SOCIAL HISTORY OF LAW FOR AND FROM LATIN-AMERICA

The essay's objective is to propose the incorporation of the concepts of social history for the construction of a critical history of Law in Latin-America. In the first part the initial definition of Law and History is established, then the possibilities that social history can bring to the explanation of Law are argued; after that historical time is analyzed, especially, the concept of long duration in relation to Law; in the last part, some brief notes for the construction of a social history of law in Latin-America are advanced. Results are preliminary, because the investigation is on its first stages.