The production of legality in Argentina’s criminal Justice and the uses of legal framework in a comparative perspective

Authors

  • Lucía Eilbaum Programas de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia e em Justiça e Segurança, Universidade Federal Fluminense http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8948-0108

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica.i.a55311

Keywords:

Ethnography, Justice, Law, Criminal Investigation, Legal Traditions.

Abstract

Based on the ethnography developed in Buenos Aires’s criminal justice system, in this article I discuss what I call the production of legality in the investigative process. Considering the procedural reform that gave greater prominence to the public attorneys and separated the powers of investigation and judgment, previously concentrated in the role of the judge, I seek to address how prosecutors and police investigators invest themselves in the adaptation of the legal form of the various investigative procedures developed during the pre-trial stage. This discussion is also based on the method of comparison by contrast with the criminal system in Rio de Janeiro. From this perspective, I seek to contribute to the discussion of how different uses of the legal framework result in different ways of producing evidence, different relationships between the institutions of the judiciary system.

French version: https://journals.openedition.org/bresils/15513

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Author Biography

Lucía Eilbaum, Programas de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia e em Justiça e Segurança, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Professora do Departamento de Antropologia e dos Programas de Pós-graduação em Antropologia e de Justiça e Segurança da Universidade Federal Fluminense. Doutora em Antropologia pela Universidade Federal Fluminense.

Published

2023-11-30

How to Cite

Eilbaum, L. (2023). The production of legality in Argentina’s criminal Justice and the uses of legal framework in a comparative perspective. Antropolítica - Revista Contemporânea De Antropologia. https://doi.org/10.22409/antropolitica.i.a55311

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Dossiê Temático