Monism And Pluralism In The Dynamics Of Political Power

From Roman Times To The Present

Abstract

Monism and legal pluralism, in their many variants, tend to be associated with forms of government that are inseparable from different levels of centralization. The legal-historical observation of societies from ancient times to the present day suggests this without much doubt. Pragmatically observed, the variations in their own time make it possible, if not to anticipate, at least to speculate on the future evolution of these variables. The political decision, which is apparently decisive at any given moment, thus becomes to some extent a necessity, in which only the contours are truly manipulable.