Vocación de poder. Los abogados porteños a través de las colaciones de grado. 1884-1919

Abstract

The article discusses the formation of a fraction of the ruling elite of Buenos Aires at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth century. The law degree was always linked to power and the formation of the ruling class in Buenos Aires. By the reading of Colacion de Grados speeches of Phd degrees in jurisprudence the objective would be to investigate aspects of the actors themselves rescuing their academic and social function. This view is meant to highlight the role of the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires as a privileged access channel to the ruling class. At the same time the attempt it´s to observe how the preparation given in the classroom training was not looking necessarily for the performance of the legal profession but was oriented to the formation of political leaders.