J 2024

Legal Concepts as Social Representations

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie

Základní údaje

Originální název

Legal Concepts as Social Representations

Autoři

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí)

Vydání

International Journal for the Semiotics of Law-Revue Internationale de Semiotique Juridique, Netherlands, Springer, 2024, 0952-8059

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50501 Law

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 0.800 v roce 2022

Organizační jednotka

Právnická fakulta

UT WoS

001138436900001

Klíčová slova anglicky

Concept; Legal concept ; Social representation; Meaning-making; Social dimension of meaning; Mental representation; Legal language

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 8. 2. 2024 10:16, Mgr. Petra Georgala

Anotace

V originále

The nature of concepts is a subject of study of various disciplines, from philosophy to cognitive sciences, leading to fragmented understandings and conceptual dissociations. Legal concepts have been studied in an interdisciplinary manner across all these disciplines, suffering from similar fragmentation. Recently, the interdisciplinary crossroads between law and cognitive sciences have brought forward the notion of legal concepts as mental representations. However, this approach largely overlooks the systemic, historical, and societal elements essential to comprehending legal concepts. The aim of this paper is to advocate for the Social Representations Theory as a useful framework that bridges cognitive and socio-cultural dimensions of meaning and can provide a holistic approach to understanding legal concepts. This paper unfolds in three sections. The first section contextualizes the social representations approach within the law and language framework, emphasizing the societal influences on thought and meaning. The second section explains the notion of social representations, building upon Serge Moscovici’s definitions and Ivana Marková’s arguments for the necessity of this approach to accommodate the social dimension of meaning. The third and last section underscores the claim that legal concepts are, in essence, social representations, advocating for the usefulness of this approach in legal scholarship, both paradigmatically and methodologically, consequently arguing for an inclusion for a stronger focus on the social dimension of legal meaning.

Návaznosti

GA20-10171S, projekt VaV
Název: Využití metod sociální reprezentace v analýze právních konceptů
Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Využití metod sociální reprezentace v analýze právních konceptů