Accessing Law through the Humanities: Degrees of Agentivity when Actors are Natives or Immigrants. Comparing Southern Italy/Northwest Switzerland
Author(s) : Flora Di Donato
Source : http://www.lawandliterature.org/area/documenti/Di%20Donato%202012.pdf
Abstract:
Recent contributions of Law and Humanities have showed how complex is the interaction between law and culture. Cultural models influence people in their representations of law, orienting them towards the definition of legal meanings
that are shared and narrated through stories. The aim of this paper, that is a part of a larger research lead in Italy and Switzerland, is to propose a comparative analysis of legal stories coming from two different contexts (South of Italy and Northwest Switzerland), showing the effects of different degrees of legal agentivity when actors are
nationals (Italian cases) – or immigrants – (Swiss cases).
Key Words :Law and Humanities, Legal Agentivity, Natives/Immigrants