Legitimate resistance and contested meanings of democracy

state repression and the 2013 protests

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Keywords:

Legitimate resistance, Legal mobilization, June 2013, Framing analysis, Protest control, State repression

Abstract

https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-8966/2025/88160

This paper investigates the theoretical divergences regarding the limits of legitimate resistance, drawing from the distinctions between the liberal and left perspectives as outlined by Brown and Halley in their critique of legal mobilization. By examining the Brazilian case, the June 2013 protests serves as an illustrative example to understand how the liberal view on the limits of resistance is realized in the interpretive frameworks advanced by state repression. Finally, the text points out that the controversies surrounding the legitimacy of certain social mobilizations reflect a deeper divide concerning the different meanings of democracy.

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Sofia Bordin Rolim, FGV Direito SP

Doutoranda em Direito e Desenvolvimento pela Escola de Direito de São Paulo da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito SP) e em Ciências Sociais pelo Departamento de Governo da Universidade de Bergen (UiB). Integrante do grupo de pesquisa Política de Controle do Protesto e Segurança Pública em Democracias (CNPq) e pesquisadora do Núcleo Direito e Economia Política (NUDEP/FGV). Agradeço ao professor Thiago Amparo e aos colegas da disciplina Direito e Mobilização Social a Partir de Teorias Críticas, da FGV Direito SP, cujas leituras e debates contribuíram diretamente para a elaboração do presente texto.

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Published

2025-11-03

How to Cite

Bordin Rolim, S. (2025). Legitimate resistance and contested meanings of democracy: state repression and the 2013 protests. Direito E Práxis, 16(4). Retrieved from https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/revistaceaju/article/view/87368

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 4 (2025): REVISTA DIREITO E PRÁXIS

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