Postcolonial Analysis of the Culture of Non-Compliance Discourse in Latin America

Authors

  • Edwin Molano Sierra Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Keywords:

noncompliance with law, Latin America legal culture, law and postcolonialism, “Latino” identity, Latin America and the Global North

Abstract

Continuous noncompliance with law is a worldwide fact that does not happen only, or exceptionally, in Latin America. This paper shows that the discourse that defends the existence of a culture of noncompliance with law in Latin America is a neocolonial discourse which establishes a hierarchy between Latin America and the Global North. Firstly, the paper demonstrates how this discourse essentializes “Latinos” as noncompliant people. Then, it exposes how this discourse places Latin America, exceptionalizing there the breach of rules, in an inferior position in relation to the Global North.

Author Biography

Edwin Molano Sierra, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia

Magíster en Derecho y abogado de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de los Andes. Investigador y abogado de la oficina de Diego López Medina, con experiencia en investigación académica y litigio en diferentes áreas.

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Published

2019-05-17

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2019): MAI/JUN/JUL/AGO

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