A informação jurídica como elemento norteador para o exercício da cidadania e a diminuição da exclusão social

Abstract

The information today occupies an extremely important place on society. Considered a basic mechanism on which lies all human activities, being informed constitutes one of the ways to keep yourself included and, therefore, fully exercise citizenship. The legal information, as it constitutes a legal structure of a society, that confuses itself with that, which is extremely important your knowledge by the citizen. However, by making use of its own language, not rare, hinders their understanding on the part of ordinary citizens untrained in the area. Thus, the individuals have interpretive difficulties or even lack of interest in those contents, not always reach all the complexity that the letter of the law offers them. From this prelude arises a tripod whose points correspond to the legal norm, the society and the exercise of citizenship. These elements, when balanced, offer a favorable condition that supports social equality. It is this perspective that guides this article. To do so, weaves initial considerations about the importance of information in society, whether through ICT or through traditional informational media. Then presents the social context of legal information and, finally, argues in favor of access to that information to exercise full citizenship. The methodology used for the construction of this work was based on the guidance of renowned scholars bibliography of legal and social areas, including the applied social sciences. The reflections made here are not definitive, but initial, where should start new ideas that contribute, directly or indirectly, to reduce social exclusion.