O Direito como fluxo e duração: uma crítica à ontologia da soberania em Sandro Chignola

Augusto Jobim do Amaral; Antonio Justino de Arruda Neto

doi:10.53981/destrocos.v7i2.66660

Authors

Augusto Jobim do Amaral Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul
Antonio Justino de Arruda Neto Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5188-3198

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53981/destrocos.v7i2.66660

Keywords:

Law, experience, critique, Sandro Chignola

Abstract

Diritto vivente: Ravaisson, Tarde, Hauriou offers a profound reconsideration of the foundational categories of modern legal thought. Rather than understanding law as an expression of sovereignty, state authority, or positive normativity, Sandro Chignola reconstructs the legal phenomenon through the notion of “living law,” conceived as a process immanent to social practices. To accomplish this task, he draws upon three authors who remain relatively marginal within contemporary legal scholarship: Félix Ravaisson, Gabriel Tarde, and Maurice Hauriou. The book demonstrates how habit, repetition, imitation, and institution constitute essential elements for understanding law as a dynamic and historical reality. In Ravaisson, habit emerges as an ontological principle linking nature and action; in Tarde, law arises from networks of imitation and invention that structure social life; in Hauriou, institutions appear as living organisms capable of incorporating temporality and adapting to collective transformations.The principal contribution of the work lies in its critique of sovereignty-centered and normativist approaches. By foregrounding duration, experience, and social creativity, Chignola develops an alternative conception of law that transcends the limits of legal positivism. The result is an original and significant contribution to contemporary legal and political theory, inviting readers to rethink law as an evolving and productive dimension of social life.

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Author Biographies

Augusto Jobim do Amaral, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Augusto Jobim do Amaral é professor permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Criminais e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Filosofia, ambos da PUCRS. Doutor em Altos Estudos Contemporâneos (Ciência Política, História das Ideias e Estudos Internacionais Comparativos) pela Universidade de Coimbra (Portugal); Doutor, Mestre e Especialista em Ciências Criminais pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS).
Antonio Justino de Arruda Neto, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul

Antonio Justino de Arruda Neto é doutor em Direito pela Faculdade de Direito do Recife - UFPE. Mestre em Filosofia pela UNISINOS. Professor de Direito da Faculdade Nova Roma - Caruaru.