Direito, ciência do social: o lugar dos juristas nos debates do Brasil nos anos 1930 e 1940

Abstract

This article analyzes the place of jurists in the debates in Brazil during the 1930’s and 1940’s. Through a study of the magazines Forense and Cultura Política, we sustain that proximities around topics such as the hostility to parliament, the search for an objective knowledge of society, projects of legislative reforms and the so-called “socialization of law” made it possible for the Vargas government to develop close ties with law graduates. In the early 1940’s, however, these relations grew strained, and several lawyers adhered to the liberal opposition to the Estado Novo dictatorship.