Understanding Law Among Other Rationalities: Worlds of Meanings at Conflict. An Interdisciplinary Study of Truths and Believes in Law, Science, Religion, and Indigenous Ways of Being

Brachotte, Sandrine;Patrick Garon-Sayegh;Carey Demichelis;et.al.
(2018) LSA 2018 Toronto Meeting ‘Law at the Crossroads’ — Location: Toronto

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  • Brachotte, Sandrineorcid-logoUCLouvain
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  • Patrick Garon-Sayegh
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  • Carey Demichelis
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The research discusses conflicting rationalities in three papers respectively addressing: law and scientific expert testimony; law and Indigenous healing traditions; and law and religion in cases involving commercial arbitration and Indigenous concerns. The purpose of this research project is twofold. On one hand, we wish to point out the complexity of cases where apparently different rationalities—understood as 'worlds of meaning'—are at stake. We therefore explore the affinity, likeness, aversion or competition that can exist among divergent rationalities, as well as within one single rationality. We also study the possible misidentifications and intertwinements of the same. On the other hand, our respective perspectives show how the ways in which conflict of rationalities are theorized may depend on the worlds of meaning that are actually studied and question whether such discrepancies make sense. The research therefore connects the theme of the conference to the broader issue of multi-layered worlds of meaning, including Indigenous ways of being in Canada. It also aims to encourage further reflection and debate on the appropriateness of language and categories of law in contemporary occidental countries and the feasibility of challenging these, as a fruitful area of future research in law and society.
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Brachotte, S., Patrick Garon-Sayegh, Carey Demichelis, & et al. (2018). Understanding Law Among Other Rationalities: Worlds of Meanings at Conflict. An Interdisciplinary Study of Truths and Believes in Law, Science, Religion, and Indigenous Ways of Being. LSA 2018 Toronto Meeting ‘Law at the Crossroads’, Toronto. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/239031