This article aims at discussing the relations between lawyers and politics, in general, and between lawyers and the state, in particular. It will do so by analyzing empirical evidences about Brazilian legal elites, and by applying the concept of field of power. It will also be analyzed data about the action of lawyers and politicians during the 2004 Judicial Reform, as an empirical reference to understand the interaction between those actors in an institutional political process. The analysis of individual trajectories will complete the prosopography of lawyers in order to show the relations between law and politics. As a conclusion, the article will argue the continuity of the structural relations between law and politics, recently characterized by movements and replacements due to the rising of political and legal expertises, and to the progressive and relative of the legal field.
Law and Politics; Lawyers; Legal Elites; Legal Field; Field of Power
Fonte: Supremo Tribunal Federal (2009).
Fontes: Supremo Tribunal Federal (2009) e dados de 2010 do Senado Federal e Ministério da Justiça, consultados em seus sites. Elaborado pelo autor.
Fonte: Supremo Tribunal Federal (2009).
Fonte: elaborado pelo autor.
Fonte: Supremo Tribunal Federal (2009).