This article presents a general overview of Brazilian
sociolegal studies. After presenting a short historical narrative of
the field in Brazil, we argue that the early years of intense teaching
of legal sociology had a politically committed approach, which gave rise
to growing criticism of Brazilian legal scholarship that in turn
affected the self-image of law professors. Different theoretical strands
appeared in the years that followed, and some specific fields of
research gained importance, particularly those concerning a sociology of
the legal profession, the administration of courts, and law schools.
However, we contend that as time went by, many sociolegal scholars began
to neglect the critical approach to law, and today most of them fail to
confront critical aspects of the gap between law on the books and law
in action, especially when that gap affects lower classes or stigmatized
populations.
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