Legal pluralism: toward a multicultural conception of law

265 Pages·1997·6.009 MB·English

by  Warwick Tie

LEGALP LURALISM:
TOWARDA
MULT ICULTURCAOLN CEPTION
OFL AW
A thespirse sentfeuldfi limne nt
oft hree quirements
fort hdee groefe
DoctoPrh oifl osophy
inS ocioalotg y
MasseUyn iversity
WarwiJcokh TnI E
1997
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ABSTRACT
The increacsoisnmgolpyo nlaittuoarfnt e h nea tiaotnpe-,ls utsi nacnr eascseipntgi cism
toward the tmhohadaties fnrn ormiesdmt e hs citeifnic-nleexgoufasl l a te-caspoictiaeltyi,s t
creatthceeso ndiwittihowinhnis c ah " multrail"c cuolntcuepoftl iaomwni gehmteg reTh.i s
theesviasl utahteeex estn tto w hicthhf ei eoldf l egpallu ralciasmnc ontrtiobt uhtee
devpemleonotf s ucah conpcteioTno.f a cilitthaitIse d, i isntgubiesthw etehnr ee
epistoelmoglpi ecspraecttihvuregoswh h ilcehg pallul raiasptrpsao ch stthudoeyf l awp:o st­
raelispmo,s t-modernipsmo,sp tra-gamnadt iIsnom r.dr e to iedntitfyh ec onceptual
resoutrhctaehtse m yi gchotn triIbi unttee rreoagcwahit ttehh rqeuee stwihotand fisen:i tion
ofl awd oeesa cihm p?l;wy hatc oncepotfia olntse rnatlielvg-eas ubjedocetesia vcihty
cont?a;ain nwdha tp rospdeocetss eenavcihfs oraa gnae l ternactoinvcee poftl iaowTn?w o
fertiieldaees m erfgroeml egpallul raisamsa c onuseeqnctehtl:a a ewx iwsititsnth hfiee ldo f
sociora-lcd uilvteurarstihttyeh ra onv eirta ,n tdh tla wai osn tolodgiisctafrilonlmjcy ut s tice.
Ani maogfem utlicraullltauewm egrefrso mt hedsiem ensThiiossn usb.s tliwats'u trceruste n
emphaosne sct ohdeifi caotfni oormna laintytd h jeu stificoafpt oiwowenir t ahne pxloration
ofh owa lternatcionvcee potfsi oocnisa dleimtyo,c raancydl, a mwi gbhete mpowetroe d
emegre.a rIg tuahett hciosn cepdtoienosonf tu l leys catphepe o sitpiavriasdatig gami nst
whiicithss eStpe.c iflilciyatt,e ndenctrieaapltlleuysr aliast moa tliinsdtiions gc oAusra s e.
consequietin sac tre i,so fkb ecomainnogt ihneasrnt coefa ne mancipparjtoeoctryth at
muatteisn tafo o rm ofr geulatAi noant.us raeldai ccooufnr tge ulatiisbo unii lnttm oy
agrumetnoat l tetrp otshiatiinva iw saymt haatl lsot whe emanicmippuaoltfsol eryel g a
plrualipsrjmoe'tcsots urvive.
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PREFACE
Thep rocoefsw sr ittihnPighs . Dt.h ehsaissst eadily pirnotagoner xeesrsceiidncs oen fronting
thsee lMfo.r es pecifilcliyaht,as be come ac onfrontwaittithoh nee x isteunntciearltt ahiantt y
appetaoru sn dertphivene rnyo tioofsn ef l-hoOosdt.e nstihbselu yb,jm eacttto eftr h teh eissis
legal-ptlhueroaarlnyidt s httee xitws r ititnte hnav te iMny.t reatomefnt tht eh eoreitsiscuaels
generabtyle edg pallu rahlaishs,om w evbeeern,i nforbmedy a n umbeorf q uesttihoanttsh e
projheacspt r omptmee dt or evicsointc erninsge lf-htohocedo ,n struocfit dieonnt aintdy ,
persomenaanli nLge.g tahle oirstye ,e missp, a rticaudleaaprttpl ryo mptsiuncqghu estiIno ns.
tharte galradw,p, h ilosoapnhdty h,e olsoegeytm o be synonymofuosr mosfd iscourse.
Possitbhliryse, fl elcetgsta hle ory's cionntniemcwatititeoqh nu estaiboounths o wt oj ustify
decisLioanwsy.ebe rcsa,u steh euyl timarteelulypy o vni oletnolc eeg ititmahtedeie rfi nitions
ofr ealitya,l semonu gsatig nte h issa mep ursoufji uts tifiicnao tridotenora uthenttihceaitre
reasfoondrse finisnogc riealla taisto hnedsyo .
Thep ursoufji uts tififcoautnodrya int tihoseno sc io-arIeenghaaa lsbe ens hakebny i dealist
assaul-tisnt heg uisoefp ost-modernisamn dp ragmat-iosntm h eh ubriosf t otaIising
explantahteoorryLi iebesri.an ld ividMuaarlxiisasmnm,fd, e mintiosn ma,me thorfte hemaine
"culprhiatvsce,o "me under increastionj ge tptr-ieossroas ntu l reeamo sdte rat-et he
mechanistmhsa gta vet hems ucehx planaftoorrc(yef oerx amplree,d uctiaonndi sm
functionaIltii ssf mafr)ro .m c leahro,w evwehra,ot u ghttor epltahceemes ec hanisamss
resoufroccreo sn strumecatniinngg iadnedn tOinteoy p.t iaosnp ,o st-moadnedprn r agmatist
accoutnetnstd o d o,i st oe mploy plausra a tloitsaml diissicnogu Froslel.o wFirnegd ric
JamesoInam , nots urteh atth iissp ossi(bJlaeme s1o9n6 11:9 5T)h.e n otioofpn l uralism
onlmakye s sensweh eni tis positiionrn eelda ttioao nno n-contsitnagnednarGtdo :d ,
industroirha ulmiasnmi,us ttoipcif aoesrx, a mple.
Ata persolneavlet lh,eh ubroifst heo rthodPorxo testatnhtaiitns fmo nnemdy early
emotional-intellechtausal li kedwebeivesenel s ohpameknebtny questiaobonustt he
limitaotfti ootnasI niasrirnagAst iwvielbe.lc omee vidtehnrto utghhti hse smiyso ,w np osition
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hasc ongeaalreodu nadc onfrontawtiitothnh ep rospectth asti lenlcieebe sn eatohu ra ttempts
toi nterwaicttth h eg rounodfo urbe ingT.h ihsa sd evelopetdh roumgyh g rowinagw areness
thaat s paceex isbettsw eenm y consciousonfse oscsi eamlbe ddedneasnsda na warenetshsa t
my consciousonfte hsaset m beddednecsasn nobet r educteodi ts histcoorniscciitoyu;si nse ss
alwayssi tuabtuetid t fso rmis n otr educteodt hec onteonfit tssi tuat(iiSonan r trtee'rmss, this
irreducaisbpelceot f c onsciousinsie tjssasc ticthienty e,c esstihtacyto nsciousinsse istsu ated
butt hatth ef ormt haitt ssi tuatedtnaekseisss u ltimatienlcyo nsequenTthiiasdl i)a.l ectic
betweent hec onsciousonfem sast eriaalnidtt yh ei rreducaiwbarleen esosf c onsciousness,
moreoverf,a itlose xplatihen e xisteonftc hee c onscioustnheastas p ipsar entalwya roef i tself.
Alla ttempttoas d dretshsei ssuaep parenmetelty w itshi lence.
Thesmea tterisnt ,urn , havep romptqeude stiaobonust h ow top roceeidnt hea bsenocfe
categorkincoawll edagboeu th owt oc ontinFuoel.l owiCnhgar leTsa ylotrh,ii ssa question
abouth owt ofi ndo rf ounsdo urcoefsm oraltihtayat r en ott ietdot het otaliesxitnrge meosf
eithseorc ieanlg ineeorrii nngd ividueaxlipsrteiscs io(nTiasyml1 o9r9 4: T5h1i0sI),s . u ggest,
isa lsao q uestitohnal ti eastt heh earto fl egtahle orIyta. s khso wthe institouftli aowmn i ght
construsctta,b ilainsdse a,n ctimeoann inga nd/oird entiintt yh ea bsenocfef oundatifoonrs
justifytihnogs meea ningasn di dentiTthieel sa.w 'nse edt od efin"ew haits " eimsb lemaotfi c
thes elnfse etdo fi ndp ersoniadle ntaintdmey a ning.
Inm y engagemenwti tthh ipsr oblemaIht aivcen ott raveltlheead p parently popular route of
post-modern/pragpmlautriacl ism (wthheecr oen-cienp t troufti hs s ubstitwuittehdt he
situationoaflp irsemv ailcionngv entiMoyn )P.r otestanhtaisis nms titloloem du chr ealism
withmiyn s ubjectfiovtrih taypt r oposittoil oond geea siPllyu.r alciasnmn obet as elf-sufficient
paradigImnl igohftt hi-sa nda gaiinn s ympatwhiyt Chh arlTeasy loqru'ess tioanboiuntg
howm orahlo rizomnisg hbet construwcittehdo iuntj urieoffuesct tos ubjeocrts so cia-lmiyt y
personparlo blemahtasi becc ome thaotf h owt op ositmiyosne lrfe lattiovt eh ec onceopft
"totalidsiisncgo urIstei .so" n ltyh et otalifsoirnmgos f discoIu sresnes,e , thariset tgoi ve
meaninga ndi dentOinteyp .o ssibIifi lnidtis y t op ositmiyosne lf reliattosip vpeo stitoto te h,e
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ephemerfallu iodfip tlyu raTlhiitisyst . h e rtehaalptmr odutcoetsa clolnyt infgoernmotsf
idenantdi metay nintgh,ais t,me aningsi daenndtt hiatctya nneoxti besyto ntdh moeme ntary
contweixtth wihni ch atrhceeo yn ceiIvfi enddm. y seslift uabettewde etnh etsweo e xtremes,
theoriasboiuntwg h aittme anst o" acbett"w een tdhreamw,ifr nogme acohn et ootlosbo th
formegaen inangd tot ransgtrheamestas n inTgh.i ass ,Is uggiesntt h boed yo ft hteh esiiss ,
alswoh erteh ei ssoufem utlicultuirssa iltiusamwt ietdh,ti hnep resstuorbo et hc onserve
socio-ciudletnuatrniadttl yo r elinqsutianstohit ci oofnis d entTihtiisys .t hdeo mawihne re
constrsuocctieod- sIuebgjaelc ts rtehceofinorsr tImrt iu stc htre e ahnas, I l ikteot hionfki t,
ofo urn on-haourtiaault horoira,asl Tiatyy lroerf etrosi tt,h ed omaionf " personal
resona(nicbei5"d1 .2This:), . as botTha ylor and the rleevgiaehlwe erpdsel u ugrgaeilssit s,t s
three alfrmo mw hicwhe m ighetx pecttos eeem ancipaitmoargyoe fsj ustice Ien meorwg e.
wisht oe xpltohraept r ospect.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Beginnairndege ss perpaltaecn eosl ,e swsh eni tc ometso t hankaig nrgo uopfp eople.
Mositm mediately,I w hiostwhoet vhearnm,ky c hiseufp ervGirseogrMo,cr L ennHains.
appareunntelryr fianigint hm e,h isn on-diregcutiidvaeni cnes,p itreiancg hianngd,
ceaseelnecsosu ragaermseet nrte ntghtahIths a vter easuTroem dy.s ecosnudp ervisor,
DavBeu msI,a lsoow em yt hanfkoser n couramgeit nolg a unocuhot n t hivse ntuHries.
warmf riendhsahsbi epe an sustaipnoiwnegir n t hiwso rkO.t hers, haavlbeese on,
invaluableo fss uopuprocarenstds timulaAtmioonngt. h em anyI,w istho s ingle out
CatherBirneen nfaontr h en umeroaunsde vocatdiivsec usstihoawntes h avhea do n
sociaanldl egtahle oBrayr.b aGrraa natl,s iosi, m porttaomn et;h era dviocnew riting­
proceswsaests r emendMoourse.o vIeam r ,g ratetfoau lltl h osweh op articipina ted
seminarsI s ptohkatetoa tM asseUyn iverasnidtt hy2e 4 tAhn nuCaoln fereonftc hee
EuropeGarno ufpo trh eS tudoyfD evianacnedS ociCaoln traotlt ,h eU niverosfi ty
WaleBsa,n goTro.m yf amiflmya,l Ilo yw,ea s erioefds e btthsa Itc oulnde vehro pteo
repayG.l TenKo,i rstLeunk,eB ,r aydLeanu,r Nioee,l eaenndK, a remna,n tyh anks.
CONTENTS
Preface Hi
Acknowledgements v
1 Introduction 1
1.T1o waradnA lternaCtoinvcee potfiL oanw 1
1.C2h aptSeerq uence 6
2 TheM ulticultCuhraalllietsnoLtg a ew 9
2.M1u lticulturalism 9
2.I2s suients h Dee velopomfea n tM ulticCuolntcuerpatli on
ofL aw 15
2.T3h eL imitaotfiP oonssi tLiavwie na M ulticuElntvuirraoln ment2 1
2.L4e gaPllu ralism 35
2.14L .octainlge gpallu ralism 35
2.4M.a2p pilnegg pallu ralism 38
3 MappitnhgDe i verosfiL teyg aPll uralism 46
3.I0n troduction 46
3.R1e alLiesgtaP ll uralism 46
3.11.R eailsetp tiesmology 49
3.12.R ealoinsottl ogy 51
3.13.P olitpirjcoeaclt s 56
3.14.S ummary 58
3.P2o st-MoLdeegmaP ll uralism 59
3.2C.r1i tioqful eesgf aouln dationalism 59
3.2A.n2a ntfio-unidoantiasoltn tology 62
3.2.P3o litpirjcoeaclt s 65
3.2S.u4m mary 70
3.P3o st-PraLgemgaaPtlli usrta lism 70
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3.13E .pistemocloongsictctraiulmv is 71
3.3T.h2eo ntoloofeg pyi stemocloongsictctraiulv ism 73
33..P3o litpirjcoeaclt s 75
3.C4o nclusion 77
4 PosRte-alLiesgtaP ll uralism 79
4.I0n troduction 79
4.T1h eN atuorfLe a w 81
4.1.I1n itqiuaeslft oesr x panlattohreyo ry 82
4.12.A ssauolnet xsp lanatthoeroyr y 84
4.13.Th e retrioefev xapll taonrtayh eory 87
4.P2o st-ReLaelgiSasultb jectivity 89
4.P3 ost-ReaanldMi uslmt ircauLlla twu 94
4.13Q .ualiofpiteidm tioswma credn tralised law 95
4.3T.o2w aradd ecentceornecde ptiloanw of 98
4.C4o nclusion 100
5 Post-MoLdeegraPnll uralism 101
5.I0n troduction 101
5.P1o st-MoCdreirtni oqfuL easw 104
5.P2o st-MoLdeegrnaS lu bjectivity 110
5.12C .ountermyltheigsca ulbc jtveiity I I I
5.2S.u2b cjteivainttdyh e loaftw h ec ontingent 113
5.P3o st-ModearnnidMs uml ticuLlatwu ral 115
5.13 .Tihmeop sisbiitolyfa c ountermymtuhilct iucruaLllat w 116
53..T2h eh opoefa c ontingmeunlt tlitcuuLraawl 119
5.3J.J 2u.st iacnedt hef eminine 119
5.3.J2u.st2i acnedD estiny 123
5.C4o nclusion 125
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6 Post-PragLmeagtaPills utr alism 130
6.I0n troduction 130
6.A1n alyosfLe asw 131
6..21Pr agamtilsetgh aolr izons 131
6.2P.o2s t-pralgemgahatolir sitz ons 133
6.L2e gaSlub jectivity 135
6.12 .Pragmatsiusbtcj teliyev giatl 135
6.2P.o2s t-prsatlg emgasatulijb ectivity 136
6.T3h eP ossiboifal M iutlyt icuLlatwu ral 143
6.13P .ragmahtoirsitzf oonarms u lctuiul rtaLla w 144
6.3P.o2s t-prahgomraitzifosornt ms au tlicuurlaLtla w 147
6.C4o nclusion 152
7 LocatLianwgW ithDiinv ersity 153
7.I0n troduction 153
7.L1e gal-PlTuhreamleiss t 154
71..T1he roissitneag-t wl a 154
71.2.T heroislienggra ilg dhsticso urse 156
71.3.T heosriginl aawn dj ustice 157
71.4.T heosriintgho eri gionfjs u stice 158
71.5.T heroisiinncgo mmeanblsiyiu tr 160
7.N2a turaElviosleudt iEopniasrtye m(oNlEoEgy) 162
7.12N .EE'rsae ilsftou ndations 163
72..R2e concelpitsuliawan'gps l urality 165
72..D3i stuiinsgghb ientweleengp allu raloints hmbesa soifss u perfoliati1on6 7
7.2T.h4er oistihniegn mcmoensburiyalb iettweleenga aslc eanntd
renfeiment 178
7..25L awa sa ne pistiesnmtiuictt ion 183
7.C3o nclusion 188
8 DistinguBiesthwieLneagnw a nd Justice 190
8.I0n troduction 190
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8.T1h eU ndermionfLi inbge Croanlc eptoifLo anws 190
8.S2e paraLtaiwan ngdJ ustice 20I
8.T3h eP ursoufai t Non-ContradictoryL aRwae npdl acement for
Justice 204
8.T4h eP rivatiosfJa utsitoainnc dte h Ceo llaopfLs aew 213
8.T5h eM ediatoifLo anwa nJdu stbiyca De i scouorfAs tet itude 217
8.T6o waraNd a turalMiusletdi,c uClotnucreaplot fiL oanw 223
Bibliography 238