BACHARELISMO E IDEOLOGIA: AS ORIGENS DOS CURSOS DE DIREITO NO BRASIL
BACHARELISMO E IDEOLOGIA: AS ORIGENS DOS CURSOS DE DIREITO NO BRASIL
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DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.00623161117
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Palavras-chave: Bacharelismo; Ideologia; Cursos de Direito
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Keywords: Bachelorism; Ideology; Law Courses
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Abstract: The legal culture in Brazil has historically coexisted with contradictions, inequalities, ruptures, crises, advancements, and setbacks and conflicts associated with neocolonial capitalism, reflecting a stance of dependence, as observed by Wolkmer (2010). The pursuit of critical and demystifying interpretations becomes essential to break away from the historically imposed traditional perspective. In the context of capitalism, law plays a crucial role in regulating property and production relationships. It serves as both repressive and ideological, functioning as a tool for both the superstructure and the infrastructure. Althusser (1999) argues that law combines repression with ideology, and thus can be understood as an ideological apparatus of the State. Legal education also had a significant role in maintaining the status quo, with traditional pedagogy prevailing and reproducing knowledge aligned with liberalism. Martínez (2006) highlights that legal education in Brazil reinforced liberalism, reproducing ideologies through a traditional pedagogy that was less inclined towards transformation. The influence of Law Academies extended to shaping the political, economic, and social configuration of the country, shaping established models. Thus, understanding the ideological origins of legal education in Brazil is crucial to comprehend how Law Academies influenced the political, economic, and social structuring of the country. The evolutionary process of Brazilian legal culture reflects the complex interactions among law, capitalism, power relations, and the formation of dominant classes.
- Guilherme Benette Jeronymo