THE LEGAL CRITIQUE OF OSCAR:

LEGACY AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THINK A LEGAL SOCIOLOGY SINCE FROM LATIN AMERICA

Abstract

Abstract: Oscar Correas left a legacy full of fundamental contributions to Latin American legal critique. It is noteworthy that his work was always formulated in connection with praxis, in order to contribute to the elaboration of reflections committed to the transformation of Nuestra America's unfair social reality. Thus, his legal theory is linked to the trajectory of struggle experienced in our region and to the ethical and political positions adopted by the author, which are based on a heterodox reading of the Marxist contributions to thinking the Law. Since the 1980s, contributions to Legal Sociology are found, which are concretely applied to understand indigenous rights. In other words, starting from some categories, we will recover the reflections of his work, in order to contribute to a critical reading of the law, in particular, of the regional experiences of the so-called subversive legal systems. Therefore, our objective is to present the sociological thinking of Oscar Correas, specifically visualizing the place of Indigenous Law as an expression of the legal pluralism proposed in his writings.
Keywords: Latin America; Legal Critique; Critical legal sociology; Legal pluralism; Indigenous Law.