A philosophical approach about judger convictions in the decision-making process

Authors

  • Enoque Feitosa Sobreira Filho

Keywords:

Theory and philosophy of law. Normative implementation. Legal realism.

Abstract

The object and research problem of this essay is to examine the crisis and the heuristic limits of the conceptual mainstream that tries to circumscribe its understanding of law as a thing that depends only on the legislator, confusing the necessary, if not sufficient, aspect of production of the rule legislated with that other activity, of application and concretization by the public agent that decides in the judicial scope. The question is: why the decision-making and normative process repeatedly underestimated in our jurisprudence (here understanding as theory of law) in terms of legal activity? Our research hypothesis is that although the question demands theoretical efforts from other spheres of the theory of law, none of their practical fields need them to clarify it, since it is self-evident and a realistic examination of the activity decision-making. As for the method, this is a bibliographical research. The theoretical reference is that of legal realism as important general theory and philosophy of law.

Author Biography

Enoque Feitosa Sobreira Filho

Professor Associado na Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brasil. Doutor em Direito e em Filosofia, Pós-Doutorado em Filosofia do Direito. Leciona na Graduação em Direito e nos mestrados e doutorados em Direito e em Filosofia da UFPB. Coordena o Projeto CAPES de mobilidade internacional entre UFPB e UEM-Moçambique. Membro Gt Ética e Cidadania/ANPOF.

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Published

2018-04-30

Issue

No. 19

Section

Dossiê Ética e Cidadania

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