Analphabetism in the 21st Century and its Legal Consequences

• Main Author: Marius Vacarelu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Danubius University 2011-05-01
• Series: EIRP Proceedings
• Subjects: analphabetism; functional analphabetism; juridical re-dimension of society; new legal order
• Online Access: http://www.proceedings.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/eirp/article/view/733/661

Every day we must note the main differences between well educated people and less ones. In fact,we can describe the human life like a continuous struggle between the pretensions: few people are to wellinformed, and the others cannot fulfill the same level. But these words are less important as conversation; thedifference is created by the modernization of the technology. In this case, population is forced to learn newskills, but there is, somehow, a real disproportion between the result: not everyone is able to learn well all thenew vocabulary, the new ideas of work and the new instruments of working, as computer or many others. Inthe same time, we must note that large categories of population, despite of free access to the education are nottrying to adapt to the modern provocations: more than that, they are not able to understand new ideas or newtechnologies. However, they live as normal persons, make juridical act and represent subject for juridicalreports. They are subjects of any branch of law, as the constitutions allowed. But this difference creates aquestion: can be a real gap between the ability to understand public or private law and its consequences?And, in this case, it might be possible to imagine some distinction between these kinds of persons? In ouropinion, next years might be able to introduce this subject on public debate agenda, and we must find – fromnow – an answer: the humanity of today is quite strange, and from this part of life surprises are always ready.The specialists of law cannot stay in former reality; they must imagine new provocations and new answers. Inour opinion, this direction is important for next years, and our text will try to find an answer for that.