The law on the body and the body beyond the law: the conception of Brazilian legal scholars on the crime of obscene act in the sociology of the body perspective

<p>This article presents a sociological analysis of the crime of "obscene act" under the Brazilian Criminal Code. Through the Discourse Analysis, it intends to understand the jurists’ ideas of the body and obscenity, as well as how the authors of legal handbooks exemplify the behavio...

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Main Author: Ana Paula Antunes Martins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Rede de Pesquisa Empírica em Direito 2015-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
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Online Access:http://www.reedpesquisa.org/ojs-2.4.3/index.php/reed/article/view/57