1. Prohibitionism
contributions for a debate about the social goals of justice institutions
António Pedro Dores, June
Dep. Sociologia e CIES / ISCTE, Lisboa -Portugal

2. Practical problem
At least half of inmates world wide participate in drug market
Struggle against drug addicted has been unsuccessful
World economy is drug addict
What is prohibicionism as a social process?

3. Sociological problem
How homeopathic institutional judicial interventions organize (in)security feelings and (des)order?

4. Sociological hypothesis
Justice modern dogmatic goals should not be accepted as part of social theory
Justice should not be understood as superstructure but as infrastructure
Justice should be understood as a weberian way of disposing social violence, using it

5. Prohibitions
Quotidian prohibitions should be understand as institutional violence menace serving social parties against another parties
Justice institutions serve political design legality
Justice is another way to proceed with politics, even – or because – the state powers separation democratic principal

6. Prohibitionism
Specialized law (commercial, labour, criminal, fiscal) has to match and has to manipulate different kinds of social relationships
Each kind of law and jurisprudence are used to control market boarders and social actors liberty
Expanding criminal law (as “drug war” does) means more legal violence against excluded people and less liberty degrees available

7. Prisons
Prison systems all over the world serves prohibitionist global policy
Prison system is part of the institutional apparatus of neo-liberal violence against excluded people
Prison Reform must be a moral discussion on civilizational political goals
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8. Prohibitionism Modernity structure
(infra-structure-violence vs super-structure-control)
Maintenance and transformation
(social movements vs institutions)
Prohibitions as judicial manipulation of judicial institutions