Abstract

MENDEZ, Pablo Martín. Neoliberalism and judicialization of politics: a possible genealogy. Estud. filos. práct. hist. ideas [online]. 2018, vol.20, n.1, pp.1-27. ISSN 1851-9490.

"Judicialization" is a broad phenomenon, which is the result of the confluence of innumerable historical trends and that produces diverse effects on economic, social and political practices. Some contemporary analysts have observed that the judicialization implies a profound transformation in government practices. This article argues that judicialization, especially the so-called "judicialization of politics", has close relations with neoliberalism. The problem is that, at present, there are few studies capable of corroborating this relationship. How and to what extent was the judicialization promoted by neoliberalism? To answer this question, we make a genealogical analysis on a set of documents written in the mid-twentieth century. According to our hypothesis, these documents emerge a program of government where the judicialization is not only admitted and even promoted, but also proposed as a privileged practice of state intervention on society.

Keywords : Practice; Governmental Program; Enterprise Society; Judicial Interventionism; Democracy.

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