%0 Journal Article %T Os Juristas da Tradi o Ocidental: discursos e arqu¨¦tipos fundamentais %A Vladimir de Carvalho Luz %J Sequ¨ºncia : Estudos Juridicos e Politicos %D 2012 %I Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina %X : This article aims to analyze the historical constructions of discourses as well as the typical symbolism of the experts of the legal field during some specific periods of the Western tradition. From that perspective, under the ¡°archetype¡± category, both the characteristics of such law experts and the production of their own rites and social roles are highlighted. This process of historical analysis emphasizes the peculiar symbolism resulting from the discourse of such social actors throughout pre-modern and modern historical formations. This work points to the fact that the perception of the historical articulation amid discourse, symbolism and power training is essential to evaluate the law area and its key players. Thus, critically evaluating contemporary law theories requires a minimal understanding of the complex social process in which jurists, in each historical moment, tend to assume certain symbolic representations so as to legitimate existing power structures.Resumo: O presente artigo analisa a constru o hist¨®rica dos discursos e a simbologia t¨ªpica dos peritos do campo legal durante per¨ªodos espec¨ªficos da tradi o ocidental. Nessa perspectiva, utilizando-se da categoria ¡°arqu¨¦tipo¡±, s o destacadas as caracter¨ªsticas dos experts na lei e a produ o de seus ritos e papeis sociais pr¨®prios. Neste processo de an¨¢lise hist¨®rica ¨¦ evidenciada a simbologia peculiar decorrente da fala destes atores sociais ao longo de forma es hist¨®ricas pr¨¦-modernas e modernas. O trabalho ressalta que a percep o da articula o hist¨®rica entre discurso, simbologia profissional e poder ¨¦ fundamental para se avaliar o campo do direito e seus atores fundamentais. Dessa forma, para se avaliar criticamente as teorias jur¨ªdicas contemporaneas, ¨¦ preciso que haja uma compreens o m¨ªnima desse complexo processo social em que os juristas, em cada momento hist¨®rico, tendem a assumir certas representa es simb¨®licas necess¨¢rias ¨¤ legitima o de estruturas do poder vigente. %K Jurists %K Archetypes %K Discourse %K Western Legal Tradition %K Juristas %K Arqu¨¦tipos %K Discurso %K Tradi o Jur¨ªdica Ocidental %U http://www.periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/sequencia/article/view/2177-7055.2012v33n64p161/22469