H2020Индивидуална стипендия2021–2023

LOWRISK · The role of civil liability reform in fire risk reduction in Iberian Peninsula (18th and early 19th centuries)

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2021-09-01 → 2023-08-31
Финансиране от ЕС: 172 932 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF

Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите.

Накратко на български

Историческото управление на пожарите в Испания анализира как промяната в законите превръща неволно причинените пожари от граждански спорове в престъпления. Разбирането на тези правни и културни фактори помага за подобряване на съвременните стратегии за превенция и намаляване на рисковете.

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The role of civil liability reform in fire risk reduction in Iberian Peninsula (18th and early 19th centuries)

Summary LOWRISK aimed at delving into the historical management of fire in Spanish society, with a specific focus on the reform of civil liability and its influence on fire regulation throughout the history of the Spanish Monarchy. The project was distinguished by its extensive geographical perspective, encompassing Iberian and American territories, and by its extensive chronological range, covering from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. Issue Addressed by LOWRISK The central issue focused on the historical discipline of fire management in Spanish society. The objective was to understand the evolution of this discipline and how it was influenced by changes in the concepts and practices of civil liability. Specifically, the investigation delved into the transition from considering unintentional fires as civil matters to categorizing them as crimes. Importance for Society The relevance of LOWRISK extends to multiple dimensions. Firstly, this project shed light on how legal and cultural factors have influenced society’s attitudes and behaviours regarding fire. This understanding is fundamental in informing modern fire prevention policies and risk reduction strategies. Additionally, LOWRISK underscored the significance of historical memory in risk perception, demonstrating how it can contribute to reducing risk construction and, ultimately, making society less vulnerable to hazards. Overall Objectives LOWRISK set a series of overall objectives, each contributing to a comprehensive understanding of the issue: O1 To specialize in the synchronic and diachronic comparison of normative translation. This objective involved meticulous research and analysis of the evolution of legal norm in different cultural contexts over time. The emphasis was on identifying global trends and common patterns in legislation and legal practices. O2 To fill an historiographical gap, studying as in the past the reform of civil liability played a decisive role in raising awareness of the society towards a more prudent use of fire and in the consequent reduction of the fire risk. O3 To propose a methodology allowing the study of civil liability and its role in fire risk reduction in other cultural contexts, not considered by this research, both European and non-European. O4 To enclose academic discourses of History and Law. O5 To demonstrate to society the role that civil liability reform can play in reducing risks.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

The Anthropocene forces society to rethink the civil liability. Since it has been demonstrated that human activity to have a significant impact on the planet, and it has been responsible for the ever more destructive and frequently fires, droughts and heatwaves, the parties should no longer be exempted from their contractual obligations or duties due to alleged this extreme events. It is necessary a reform of civil liability, that forces contracting parties to face an increased risk at the individual level: a reform remarkably like the one that during the Modern Era allowed to contrast another anthropic risk, the fires. This parallelism has not yet been analysed by historiography: the project LOWRISK aims to fill this historiographic gap, demonstrating that during 18th and early 19th centuries the reform of civil liability, resulting in a progressive reduction of the circumstances that allowed considering a fire as a fortuitous case, played a determining role in the progressive reduction of fire risk. In this way, the action will allowed to show to society the important role that the civil liability reform can have in reducing the anthropogenic risks, and to highlight that historical memory can contribute to the social perception of risk, making society less vulnerable to hazards. To achieve its goals, LOWRISK will carry out an interdisciplinary and comparative research that will enclose the academic discourses of History and Law, using the categories and methodology of the Global History of Law. The research will be based on the historical judicial records produced by different judicial institutions, operating in European and American Spanish and Portuguese territories. LOWRISK will equip the fellow with enhanced knowledge in Legal History and new skills in the synchronic and diachronic comparison of the processes of normative translation thought legal practices and institutions between different cultural contexts, and it will open new career prospects in Europe.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSIDAD DE NAVARRA · PamplonaКоординаторИспания