Proposal for a Political Theory of Law: the relationship between law and power in its articulation with politics and violence

The present article treats about the relationship between law and power in its articulation with politics and violence. The work claims to demonstrate that this relation reveals a zone of indeterminacy between the intricacies of law and politics. With this, it intends to show the foundations for an...

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Main Authors: Henrique Garbellini Carnio, Willis Santiago Guerra Filho, Joaquim Eduardo Pereira
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Faculdade de Direito de Vitória 2017-06-01
Series:Revista de Direitos e Garantias Fundamentais
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Online Access:http://sisbib.fdv.br/index.php/direitosegarantias/article/view/854
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Summary:The present article treats about the relationship between law and power in its articulation with politics and violence. The work claims to demonstrate that this relation reveals a zone of indeterminacy between the intricacies of law and politics. With this, it intends to show the foundations for an introduction to a theory of politic-law, which are the basis of a theory that aims to contribute in an emphatic and in critical way in the discussion of the current legal problems, in particular, the characteristics situations that show a use of law as manipulative governance force that causes disorientation of life itself and reveals a dimension in which the law and institutions who use it turn against themselves, thus generating a profound trivialization of the concepts of legality and legitimacy in a context of self-immunity crisis.
ISSN:2175-6058