Abstract

[Humanities and the question of what is meant by law. The horizon of the jurist beyond the “par-tiality” of positive law] The meritorious IX National Conference of ISLL, through the specific view of narrative dimensions, stimulates a reflection on what should be under-stood by “law”: such a not surprisingly “recurring” question (Hart) is constantly reiter-ated with reference to various historical periods and different latitudes. In its “differ-ent perspectives”, the Law and Humanities binomial goes far beyond a mere cultural ex-ercise: it compels us to reflect on the multifaceted variability and mutability of the constitutive factors of the “legal dimension” (syntagma dear to Paolo Grossi), which go beyond the sole provisions' implementation. The varied artistic and narrative mani-festations represent instruments to understand the human condition with which the law must relate. Multidisciplinarity and attention to artistic expression are a must for a contemporary jurist. The jurist can only be a Siddhartha, a seeker (Hesse) who is not afraid to discover uncharted lands and can sail bravely through the sea storm of unsat-isfied orderly needs.