Regulating social spaces of everyday life: the bottom-up codification of a behavioural norm in a Dutch municipal bylaw

Regulating social spaces of everyday life: the bottom-up codification of a behavioural norm in a Dutch municipal bylaw

The utopian ideal of public space promotes it as the material manifestation of a freely accessible realm in which diverse social entities engage with one another to discuss, debate and form an inclusive society. In reality, access to and participation in public space is restricted for various factio...

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Autor principal: Danielle Chevalier
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Publicado: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2021
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:5d9ae4112e9b405499b80036079529062021-12-01T08:40:33ZRegulating social spaces of everyday life: the bottom-up codification of a behavioural norm in a Dutch municipal bylaw2079-5971https://doaj.org/article/5d9ae4112e9b405499b80036079529062021-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/1228https://doaj.org/toc/2079-5971The utopian ideal of public space promotes it as the material manifestation of a freely accessible realm in which diverse social entities engage with one another to discuss, debate and form an inclusive society. In reality, access to and participation in public space is restricted for various factions of society. In the regulation of public space formal law plays a large, albeit not exclusive, role. Intrinsically formal law is presumed to come from above and beyond, and technically law is indeed emanated top-down by legislative authorities. The initiative to law however can originate from elsewhere. The case study presented here offers an example of law being enterprised from within, as a bottom-up strategy to claim dominance over a shared space and an attempt to block access to competing factions. Law then is wielded as a vertical power strategy between citizens, in which government has to struggle not to be reduced to an instrument in the hands of the elite. The case narrates the attempt of residents to have a municipal ban on using cannabis installed on a small inner-city playground in Amsterdam. This article aims to contribute to literature on juridification of social relations, the production of space and the making of law. El ideal utópico del espacio público promueve éste como la manifestación material de un territorio de acceso libre en el cual entidades sociales diversas interactúan para debatir y formar una sociedad inclusiva. En la realidad, el acceso y la participación en el espacio público están restringidos para varias facciones de la sociedad. El derecho formal desempeña un rol considerable, aunque no exclusivo, a la hora de regular el espacio público. Este artículo explora los intentos de los residentes de conseguir una prohibición municipal sobre el uso del cannabis en un pequeño parque de juegos de Amsterdam, constituyendo un ejemplo de iniciativa para utilizar el derecho como estrategia de dirección ascendente para reclamar una dominación sobre un espacio compartido. Al utilizarse el derecho administrativo como estrategia de poder entre ciudadanos, el gobierno debe hacer un esfuerzo para no verse reducido a mero instrumento en manos de la élite. El artículo intenta hacer una aportación a la literatura sobre la juridificación de las relaciones sociales, la producción del espacio y la creación de derecho. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1196Danielle ChevalierOñati International Institute for the Sociology of Lawarticlejuridificationsocial controlpublic spacelawmakingSocial legislationK7585-7595ENESEUFRPTOñati Socio-Legal Series, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp 1311-1329 (2021)
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social control
public space
lawmaking
Social legislation
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social control
public space
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K7585-7595
Danielle Chevalier
Regulating social spaces of everyday life: the bottom-up codification of a behavioural norm in a Dutch municipal bylaw
description The utopian ideal of public space promotes it as the material manifestation of a freely accessible realm in which diverse social entities engage with one another to discuss, debate and form an inclusive society. In reality, access to and participation in public space is restricted for various factions of society. In the regulation of public space formal law plays a large, albeit not exclusive, role. Intrinsically formal law is presumed to come from above and beyond, and technically law is indeed emanated top-down by legislative authorities. The initiative to law however can originate from elsewhere. The case study presented here offers an example of law being enterprised from within, as a bottom-up strategy to claim dominance over a shared space and an attempt to block access to competing factions. Law then is wielded as a vertical power strategy between citizens, in which government has to struggle not to be reduced to an instrument in the hands of the elite. The case narrates the attempt of residents to have a municipal ban on using cannabis installed on a small inner-city playground in Amsterdam. This article aims to contribute to literature on juridification of social relations, the production of space and the making of law. El ideal utópico del espacio público promueve éste como la manifestación material de un territorio de acceso libre en el cual entidades sociales diversas interactúan para debatir y formar una sociedad inclusiva. En la realidad, el acceso y la participación en el espacio público están restringidos para varias facciones de la sociedad. El derecho formal desempeña un rol considerable, aunque no exclusivo, a la hora de regular el espacio público. Este artículo explora los intentos de los residentes de conseguir una prohibición municipal sobre el uso del cannabis en un pequeño parque de juegos de Amsterdam, constituyendo un ejemplo de iniciativa para utilizar el derecho como estrategia de dirección ascendente para reclamar una dominación sobre un espacio compartido. Al utilizarse el derecho administrativo como estrategia de poder entre ciudadanos, el gobierno debe hacer un esfuerzo para no verse reducido a mero instrumento en manos de la élite. El artículo intenta hacer una aportación a la literatura sobre la juridificación de las relaciones sociales, la producción del espacio y la creación de derecho. Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1196
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