FROM WOLKMER TO LUHMANN AN OBSERVATION OF LEGAL PLURALISM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS THEORY

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Lucas Lanner De Camillis
Marcelo Maduell Guimarães
Renata Almeida da Costa

Abstract

The primary objective of this article is to examine Wolkmer's critical theory of legal pluralism through the observational lens of Luhmann's social systems theory. Consequently, the main question posed by the article is: how is legal pluralism observed through the lens of social systems theory? To address this question, the article is divided into three parts, each with a specific objective: a brief introduction to the theory of legal pluralism; an explanation of some assumptions of social systems theory; and, finally, the observation of legal pluralism within social systems theory, which is the main objective of the article. Legal pluralism will be examined within two systemic theories: Teubner's polycontexturality and Neves' transconstitutionalism. Both theories are used to strengthen the central thesis of the paper: legal pluralism as communication. The method employed is a bibliographic review of the two main theoretical references: Wolkmer and Luhmann. Based on this, a theoretical construction of interweaving between both theories will be undertaken, enabling the translation of legal pluralism into social systems theory.

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LANNER DE CAMILLIS , Lucas; MADUELL GUIMARÃES, Marcelo; ALMEIDA DA COSTA , Renata. FROM WOLKMER TO LUHMANN: AN OBSERVATION OF LEGAL PLURALISM FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOCIAL SYSTEMS THEORY. Revista de Sociologia, Antropologia e Cultura Jurídica, Florianopolis, Brasil, v. 10, n. 2, 2025. DOI: 10.26668/IndexLawJournals/2526-0251/2024.v10i2.10847. Disponível em: https://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/culturajuridica/article/view/10847. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.
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Lucas Lanner De Camillis , Universidade LaSalle

Doutorando pela Universidade La Salle, bolsista CAPES/PROSUC (2023-atual), mestre em Direitos Humanos, bolsista CAPES/PROSUP, pelo Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis (2022), pós-graduado em direito internacional aplicado pela Universidade São Judas Tadeu (2023). Pesquisador e professor. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1287-7390. E-mail: lucas_lanner@hotmail.com.

Marcelo Maduell Guimarães, Universidade LaSalle

Doutorando e Mestre em Direito e Sociedade pela Universidade La Salle. Graduado em Direito pela Universidade Católica de Pelotas. Professor e advogado. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-9918-2419. E-mail: maduellguimaraes@gmail.com.

Renata Almeida da Costa , Universidade LaSalle

Doutora em Direito (Unisinos, 2010). Mestre em Ciências Criminais (PUCRS, 2002). Bacharel em Direito (UPF, 1998). Professora e pesquisadora do Programa de Pós-graduação em Direito da Universidade La Salle. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-4668. E-mail: renata.costa@unilasalle.edu.br.