TITLE:
Philosophy and Philosophy of Law: Between the Limits and Possibilities of Justice
AUTHORS:
César Augusto Carra
KEYWORDS:
Philosophy, Philosophy of Law, Theories of Law, Interpretation, Judicial Activism
JOURNAL NAME:
Beijing Law Review,
Vol.16 No.2,
June
9,
2025
ABSTRACT: This article, in the form of a dissertation-argumentative text, aims to reflect on the concepts and scopes of philosophy and the philosophy of law in order to, having stripped away its objective of modifying empirical reality in order to achieve a better society, demonstrates how philosophy in law is relevant in dealing with one of the most intriguing themes involving the theory of law, namely judicial activism, and the possibilities and limits of justice. Inquiring into the organic division of state power, based on the assumption that justice is privately administered by the Judiciary, embodied in the person of the judge, it asks about the limits and possibilities of justice in contemporary society and to what degree it has the ability to modify or constitute reality and the law around it, especially in view of the provision implemented by art. 8 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which significantly innovates in relation to what is dictated by art. 5 of the Law of Introduction to the Norms of Brazilian Law.