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VIOLENCE AND THE LAW: NOTES UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF AN EXTREME VIOLENCE

Rivera Ramos, Efrén
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Legitimacy of violence
 foundational violence
 disciplined violence
 delegitimating violence
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SELA (Seminario en Latinoamérica de Teoría Constitucional y Política) Papers
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Modern law has lived traversed by a paradox: in order to reduce violence, it legitimates it; but by legitimating it, it prevents its disappearance. It upholds it. It multiplies it. It contributes to its reproduction. This paradox is nurtured by three basic realities: (1) violence is found at the origin of many modern legal systems; (2) modern societies need to discipline violence to maintain order; and (3) law depends partially on violence for its effectiveness.
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13051/17522