Legal Pluralism and Science and Technology Studies: Exploring Sources of the Legal Pluriverse

IF 3.1 2区社会学 Q1 SOCIAL ISSUES

Science Technology & Human Values Pub Date : 2022-01-10 DOI:10.1177/01622439211069659

Bertram Turner, M. Wiber

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Abstract

In introducing the contributions to this special section, we explore the links between social and juridical concepts of normativity and science and technology. We follow the Legal Pluralism challenge to the notion of state law as the sole source of normative order and point to how technological transformation creates a pluralistic legal universe that takes on new shapes under conditions of globalization. We promote a science and technology studies (STS)-inspired reworking of Legal Pluralism and suggest expanding the portfolio of legally effective regimes of ordering to include the normativity generated by materiality and technology. This normativity is amply demonstrated in the case studies included in the papers which make up this special section. We conclude that the inclusion of approaches developed in STS research helps analytically to overcome what we view as an incomplete law project, one unable to deal with the technicized lifeworlds of a global modernity. The contributions to this special section illustrate that technomaterial change cannot be understood without recognition of the role of normative impacts, and conversely, the legal pluriverse cannot be understood without recognition of the normative role of techno-material arrangements.

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法律多元主义与科学技术研究:探索法律多元的来源

在介绍对这一特殊章节的贡献时，我们探讨了规范性和科学技术的社会和法律概念之间的联系。我们遵循法律多元主义对国家法律作为规范秩序的唯一来源的概念的挑战，并指出技术变革如何在全球化条件下创造出一个多元化的法律世界。我们提倡以科学和技术研究(STS)为灵感对法律多元主义进行改造，并建议扩大法律上有效的秩序制度组合，以包括实质性和技术产生的规范性。这种规范性在构成这一特殊部分的论文中的案例研究中得到了充分的证明。我们的结论是，纳入STS研究中开发的方法有助于在分析上克服我们认为是一个不完整的法律项目，一个无法处理全球现代性的技术化生活世界的项目。对这一特殊章节的贡献表明，如果不认识到规范影响的作用，就无法理解技术材料的变化，反过来，如果不认识到技术-材料安排的规范作用，就无法理解法律的多元世界。

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Science Technology & Human Values SOCIAL ISSUES-

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7.70

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6.50%

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期刊介绍： As scientific advances improve our lives, they also complicate how we live and react to the new technologies. More and more, human values come into conflict with scientific advancement as we deal with important issues such as nuclear power, environmental degradation and information technology. Science, Technology, & Human Values is a peer-reviewed, international, interdisciplinary journal containing research, analyses and commentary on the development and dynamics of science and technology, including their relationship to politics, society and culture.