social normativity

Il diritto come morfologia del sociale. Il pluralismo giuridico di Santi Romano

This article juxtaposes Santi Romano’s legal-pluralist paradigm with other approaches to
illustrate why his theory contributes to contemporary debates in the international academic
environment. I first identify the differences between Romano and his contemporaries. In
this regard, it is my claim that his theory stands out from the rest as he was able to advocate a
pluralist conception of law without dissolving the legal into the social. I then put Romano’s
theory to the test of more recent literature on the issue with a view to arguing that it still

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