Construction of the minority concept and the theoretical discussion in the Law’s field

Abstract

This paper is characterized as original theoretical research, based on literature review, which propose a systematization literature from the following hypothesis: the minorities concept results from a construction historical-political--philosophical-social-theoretical, which basic elements derived from conceptu-al-pairs used by Social Sciences, namely: the conceptual-pairs minority-majority (political science), to par-conceptual dominance-subjugation (sociology) and to par-conceptual identity-difference/differentiation (anthropology). The following conclusion was reached: The review of the debate on the term minorities in the field of law demonstrates that the hypothesis proposed above is confirmed, as it made it possible both to systematize the literature and to understand the main arguments used by the different analytical strands.