The law of the Oppressed

Storytelling in (Poetic) Legal Arguments

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Storytelling, Critical legal methods, Outsider jurisprudence, Equality

Abstract

https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-8966/2023/72015i

Storytelling as a method for knowledge production has long been introduced and adopted in legal settings, particularly by critical legal scholars. The contributions of the method have been acknowledged, but it has also been criticized. The present paper is interested in one criticism: the idea that the verifiability of personal stories is impossible and, hence, that storytelling-based legal arguments are unacceptable or weak. This paper does not offer one final answer to this criticism, but it provisionally suggests that, if storytelling-based legal arguments are analyzed in a holistic manner, we can see that even if the stories that, at their core, cannot be verified– or, in the limit, even if they are not true –the broader social claims that derive from them and that anchor the legal argument, can – and should.

Keywords: Storytelling; Critical legal methods; Outsider jurisprudence; Equality.

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Author Biography

Taís Penteado, FGV Direito SP

Mestre pela Yale Law School (LLM, Turma de 2022), com bolsa do Lilian Goldman Perpetual Scholarship Fund. Doutoranda em Direito e Desenvolvimento (foco em Direito Constitucional e Teorias Críticas do Direito) na FGV Direito SP (conclusão prevista: 2023), com bolsa Mario Henrique Simonsen de Ensino e Pesquisa e Bolsa CAPESP PROSUP (Nov/2021 - Agosto/2022). Mestre pela FGV Direito SP, com bolsa Mario Henrique Simonsen de Ensino e Pesquisa e apoio financeiro da FAPESP. Graduada em Direito pela FGV Direito SP, com Bolsa Mérito Luiz Simões Lopes no último ano. Pesquisadora no Núcleo de Justiça e Constituição e no Núcleo Gênero e Direito, ambos da FGV Direito SP. Professora, advogada e consultora. Foi Tandem Fellow, com apoio financeiro da Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, no Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law (Freiburg, Alemanha). Interesses incluem direito constitucional, direitos fundamentais, teorias críticas do direito e igualdade

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Published

2023-10-23

How to Cite

Penteado, T. (2023). The law of the Oppressed: Storytelling in (Poetic) Legal Arguments. Direito E Práxis, 15(3). Retrieved from https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/revistaceaju/article/view/72015

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Vol. 15 No. 3 (2024): REVISTA DIREITO E PRÁXIS

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