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WITKER, Jorge. The Social Sciences and the Law. Bol. Mex. Der. Comp. [online]. 2015, vol.48, n.142, pp.339-358. ISSN 2448-4873.

Presents an overview of Social Sciences highlighting the two most important visions, positivism and interpretivism resulting in quantitative and qualitative research. With these ventures into the classic paradigms of law epistemic approaches. Three dimensional conception of law, proposes a constructivist epistemological framework that overcomes the formal look - dualistic to locate the law as an instrument of social change varied creative potential meaning.

Palavras-chave : Law; Social Science; Positivism; Interpretation.