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.

该项目侧重于法律在人民的政治和社会身份形成中的历史作用（例如，给定的民族国家的公民；族裔成员）在多种族社会，尤其是斯里兰卡。 它认为这种身份不能被视为理所当然。 相反，它们是在历史过程的过程中构建的，在此过程中，法律和法律制度起着作用。 此外，该项目的重点是法律如何作为塑造身份的关键力量，影响了这个多种族国家的种族冲突。 该研究借鉴了与习惯法和斯里兰卡人民经历的法律制度的复杂性有关的档案记录，这项研究提供了独特的历史观点，即当地和跨国力量触发该民族冲突的族裔冲突的结合。 此外，这项历史分析为介绍一个普遍的理论观点提供了基础，以促进理解种族冲突的理解，重点是改变法律命令所起的间接作用。 最后，研究表明，全球社会现象对国家建设的影响具有历史先例，因此，在东欧和其他地方并不是当代事件所独有的。