Applying the principles of Vivir Bien to a court resolution in Bolivia
Language, discourse, and land law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12877045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | María Itatí Dolhare (0000-0003-3363-0394, The University of Queensland, corresponding author), Sol Rojas-Lizana (0000-0002-9198-1005, The University of Queensland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 269-281 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-21 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Discourse Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-5904 • E-ISSN: 1740-5912 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17405904.2022.2102517 |
| OpenAlex | W4286208034 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The Plurinational Constitutional Court is the final arbiter of legal disputes involving the interpretation and application of the Political Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia (2009 Bolivia, Plurinational State of. (2009). Constitution. (Max Planck Institute, Trans.). (n.d.) La Paz: Project Constitute, Oxford University Press. https://www.constituteproject.org/constitution/Bolivia_2009?lang = en [Google Scholar]) (BC). Its role is especially important given that the BC follows a type of decolonial ‘hybrid’ constitutional model that incorporates the Indigenous concept of Vivir Bien (VB) as part of their legal paradigm. Using tools from Case Law Analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis, this article explores the Court’s judicial interpretation and application of VB and its principles to a legal dispute regarding Indigenous Peoples’ constitutional right to be consulted over government measures impacting their ancestral territories. The results indicate that the judges would foreground and background different aspects of the VB principles to support their views, resorting to their use in a hierarchical form that is not mandated in the BC. This shows a gap between formal incorporation and the practical application of the VB principles. This research informs the fields of legal studies, decolonial thought, and discourse studies
Constitution · Constitutional court · Constitutional law · Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Interpretation (philosophy · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Indigenous Peoples' Rights and Law · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Philosophy
Epistemologies of the South
Third World Approaches to International Law and Individual Responsibility in Internal Conflicts
Qué Importa el preámbulo? Pensamiento decolonial en el preámbulo de las constituciones de Bolivia y Ecuador
El buen vivir
The Indigenous Concept of Vivir Bien in the Bolivian Legal Field
| Highly cited | No |
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