| Sumario: | The article focuses on the interplay between class relations and law, particularly how legal frameworks shape and reinforce economic inequalities and class divisions in contemporary society. It critiques the under-theorization of "class" within legal scholarship and proposes a model that defines class as a collective and antagonistic relationship around essential material resources, rather than merely an individual economic status. The author examines how law allocates rights of collective action differently across class groups—capital, upper-middle-class professionals, and the working class—highlighting the structural advantages that capital enjoys in enforcing its interests, while also addressing the challenges faced by workers in organizing and asserting their rights. The article concludes by emphasizing the need for a critical legal theory of class that encompasses various dimensions of social subordination, including race and gender, and acknowledges the historical evolution of class relations within legal contexts.
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