A new concept for social work legal expertise: challenges of a research/intervention based on Pierre Bourdieu’s theory
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https://doi.org/10.7764/rts.79.23-34Keywords:
Expert’s social evaluation, structural constructivism, second order cyberneticsAbstract
The judicial reform in our country meant a paradigmatic and radical change, as well as the modernization of the judicial body’s structure, the adaptation of the infrastructure and the inclusion of a new and more qualified human resource. The social work’s legal expertise has, under this new judicial system, a more frequent, massive and diverse inclusion, than it had before. Therefore, it is relevant to ask about the theoretical, methodological and explanatory coherence in which is based the social work assessment when acting as legal expert. The proposal presented here, based on applied research, is a methodologically and theoretical valid concept for civil, criminal and family matters, that guarantees well founded assessments when applying Bourdieu structural – constructive theory.
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