Law and lawyers tend to be seen as either preferential victims of or key counterforces to rising illiberalism. Brazil offers a good testbed for these claims. Brazilian democracy has deteriorated considerably, as epitomized by the election of Jair Bolsonaro in 2018. Yet, since 2014, law and lawyers have become ever more central to Brazil's field of state power. As the anti‐corruption initiative Car Wash (Lava Jato) gained momentum, Brazilian judges and prosecutors were celebrated, locally and globally, as champions of transparency, accountability, and ‘the rule of law’. Following a closer look at Car Wash, this article questions such idealization of law and lawyers. Drawing on research on press interviews and statements by Car Wash legal officers, I find that, throughout the case, they produced a ‘political grammar’ that is closer to illiberalism than many would predict. Based on recent developments in the sociology of fields, I argue that the production of these grammars yields societal effects that deserve scholarly and civic attention.

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从洗车到博尔索纳罗：巴西“不道德转向”中的律师和律师（2014–2018年）

法律和律师往往被视为日益猖rising的自由主义的优先受害者或主要反作用力量。巴西为这些主张提供了良好的试验平台。巴西民主已经显着下降，由贾尔·博尔森罗选举2018年集中体现然而，从2014年起，法律和律师已经变得越来越中央对国家权力的巴西的领域。随着反腐败倡议“洗车”（Lava Jato）的兴起，巴西法官和检察官在本地和全球范围内受到透明，问责制和“法治”的支持。在仔细研究“洗车”之后，本文对法律和律师的理想化提出了质疑。根据洗车法律人员对新闻采访和声明的研究，我发现在整个案件中，他们产生了一种“政治语法”，比许多人的预言更接近于自由主义。基于领域社会学的最新发展，我认为这些语法的产生产生了社会影响，值得学术和公民关注。