Social movements and the law: the legal group inside the occupation of Porto Alegre city council in 2013

This work is part of the research project developed by the Observatory on New Social Movements and Law in Brazil at La Salle University, focusing in the city of Porto Alegre and on the occupation of the City Council on July of 2013, which is placed in the context of the protests against the increase...

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Main Authors: Fiammetta Bonfigli, Germano Andre Doederlein Schwartz, Fabricio Pontin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2020-02-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Subjects:
law
Online Access:http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/904
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Summary:This work is part of the research project developed by the Observatory on New Social Movements and Law in Brazil at La Salle University, focusing in the city of Porto Alegre and on the occupation of the City Council on July of 2013, which is placed in the context of the protests against the increase of bus fares and for free fare, attempting to understand the relationship between the political organization of the <em>Bloco de Lutas pelo Transporte Publico</em> and its legal group during the eight days of City Council occupation. We conducted semi-structured interviews with members of the occupation in order to clarify the dynamics in the movement and its understanding of the relationship between law and social movements, highlighting the deferment of the eviction order and the elaboration of two Bills as fundamental moments of the relationship between the collective organization of the occupation and its legal team.<br /><br /> Este art&iacute;culo forma parte de un proyecto de investigaci&oacute;n desarrollado por el Observatorio de Nuevos Movimientos Sociales y Derecho de la Universidad La Salle de Brasil. Nos centramos en la ciudad de Porto Alegre y en la ocupaci&oacute;n de su ayuntamiento en julio de 2013, en el contexto de las protestas contra el aumento de las tarifas de autob&uacute;s y a favor del transporte gratuito. Intentamos comprender la relaci&oacute;n entre la organizaci&oacute;n pol&iacute;tica del Bloco de Lutas pelo Transporte Publico y su grupo jur&iacute;dico durante los ocho d&iacute;as que dur&oacute; la ocupaci&oacute;n. Realizamos entrevistas semiestructuradas con miembros de la ocupaci&oacute;n para aclarar las din&aacute;micas del movimiento y c&oacute;mo entend&iacute;a la relaci&oacute;n entre derecho y movimientos sociales, destacando el aplazamiento de la orden de desalojo y la elaboraci&oacute;n de dos leyes como momentos fundamentales de la relaci&oacute;n entre la organizaci&oacute;n colectiva de la ocupaci&oacute;n y su equipo jur&iacute;dico.<br /><br /> <strong>Available from:</strong> <a href="https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1040" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1040</a>
ISSN:2079-5971