Work in the judiciary courts in a socioeconomic context of unemployment, exclusion and poverty

This paper analyses various components of the work in the judiciary processes: the judiciary courts (as institutions), legal doctrines, legal cultures, and how these components relate to socio-economical marginality in the heavily populated areas in the Buenos Aires conurbation in light of the socio-economical crisis after 2001.

 Work in justice administration in Argentina has involved a process of profound changes in social structures manifesting themselves more intensely since the last decade of the 20^th century.

 This paper analyses how the needs of a population living in a social context characterized by poverty, marginality and precariousness (of work and life) influence identities, culture and forms of conscience of judicial workers in the judiciary courts of Buenos Aires conurbation.

 Through the analysis of the organizational structure of justice administration, we investigate changes in law and transformations in social representations of judiciary workers and in the division of functions, occupations and tasks in courts of the Buenos Aires conurbation.

 Considering the context of social crisis, we observe the abilities of judiciary agents to respond to the difficulties of work in courts of the Buenos Aires conurbation with a population characterized by social exclusion and poverty. Since only a superficial view of daily routine of work in the judiciary organisms would consider this as a marginal or irrelevant problem.