Sociolegal scholars have long debated the effectiveness of legal mobilization as a strategy for achieving social change. In addition to evaluating outcomes of wins and losses
in court, they have identified several indirect effects of legal mobilization on social movements. [...]
System avoidance refers to the tendency of individuals who are concerned about formal social control (e.g., incarceration, immigration enforcement, or the removal of children
from their families) to avoid surveilling institutions that engage in recordkeeping. [...]
Mounting climate-related floods, fires, droughts and storms across the globe raise crucial questions about the role of law in adjudicating rights and obligations. While climate
litigation attracts scholarly attention, vulnerable populations often lack the means to use formal laws and courts. [...]
As Chile embarked on a constitutional replacement process during its worst-ever drought, local environmental activists secured significant representation at the Constitutional
Convention responsible for drafting a new constitution, and successfully integrated provisions on climate change and water protection. [...]
The International Court of Justice (ICJ), often referred to as the “World Court,” plays a central role in the field of international law. Despite the significance of this
court, socio-legal scholarship has not examined the ICJ’s inner workings due to limited access. [...]
A partir de 2014, a política brasileira foi sacudida pela operação Lava Jato (LJ), uma iniciativa anticorrupção centrada no direito. A LJ expôs um grande esquema de corrupção
na empresa nacional de petróleo, a Petrobras, envolvendo seus diretores, dirigentes de partidos políticos e grandes empreiteiras. [...]
