François Gény y el Derecho. La lucha contra el método exegético

The thought, work, and transcendence of François Gény constitute a fundamental theme for the philosophy of law. The author has carried out an extensive investigation on the work of the master Gény, thus filling a prominent gap in Ibero-American legal studies, around an influential figure of French law. Professor Gény's ideas contributed to the remarkable transformation of our law, especially civil law, carried out by the Supreme Court in the mid-thirties of the last century, rightly called the new Court. Surpassing the exegetical method accepted as practically exclusive until that date, the Court extracted from isolated norms of positive law, through innovative interpretations, general rules in matters of such importance as unjust enrichment, damage, extra-contractual liability, to name a few. In other words, the dynamic updating of the law in light of facts and needs that could not have been foreseen by the legislator at the time of issuing the norms, in a hermeneutic task that does not ignore positive law but adapts it to those unprecedented situations. The author has carried out an extensive investigation on the work of the master Gény, thus filling a prominent gap in Ibero-American legal studies, around an influential figure of French law. Professor Gény's ideas contributed to the remarkable transformation of our law, especially civil law, carried out by the Supreme Court in the mid-thirties of the last century, rightly called the new Court. Surpassing the exegetical method accepted as practically exclusive until that date, the Court extracted from isolated norms of positive law, through innovative interpretations, general rules in matters of such importance as unjust enrichment, damage, extra-contractual liability, to name a few. In other words, the dynamic updating of the law in light of facts and needs that could not have been foreseen by the legislator at the time of issuing the norms, in a hermeneutic task that does not ignore positive law but adapts it to those unprecedented situations. Professor Gény's ideas contributed to the remarkable transformation of our law, especially civil law, carried out by the Supreme Court in the mid-thirties of the last century, rightly called the new Court. Surpassing the exegetical method accepted as practically exclusive until that date, the Court extracted from isolated norms of positive law, through innovative interpretations, general rules in matters of such importance as unjust enrichment, damage, extra-contractual liability, to name a few. In other words, the dynamic updating of the law in light of facts and needs that could not have been foreseen by the legislator at the time of issuing the norms, in a hermeneutic task that does not ignore positive law but adapts it to those unprecedented situations.

Presentación

Introducción

Capítulo primero
El tiempo de François Gény

I. El fin de siècle como contexto
II. Biografía intelectual de François Gény
III. El contexto jurídico de la obra de Gény
IV. Un inciso sobre el clasicismo jurídico: rasgos y método de la Escuela de la Exégesis
V. La escuela científica: los juristas inquietos

Capítulo segundo
El método de Gény para el intérprete: el sistema de fuentes y la interpretación del derecho

I. La interpretación de la ley
II. Las fuentes del derecho
A. El valor de la ley escrita
B. El lugar de la costumbre
C. El peso de la autoridad y la tradición: la jurisprudencia y la doctrina
III. La libre investigación científica
IV. Una primera aproximación al concepto de derecho

Capítulo tercero
La elaboración del derecho: entre la ciencia y la técnica

I. La cuestión de la elaboración del Derecho: entre la ciencia y la técnica
II. La ciencia como fundamento del derecho
III. El sentido de la técnica jurídica
IV. Las relaciones y tensiones entre la ciencia y la técnica
V. La ciencia, el derecho natural y la fuerza

Bibliografía

I. La obra de Gény
II. Sobre la obra de Gény
III. Bibliografía complementaria