“Os operários não mentem perante a Justiça”: Análise do exercício da advocacia de Antônio Ferreira Martins em Pelotas (RS) de 1941 a 1945.

Abstract

His thesis examines how the role of the lawyer Antonio Ferreira Martins contributed to the struggle of the working class of Pelotas (RS) against employers in the implementation of the Labor Court process. During the period of authoritarian phase Getulio Vargas government, the Estado Novo, Brazilian society has experienced significant social, cultural and economic changes. Within this context, in 1939, he graduated in Law Antonio Ferreira Martins. worker's son and militant of Brazil's Communist Party (PCB), the young Martins saw the Labour Law a new field to be explored professionally. In addition to enabling a good financial return, this field allowed the reconciliation of their profession to political ideologies. Notions class, justice (Thompson, 1987) are used to understand the process of active participation of the working class in the construction and regulation of Brazilian labor legislation. The discussion around the concept of "legal field" (Bourdieu, 2001) analyzes how the social actors move in this space from the rules and conventions laid down in this field. Through reflections on memory (Candau, 2011) and supported by the methodology of History Thematic Oral (Meihy, 1998), it was used in the survey three interviews that contributed to perceive different aspects of the searched character. The thompsonianas notions of Law and Law, contributed to the analysis of legal claims in which the lawyer Martins served. Through this analysis it becomes possible "personalizing" the legal field, highlighting what their operating strategies and arguments to capture and defense of their clients.