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HENRIQUE VIEIRA, Anderson; FARIAS, Talden  y  CASTRO-DIAZ, Ricardo. Legal pluralism and the production of urban space: an approach based on scales of power. Perspectiva Geográfica [online]. 2025, vol.30, n.1, 18020.  Epub 20-Feb-2025. ISSN 0123-3769.  https://doi.org/10.19053/uptc.01233769.18020.

The article aims to explore the relationship between Law and the social production of Space, proposing legal pluralism as a theoretical-methodological alternative capable of shaping/understanding/recognizing the multiplicity of spatial configurations and their forms of production. In this sense, the following questions arise: does law concern itself with territorialities? How does Law act in the production of space? To this end, it emphasizes a methodological perspective based on scales of power, on how to conceive the relationships between multiple legal orders, rationalities, and/or normative practices that sometimes dispute the production and appropriation of space. The article is a theoretical elaboration that used a qualitative literature review as its methodology. The main conclusion is that state law often fails to capture territorial dynamics and multiculturalism, imposing norms that do not reflect the needs of individuals and situating them in marginality, illegality, and non-place. Thus, legal pluralism would qualify as an approach that enables a closer empirical approximation and a more accurate understanding of normative social practices, allowing for a more democratic and participatory view of urban space production.

Palabras clave : Urban Space; Law; Power.

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