The Stability and Dynamics of Vague Legal Concepts as the
Central Core and Periphery of Social Representations

J 2024

The Stability and Dynamics of Vague Legal Concepts as the Central Core and Periphery of Social Representations

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Stability and Dynamics of Vague Legal Concepts as the Central Core and Periphery of Social Representations

Autoři

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie

Vydání

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2024, 0860-150X

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50501 Law

Stát vydavatele

Polsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Open access článku

Označené pro přenos do RIV

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Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14220/24:00139681

Organizační jednotka

Právnická fakulta

DOI

https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2024-0004

EID Scopus

999

Klíčová slova anglicky

Conceptualization; social representations theory; legal concepts; legal language; core and periphery of concepts; stability and dynamics of concepts; structural approach to social representations

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 26. 2. 2025 15:06, Mgr. Petra Georgala

Anotace

V originále

In a related project, the social representation of public order among legal professionals has been explored by means of semi-structured interviews (Smejkalová et al. 2022). The participants of this research represent public order, inter alia, as a stable safeguard of fundamental social values while recognizing its vagueness and inherent propensity for change. This contradiction between its purpose to provide stability while being subject to social or temporal contexts seems akin to the structural approach to social representations. The social representations approach (Moscovici 1961, 2001) is an approach used in social psychology, rooted in the idea that social objects or phenomena must be represented by a social group in order to perform any kind of social function. Within this approach, a structural (Abric 1993) differentiation between a stable, normative central core of a social representation, and flexible periphery has been developed. The contradictions between the stability and dynamics of public order the participants talk about are not dissimilar from the theoretical considerations of the structural approach to social representation. Moreover, Moscovici’s (2001) and Wachelke’s (2012) framing of social representations especially resonates when applied to public order, pointing towards its role as a system facilitating communication and orientation within a social group. The present study utilizes the data available from the transcripts of these interviews with a single focus on the themes of dynamics and stability. It aims to discuss these themes across various disciplines, offering links that might have been overlooked. This study further underscores the usefulness of the social representation approach in legal conceptualization, advocating for the necessity of more synthetic approaches merging philosophy, linguistics (semiotics), social psychology, and law to enrich further understanding in this domain.

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

Citovat

SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie. The Stability and Dynamics of Vague Legal Concepts as the Central Core and Periphery of Social Representations. Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric. 2024, roč. 69, č. 1, s. 489-513. ISSN 0860-150X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2024-0004.

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SMEJKALOVÁ, Terezie. The Stability and Dynamics of Vague Legal Concepts as the Central Core and Periphery of Social Representations. \textit{Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric}. 2024, roč.~69, č.~1, s.~489-513. ISSN~0860-150X. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.2478/slgr-2024-0004.

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