CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR THE SEMIOTICS OF LAW – REVUE INTERNATIONALE DE SÉMIOTIQUE JURIDIQUE, ABSTRACT DEADLINE- 15 January 2026
The special issue proposes a reflection starting with the concepts of human rights, recognition, and decoloniality. The colonial language and knowledge, beginning with the expansion of Europe, has taken root, and developed across the globe. It is made up of a set of elements – past and ongoing colonial violence, capitalism, misogyny, and racism – which have now become an integral part of multiple relationships of subordination. It is not enough to proclaim decolonisation without calling into question colonial modernity, its practices, knowledge production, and the much-vaunted universal human rights.
We propose to articulate this journal issue around critical reflections around human rights and the intense debate that has arisen around their alleged universalism and effectiveness. We wish to interrogate the idea of a norm of universal recognition that risks becoming a normative imposition that nullifies cultural and identity specificities, generating an intrinsic tension between individual aspirations and social normative drives. We hope to recognise decoloniality as an option, perspective, analytic, project, and/or praxis in perpetual transformation.
Formalities
Papers should not exceed 15,000 words. Submissions which exceed this length will not be considered. Please take into consideration the journal’s author instructions
Submission of abstracts should be addressed to irene.strazzeri@unisalento.it and marta.vignola@unisalento.it
Key dates:
- – Abstract submission deadline: Abstracts of 300 words by 15 January 2026
- Full paper submission deadline: After selection, final papers should be submitted by April 2026.
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