European Juridical Culture –in Varietate Concordia

Abstract

The notion of juridical culture plays a decisive role in the process of European integration. This concept s ynthesizes the relations established between law and culture. The “juridical culture” is a system of both material and spiritual elements, that relates to law and is reflected in human consciousness. Such a complex notion is, without a doubt, very useful in the research of a phenomenon as complex as European legal integration, especially in areas such as human rights. A question that law and sociology must answer is which of the juridical cultures that now exist in Europe will prevail and how will this happen, as there are essential differences between the Eastern European and Western European legal culture (and even within this two broad areas). We must also find an answer on how can this differences be preserved, while creating, a new, unified European juridical culture.