The Thresholds of Law
Fictio Iuris Between Norms and Life
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Yan Thomas, Giorgio Agamben, Fictio, Politics, Institution, Roman LawAbstract
The present paper explores one of the central themes of Giorgio Agamben’s thought: the threshold. In the space of indistinction between inside and outside, between law and life is revealed the grip which, according to Agamben, sovereign power exercises over life, manifesting itself in its most openly thanatological results. But this grip is now stronger than ever, articulating itself—thanks to economic and techno-scientific discourses—in a complex way over the entire extent of human existence. Understanding the relationship between law and life means, therefore, an investigation into the border territory that separates and unites norms with that which they try to configure, bringing to light the opaque core that gives birth to it and which often hides the apodictic processes of naturalization. By turning to Yan Thomas’ reading of the Romanist roots of law, the present paper attempts to recover some useful categories in order to provide adequate coordinates for this line of research.
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