A literatura auxilia a operação do Direito

Carlos Drummond de Andrade once reminded us that "laws are not enough, lilies do not grow from laws." Law, by itself, proves insufficient to regulate society if it does not draw upon other branches of human knowledge. But how, ultimately, does the art of words connect with legal practice? This central provocation guided the debate on this week's "Pod Chegar," the podcast of the Judicial School of the 5th Region/Bahia. To delve deeper into the relationship between Law and literature, the program welcomed Professor Antônio Sá, from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), who offered profound reflections on language, hermeneutics, and the human condition itself within the judicial environment. During the episode, fundamental points were discussed, such as: The narrative dimension of the process: If Law presents itself as a confrontation of stories, to what extent does legal rationality resemble literary rationality? "Literary Imagination": How the classics—from Sophocles and Shakespeare to Graciliano Ramos and Guimarães Rosa's Grande Sertão: Veredas—function as a life laboratory for legal professionals dealing with diverse realities and cultures. Combating "Legalese": The fine line between necessary technical language and the hermeticism that distances justice from the average citizen.