the interpretation of legal texts such as statutes and constitutions has presented problems from the earliest times to the present day. plato urged that laws be interpreted according to their spirit rather than literally. Voltaire expressed the view that to interpret the law is to corrupt it. montesquieu viewed the judge as simply the mechanical spokesman of the law. the role of the Judge has b...

he modernization project launched by the West two centuries ago, was based on three pillars: State-logic, Capital-logic and Ratio-logic; formulated in part by Montesquieu (France), Smith (Britain) and Kant (Germany). The logic of the State implied centralization of coercive power, tempered by democracy. The logic of Capital implied market forces for economic power, tempered by anti-monopoly cla...

Tradução do texto originalmente intitulado "Dissertation sur la politique des Romains dans religion", de Charles-Louis Secondat, barão La Brède e Montesquieu. Trata-se trabalho apresentado no dia 18 junho 1716 à Academie Royale Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts Bordeaux somente publicado após a sua morte.

Este artigo centra-se nas leituras e apropriações da história feitas por Antônio Luiz de Brito Aragão Vasconcelos em sua defesa geral dos réus pelo crime lesa-majestade, decorrente do envolvimento na Revolução 1817, buscando mostrar como elas lhe foram essenciais ação advogado. São analisadas também defesas dois específico, parceria com outros advogados, a saber: Manoel Gonçalves Rocha, réu Man...