Law and justice in contemporaneity under the view of legal hermeneutics

Abstract

This article proposes to analyze the relationship between law and justice from the perspective of legal hermeneutic criticism, envisioning in this way to minimize possible injustices resulting from the application of the law or even as an indication of omissions in the legislative system. Demonstrating the importance of Law as a promoter of Justice in favor of the defense of dignified life, the investigation of Justice and Law is under the focus of the legal hermeneutic criticism that acts to understand the importance of law for human life, a true safeguard against unconstitutional norms that generate injustice. The present research face the question about the ineffectiveness of the norms, which tolerate the person’s right to dignity, generating social inequality. For this, as a methodological path for the development of the work, the hypothetical deductive method is used and as a procedure the theoretical deepening through bibliographical research in legal and philosophical books and in the available databases.