This volume demonstrates the enormous impact of evolutionary theory on one critically important social science—the study of law and legal systems. The original contributions are not meant as a history of accomplishments but rather as an impetus for future work, a goal which I suspect the volume will fulfill admirably.’
– Ronald J. Allen, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, US
– Edoardo Fittipaldi, University of Milan, Italy
‘This Research Handbook is undoubtedly a must-read for scholars interested in evolutionary approaches to the law. The contributions span the entire spectrum of intersections between evolution and law, ranging from theoretical discussions to more specific applications. The volume not only provides a comprehensive overview but also constitutes a fundamental and high-quality contribution to the ongoing debate on the nature of law, its components, and their potential evolution.’
– Mauro Zamboni, Stockholm University, Sweden
‘Perhaps the four most significant scientific advancements in history are heliocentricity, the theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, and of course evolution. Evolution as both a science and a metaphor has had an enormous impact not just on scientific fields like genetics, but the social sciences as well. This volume demonstrates the enormous impact of evolutionary theory on one critically important social science—the study of law and legal systems. The original contributions are not meant as a history of accomplishments but rather as an impetus for future work, a goal which I suspect the volume will fulfill admirably.’
– Ronald J. Allen, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, US
Contributors
Contributors include: Robert Audi, Mauro Barberis, Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde, Wojciech Ciszewski, John J. Coughlin, Jonathan Crowe, Péter Cserne, James M. Donovan, David Duarte, Adam Dyrda, Katarzyna Eliasz, Raquel Franco, Jaap Hage, Miodrag Jovanović, Michał Kłusek, Franciszek Longchamps de Bérier, Pedro Moniz Lopes, Luca Malagoli, Patricia Mindus, Szymon Osmola, Tomasz Pietrzykowski, Julieta A. Rabanos, Alessio Sardo, Alessandro Serpe, Torben Spaak, Bojan Spaić, Giovanni Tuzet, Pauline Westerman, Wojciech Załuski
Contents
Contents:
Introduction 1
Wojciech Załuski, Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde and Adam Dyrda
PART I NATURALISM, EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND THE LAW
1 Can law be naturalized? Legal normativity, moral standards, and
political obligation 8
Robert Audi
2 On the use and misuse of (biological) evolutionary theory in the analysis of law 20
Wojciech Załuski
3 Law from an evolutionary perspective 36
Jaap Hage
4 Evolution by replication of deontic units 53
Pauline Westerman
5 Darwin’s and Darwinian theories of institutions 69
Adam Dyrda
PART II LAW IN EVOLUTION: MECHANISM AND PATTERNS OF
LEGAL CHANGE
SECTION II.A GENERAL ISSUES
6 The fairness model of legal institutions 85
James M. Donovan
7 Law, theology, and development 101
John J. Coughlin
8 On the progress in law from the evolutionary perspective 114
Wojciech Załuski
9 On an ‘evolutionary’ theory of legal systems 129
Julieta A. Rabanos
SECTION II.B BRANCHES
10 Evolution of Roman law 149
Franciszek Longchamps de BŽrier
11 Grasping international law: An evolutionary paradigm? 168
Miodrag Jovanović
12 Evolution of contracting 188
Szymon Osmola
13 The evolution of legal marriage: Drawing possible futures of the institution 202
Wojciech Ciszewski
14 Evolution of animal law 216
Tomasz Pietrzykowski
15 Nature in the law: An evolution from environmental law to legal ecocentrism 230
Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde
SECTION II.C PRINCIPLES
16 Evolution of political freedom 246
Katarzyna Eliasz
17 The separation of powers: Old, new, and newest 261
Mauro Barberis and Alessio Sardo
18 The co-evolution of emotions and constitutions 274
Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde and Wojciech Załuski
19 Punishment and social standing in an evolutionary perspective 290
Michał Kłusek
20 The evolution of testimony 305
Giovanni Tuzet
PART III LEGAL THEORY IN EVOLUTIONARY FOCUS
21 Norm individuation: A passage in time 322
David Duarte
22 Evolutionary and static interpretation 339
Bojan Spaić
23 The growth of legal meaning: The pragmatist perspective 358
Adam Dyrda
24 Evolutionary theory and legal adjudication: Substrata for a predictive
theory of legal science 373
Pedro Moniz Lopes and Raquel Franco
PART IV EVOLUTION OF LEGAL-PHILOSOPHICAL DOCTRINES
25 The evolution of natural law 394
Jonathan Crowe
26 Evolution of legal positivism: Reflections on continuity and
discontinuity in the positivist tradition 402
Patricia Mindus
27 The evolution of Scandinavian legal realism 415
Torben Spaak
28 A ‘Bettabilitarian’ jurisprudence: Pragmatic evolutionism in the
jurisprudence of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. 431
Luca Malagoli
29 Evolution of law and economics 444
Péter Cserne
30 Ethics of care: Its evolution and significance for law 458
Alessandro Serpe
Introduction 1
Wojciech Załuski, Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde and Adam Dyrda
PART I NATURALISM, EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AND THE LAW
1 Can law be naturalized? Legal normativity, moral standards, and
political obligation 8
Robert Audi
2 On the use and misuse of (biological) evolutionary theory in the analysis of law 20
Wojciech Załuski
3 Law from an evolutionary perspective 36
Jaap Hage
4 Evolution by replication of deontic units 53
Pauline Westerman
5 Darwin’s and Darwinian theories of institutions 69
Adam Dyrda
PART II LAW IN EVOLUTION: MECHANISM AND PATTERNS OF
LEGAL CHANGE
SECTION II.A GENERAL ISSUES
6 The fairness model of legal institutions 85
James M. Donovan
7 Law, theology, and development 101
John J. Coughlin
8 On the progress in law from the evolutionary perspective 114
Wojciech Załuski
9 On an ‘evolutionary’ theory of legal systems 129
Julieta A. Rabanos
SECTION II.B BRANCHES
10 Evolution of Roman law 149
Franciszek Longchamps de BŽrier
11 Grasping international law: An evolutionary paradigm? 168
Miodrag Jovanović
12 Evolution of contracting 188
Szymon Osmola
13 The evolution of legal marriage: Drawing possible futures of the institution 202
Wojciech Ciszewski
14 Evolution of animal law 216
Tomasz Pietrzykowski
15 Nature in the law: An evolution from environmental law to legal ecocentrism 230
Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde
SECTION II.C PRINCIPLES
16 Evolution of political freedom 246
Katarzyna Eliasz
17 The separation of powers: Old, new, and newest 261
Mauro Barberis and Alessio Sardo
18 The co-evolution of emotions and constitutions 274
Sacha Bourgeois-Gironde and Wojciech Załuski
19 Punishment and social standing in an evolutionary perspective 290
Michał Kłusek
20 The evolution of testimony 305
Giovanni Tuzet
PART III LEGAL THEORY IN EVOLUTIONARY FOCUS
21 Norm individuation: A passage in time 322
David Duarte
22 Evolutionary and static interpretation 339
Bojan Spaić
23 The growth of legal meaning: The pragmatist perspective 358
Adam Dyrda
24 Evolutionary theory and legal adjudication: Substrata for a predictive
theory of legal science 373
Pedro Moniz Lopes and Raquel Franco
PART IV EVOLUTION OF LEGAL-PHILOSOPHICAL DOCTRINES
25 The evolution of natural law 394
Jonathan Crowe
26 Evolution of legal positivism: Reflections on continuity and
discontinuity in the positivist tradition 402
Patricia Mindus
27 The evolution of Scandinavian legal realism 415
Torben Spaak
28 A ‘Bettabilitarian’ jurisprudence: Pragmatic evolutionism in the
jurisprudence of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. 431
Luca Malagoli
29 Evolution of law and economics 444
Péter Cserne
30 Ethics of care: Its evolution and significance for law 458
Alessandro Serpe
