Nov 24, 2014 11:29
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Spanish term

Racionalización del derecho

Spanish to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. Sociología de los derechos humanos
This is a term used continuously throughout a book on Weberian sociology. It's various forms include "racionalización del derecho" and "derecho racionalizado". An example sentence is

"Los derechos humanos, en cuanto pretensiones típicas de legitimidad, se expresan en normas jurídicas inscritas en un ordenamiento racionalizado y formalizado.
Pero esto no significa que sea el proceso de racionalización del derecho el que sustente exclusivamente la consolidación de los derechos humanos."

The terms in contention so far are "rationalised" and "streamlined". Does anyone know of a specific translation for this concept?

Discussion

Muriel Vasconcellos Nov 24, 2014:
Re: streamlining It would not be an appropriate translation of 'racionalizar' in referring to legislation.

Proposed translations

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The rationalization of law (in the West)

the rationalization of law (in the West)
According to Weber with formal rationalisation, we ended up having so much legal procedures which had to be written down, that the need has arisen for us to have lawyers to interpret those laws for us. Law became so complex and regulated that a lay-person cannot understand them all. The formal rationalisation of law implies that laws are codified, impartial, and impersonal.
http://www.academia.edu/4857624/Max_Weber_on_the_rationaliza...

Through rationalization the mystical and seemingly ad hoc elements of the law were streamlined, categorized, and rendered “scientific” and logical.

http://books.google.ca/books?id=3CR2iX0uK8gC&pg=PA54&lpg=PA5...


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Note added at 2 days2 hrs (2014-11-26 13:57:39 GMT)
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the rationalization of law process
the process of rationalization of law.

taken from the writings of Max Weber's - sociology
Example sentence:

this is sociological terminology: rationalization and streamlined

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Spanish term (edited): el proceso de racionalización del derecho

the process of rationalising the law

But this does not mean that it is the process of rationalising the law that...

Under this sense for 'rationalise', from the Oxford English:

▶reorganize (a process or system) so as to make it more logical and consistent.



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Note added at 9 mins (2014-11-24 11:38:17 GMT)
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So depending on the context, also:

rationalisation of the law
the rationalised law
Peer comment(s):

agree Muriel Vasconcellos
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agree justin taylor
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agree philgoddard : Codifying would be another possibility, especially if they keep repeating the Spanish word.
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