La Crisis Civilizatoria como Desafío Jurídico Contemporáneo: Naturaleza, Género y Paz Desde una Perspectiva Crítica

The contemporary civilizational crisis cannot be understood solely as an environmental, economic, or political crisis. Rather, it represents a structural transformation of the modern paradigm and of the rationality that has shaped the current legal order. Within the field of law, there remains a tendency to address ecological collapse, gender inequality, or the expansion of social violence as independent phenomena, when in fact they share a common root embedded in the modern logic of separation and domination (Morin, 1999). This article argues that such fragmentation is not accidental but rather the expression of an instrumental rationality that has historically structured a legal system functional to the accumulation and concentration of power. The hypothesis suggests that as long as the legal order continues to operate under categories that privilege anthropocentrism, formal abstraction, and a restricted notion of equality, it will continue to reproduce—albeit indirectly—the very forms of violence it claims to regulate. From a critical-hermeneutic perspective, this study examines the legal configuration of nature, gender, and peace as interrelated domains rather than isolated agendas. Based on this analysis, the article proposes incorporating ecological justice, substantive equality, and positive peace as structural principles of contemporary law. In this context, transforming law is not a matter of trend or preference, but a historical necessity in light of the depth of the current crisis.