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The document discusses the concept of modern law and its relationship to myth. It argues that modern law emerged from Enlightenment thinking which sought to separate law from myth and religion. However, modern law is still based on founding myths about concepts like the social contract and nationalism. It also marginalizes groups and legal systems not conforming to its own mythic foundations. While modern law denies its mythic roots, attempts to repress myth have allowed "monsters from the past to re-emerge in different forms in the present."
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