Trajectories, networks and itineraries of political builders of the law nº 6.697/1979 (“Code of Minors”)

Abstract

This paper’s aim is to understand the construction of the legal frameworks that have governed the political treatment of families and childhoods in Brazil right before the promulgation of the Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente. This work investigates, in particular, the latest Código de Menores (Law 6.697/1979) – normative instrument broadly criticized by experts and activists. The proposal is to investigate the repertoires of action, the routes and the networks of the political enthusiasts of this Law. Reflecting on the making of Laws allows us to understand the changes incorporated by the State in the last two decades and who are the militants interested on saying both the Family Law and the child and adolescent Rights.