Civil disobedience as a constituent/dis-instituting power

Authors

  • Andityas Soares de Moura Costa Matos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/rechtd.2019.113.07

Abstract

In this paper, I aim to present a new interpretation of civil disobedience with the objective of revealing its potential in the construction of an anti-capitalist radical democracy. After discussing the differences between constituent and dis-instituting power, both of which are activated by civil disobedience, the study concludes by indicating some of the characteristics and forms of civil disobedience that can be seen as images of constituent and dis-instituting power.

 

Author Biography

Andityas Soares de Moura Costa Matos, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Graduate in Law, Master in Philosophy of Law and Ph.D. in Law and Justice (Law School of the Federal University of Minas Gerais – UFMG, Brazil). Ph.D. in Philosophy (Coimbra University, Portugal). Associate Professor of Philosophy of Law and related disciplines at UFMG’s Law School. Member of the Permanent Body of the Law Graduate Programme at UFMG’s School of Law. Visiting Professor at the University of Barcelone, Spain (2015-2016). E-mail: vergiliopublius@hotmail.com

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2020-02-18

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Vol. 11 No. 3 (2019): September/December

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