What is plural in the law ? A praxiological answer

Abstract

Legal pluralism has become a major theme in socio-legal studies. However, under this very broad term many different trends can be identified which share little but the very basic idea that law is much more than state law. This article focuses on these theories that address the plural nature of the law. It proceeds in five stages. In a first section, it describes the historical scientific background of the theories, namely, the pioneer influence of Mauss and the works of Ehrlich, Malinowski, the A...