Introduction: Sociology of law and prison studies: The social uses of law within the prison’s legal field
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Este artículo examina el papel del derecho y sus usos sociales en el ámbito carcelario. Las prisiones son entornos institucionales saturados de normas jurídicas oficiales, pero su aplicación operativa está profundamente determinada por el orden social, simbólico y moral propio de la prisión. Al presentar las contribuciones recogidas en este número especial, el artículo explora cómo se moviliza, se reinterpreta o se hace ineficaz el derecho en la vida cotidiana de las prisiones. Hace un llamamiento a una sociología del derecho con base empírica que desplace la atención de los marcos jurídicos abstractos a las prácticas situadas a través de las cuales se invocan, impugnan o eluden las normas jurídicas. Los recursos jurídicos se conceptualizan así como parte de un repertorio más amplio de herramientas normativas desplegadas para ejercer el control institucional o articular prácticas de resistencia. Al adoptar una perspectiva sociojurídica, el artículo pretende replantear la relación entre las estructuras jurídicas formales y los órdenes normativos vividos que surgen dentro de las instituciones carcelarias. Contribuye a tender puentes entre los estudios penitenciarios y la sociología del derecho al abordar cuestiones fundamentales sobre el papel del derecho en entornos altamente regulados pero socialmente complejos.
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