El acceso a la tierra y su criminalización: la situación de campesinos e indígenas en Mendoza, Argentina

Article

Authorship

ALVAREZ, LUCIANA

Date

2010

Publishing House and Editing Place

Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law

Magazine

SORTUZ. OÑATI JOURNAL OF EMERGENT SOCIO-LEGAL STUDIES., vol. 4 (pp. 111-129) - ISSN 1988-0847
Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law

ISSN

1988-0847

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This work consists in an analysis and systematization to the juridical and political situation of farmers and indigenous people in Mendoza city, Argentina, related to the defense of their territories. Despite of it is a specific studio circumscription to the reality of an Argentinean city, it allows us to understand the way it is articulate the relation between the Justice and social powerful sectors which produce the farmers and indigenous people’s law violation. Considering the common h... This work consists in an analysis and systematization to the juridical and political situation of farmers and indigenous people in Mendoza city, Argentina, related to the defense of their territories. Despite of it is a specific studio circumscription to the reality of an Argentinean city, it allows us to understand the way it is articulate the relation between the Justice and social powerful sectors which produce the farmers and indigenous people’s law violation. Considering the common heritage of Latin- American countries on their institutional history in which, after European colonization, the independent governments consolidate civil and criminal laws established over the private property, our work contributes to comprehend the phenomena around the region.