Critérios para diferenciação e autonomia do direito diante dos demais sistemas normativos e a coercitividade

Abstract

The text addresses the issue of the distinction between law and other types of ethical norms, such as religion and morals. It departs from the Aristotelian roots of the problem and observes the various historical criteria built by the general theory of law, such as heteronomy, alterity, bilaterality and others, arguing the thesis that they can all be reduced to coercitivity, understood as the threat of organized violence authorized by sanction. It also seeks to respond to the objections against coercitivity as a distinctive character of law.