Justice and human rights in the philosophy of law by Emmanuel Levinas

The present research presents a hermeneutic reconstruction of the concept of justice present in the philosophy of Emmanuel Levinas, as it appears in some of his writings. To fulfill the task announced, the relationship between responsibility and justice is initially analyzed, considering the recognition of the other by the moral conscience, appearing, then, the justice. Secondly, it is investigated the Levinasian understanding of human rights, considering the idea of the rights of the other man, in a clear inversion of the traditional conception of these rights. Finally, the study values the contribution of Emmanuel Levinas to the contemporary law philosophy, in the sense of the need for an epistemic reconstruction of the theory of justice and human rights.