JUDICIAL REVIEW AND RULE OF LAW: CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE (IN)ADEQUACY OF PROCEDURALIST THESIS TO BRAZILIAN LAW

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Abstract

This article aims to analyze the applicability of procedural theses to the Brazilian constitutional structure. To achieve this end, the book “democracy and distrust” by John Hart Ely was chosen as a representative of this theoretical current. This choice, however, was not discretionary. It is based on the fact that Ely's work was one of the first theoretical efforts to explain and limit the activity of the US Supreme Court. In addition, the text has a strong influence on later writings that can be considered procedural, including within the scope of Brazilian constitutional theory. For the analysis proposed in this article, Ely's text was related to the characteristics of Brazilian constitutionalism. Conclusively, the inadequacy of procedural theses to Brazilian law was verified.

Author Biographies

  • Luiz Felipe Machado Muraca, University of Ribeirão Preto

    Mestrando em Direitos Coletivos e Cidadania na Universidade de Ribeirão Preto. 

  • Rafael Tomaz de Oliveira, University of Ribeirão Preto

    Mestre e Doutor em Direito Público pela UNISINOS (RS). Professor Titular do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direitos Coletivos e Cidadania e do Curso de Direito da Universidade de Ribeirão Preto (UNAERP). Diretor de Ensino, Pesquisa e Extensão da mesma Universidade.

Published

2024-03-07

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Constituição Cidadã: Carta de Resistência e Navegação das Diferenças

How to Cite

JUDICIAL REVIEW AND RULE OF LAW: CONSIDERATIONS ABOUT THE (IN)ADEQUACY OF PROCEDURALIST THESIS TO BRAZILIAN LAW. (2024). Anais Do Congresso Brasileiro de Processo Coletivo E Cidadania, 11(11), 1023-1049. https://revistas.unaerp.br/cbpcc/article/view/3202

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