Reconceptualizacao do positivismo juridico: analisis comparativo da heranca comteana no Brasil e direito constitucional francês

Resumen El concepto de “positivismo” puede encontrarse en una gran variedad de materias tal como la sociologia, el derecho o la filosofia. Asi, no existiria un positivismo, sino positivismos. Sin embargo, fue un hombre solo quien preciso esta innovacion terminologica y conceptual: el frances Auguste Comte. Sus aspiraciones a una reorganizacion social duradera y radical hicieron evolucionar su “espiritu positivo” y su “filosofia positiva” en busca de lo que se llama positivismo. Pero, ?que significa exactamente esa palabra? Mas aun, ?existiria un positivismo juridico comtiano? Para responder a esas preguntas, hare un analisis comparativo del derecho constitucional frances y de la cultura juridica brasilena. Abstract Behind the term “positivism” lies a multitude of currents of thought in fields as varied as sociology, law or philosophy: therefore, there would not be one but positivisms. Yet it is one man who is at the origin of this terminological and conceptual innovation that upset the nineteenth century: the French Auguste Comte. The influence of his philosophy on the construction of Brazilian thought, both political and social, is certain. But what about Brazilian law? Would legal positivism be of “comtian” essence? To answer these questions, it will be proceeded to a comparative method between French constitutional law and the Brazilian legal culture.