Abstract

Globalization comes with law and law comes with actors. The manner in which law travels is rarely a matter of straightforward reception, but involves processes of translation, adjustment, and capturing by a diverse range of actors. This paper looks at some systemic features of legal pluralism to pursue two aims. One is to show that Southeast Asia has centuries long histories in which religious and secular laws have become entangled with local legal orders. These histories show a multitude of trajectories depending on specific political constellations from the time of introduction onwards. The trajectories are also a result of degrees to which introduced law was (in)compatible with locally existing laws. A second aim is to highlight how intensified globalization has brought new actors on the stage. The dynamic negotiation and translating processes that occur generate shifting legal landscapes with new entanglements. Such shifting plural legal orders form the conditions under which people pursue their interests.

摘要

全球化伴随着法律，法律伴随着行动者。法律传播的方式很少是直接接受的问题，而是涉及翻译、调整和由不同范围的参与者捕捉的过程。本文着眼于法律多元化的一些系统性特征，以追求两个目标。一是表明东南亚有数百年的历史，宗教和世俗法律与当地法律秩序纠缠在一起。这些历史显示了从引入之时起取决于特定政治星座的众多轨迹。这些轨迹也是引入的法律与当地现行法律（不）兼容程度的结果。第二个目的是强调全球化的加剧如何将新的参与者带到了舞台上。发生的动态谈判和翻译过程产生了不断变化的法律格局和新的纠葛。这种不断变化的多元法律秩序构成了人们追求自身利益的条件。