Dossiê Direito e Hierarquias Raciais: Conflitos, Permanências e Possibilidades de Transformação

2026-03-31

The thematic dossier “Direito e Hierarquias Raciais: Conflitos, Permanências e Possibilidades de Transformação” proposes to bring together research that critically analyzes the role of Law in the constitution, maintenance, and contestation of racial hierarchies in different historical and contemporary contexts. It starts from the recognition that Law, as a normative and institutional field, has been simultaneously an instrument for reproducing racial inequalities and a space for disputes, resistance, and reinventions aimed at promoting racial justice.

Works that discuss racial conflicts in the legal sphere, the permanencies of structural and institutional racism in norms, practices, and judicial decisions, as well as the possibilities of transformation from critical, decolonial, anti-racist, and intersectional perspectives, will be accepted. The dossier seeks to foster reflections on human rights, citizenship, public policies, the justice system, criminalization, affirmative actions, access to justice, memory, reparation, and dissident legal epistemologies, favoring interdisciplinary and plural approaches.

  • Deadline for submission: 05/21/2026.

  • Expected publication: November/2026.