Law, violence and social movements: reflections from the case of the movement for the removal of statues
Flávio Roberto Batista,
Murilo Amadio Cipollone,
Lucas Oliveira Menditi do Amaral
Abstract:Using the epistemological instrument of historical and dialectical materialism, embodied in the critique of the legal form of Pachukanis, with the procedural modality attributed to it by Edelman, consisting of formulating theoretical developments from the immanent critique of judicial decisions, the article investigates the relations between law and violence, especially in light of its impact on social movements, from the case study of the legal dispute surrounding the removal of the statue of a Confederate ge… Show more
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