On the Aesthetics of Law

Abstract

An aesthetic comprehension of the juridical phenomenon is established in the process of History. Brazilian Law and Art's style had near resemblance each other during the predominance of Coffee Barons at the economical order and at the instances of political power. The whole tribe of coffee growers possessed the monopoly of the means of material and intellectual production. On account of it, Law and Art began to give voice to the dominant ideology. But this superstructure became obsolete because of the arrival of Industrial Capitalism. Then Law had to be modified so that it could support the vicissitudes of that brand-new sort of capitalism. Esthetic and Law wouldn't be compatible any longer. Gradually Art would begin to do without manifestations and public. That's why artistical law is ending. That's why art is dying away.