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Sovereign and disciplinary power. Codification from a foucaultian viewpoint

  • Universidad de los Andes (GPC)

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Abstract

This essay presents the context of codification that occurred after the French Revolution, questioning the traditional idea of it as an emanation of sovereign power, following the guidelines of disciplinary society developed by Foucault. For this purpose, it analyzes the debate regarding the completeness of the legal order, and based on the study of the foundational category of non-imputability - pertaining to criminal law dogma- it seeks to demonstrate the lack of autonomy and coherence of codified law for solving categories of disciplinary power, in contradiction with the sovereign theory of Hobbes.

Translated title of the contributionPoder soberano y poder disciplinario. La codificación desde una visión foucaultiana
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)139-150
Number of pages12
JournalRevista de Estudios Sociales
Issue number48
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

  • Codification
  • Disciplines
  • Non-imputability
  • Power
  • Sovereignty

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