Role of Law in Shaping Ethnic Identity and Conflict

法律在塑造民族认同和冲突中的作用

• 批准号: 9211952
• 负责人: John Rogers
• 金额: $ 1.61万
• 依托单位: Tufts University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-09-01 至 1994-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9211952&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Role; Law; Shaping; Ethnic; Identity

This project focuses on the historical role of law in the formation of peoples' political and social identities (e.g., citizens of a given nation-state; members of an ethnic group) in a multi-ethnic society, particularly Sri Lanka. It posits that such identities cannot be taken for granted. Rather, they are constructed in the course of a historical process and in that process, law and legal systems play a part. Also, the project focuses on how law, as a crucial force in shaping identities, influences ethnic conflict in this multi-ethnic state. Drawing on archival records related to customary law and the complexity of legal systems experienced by the people of Sri Lanka, the study provides a unique historical perspective of the combination of local and transnational forces triggering ethnic conflict in this nation-state. Further, this historical analysis provides the basis for introducing a general theoretical perspective for advancing understanding ethnic conflict, focusing on the indirect role played by changing legal orders. Finally, the study shows that the influence of global sociolegal phenomena on nation building has historical antecedents and therefore, is not unique to contemporary events in Eastern Europe and elsewhere.

该项目重点关注法律在多民族社会（特别是斯里兰卡）中人民政治和社会身份（例如特定民族国家的公民；民族群体的成员）形成中的历史作用。 它认为这样的身份不能被视为理所当然。 相反，它们是在历史过程中构建的，在这个过程中，法律和法律体系发挥着作用。 此外，该项目还重点关注法律作为塑造身份的关键力量如何影响这个多民族国家的民族冲突。 该研究利用与习惯法相关的档案记录以及斯里兰卡人民所经历的复杂法律制度，为当地和跨国力量的结合在这个民族国家引发种族冲突提供了独特的历史视角。 此外，这种历史分析为引入促进理解种族冲突的一般理论视角提供了基础，重点关注改变法律秩序所发挥的间接作用。 最后，研究表明，全球社会法律现象对国家建设的影响有其历史渊源，因此并非东欧和其他地方的当代事件所独有。