La mayor parte de los problemas de la sociedad no los resuelve el Derecho, sino la cultura, la política, la religión, la educación
"Most of society's problems are not solved by law."
Professor Rafael García Pérez gave a seminar of the group CRYF on the contribution of hermeneutics to the integration of knowledge.
"In contemporary society there are contradictory interpretations of the world; law helps to make possible the coexistence of people who, in many cases, have opposing ideas". This was stated by Rafael García Pérez, professor of the School of Law of the University of Navarra, during the seminar 'La hermenéutica como horizonte interdisciplinar: una visión desde el Derecho y su historia' (Hermeneutics as an interdisciplinary horizon: a view from Law and its history), organized by the group of research 'Science, Reason and Faith'..
In a fragmented society such as ours," he explained, "in which there is no unitary cultural fabric, there can be no shared legal order, at least on some basic issues. But the conflicts that arise do not have their cause in law: a coherent political community cannot be built without a shared ethos. Most of society's problems are not solved by this discipline, but by culture, politics, religion, Education...".
Thus, he pointed out that "Law tries to seek the best conditions for coexistence in society, safeguarding the maximum freedom Degree of the people living in it. It connects with other normative orders such as ethics, on which it is based".
The speech of the rights
Regarding the speech of rights, Professor García Pérez stated that, in general, "Law does not automatically ensure just solutions, because behind it there are people who interpret it. Rights are understood as principles that have a normative character and that must be protected to the maximum extent applicable".
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In the first part of his exhibition, Rafael García Pérez made a diagnosis of the current status of the university and Law. He then took a brief historical tour to reveal how the epistemological revolution of the 17th-18th century, the fruit of the scientific revolution, was projected onto Law and configured a way of thinking that has lasted until the middle of the 20th century.
Later, he emphasized some points shared in contemporary hermeneutic thought and, finally, he drew some conclusions to show how these contributions of hermeneutics with its different currents and variants can help to integrate law with other sciences.