POPULAR ACTION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF DEMOCRACY: AN EXERCISE OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY AND CITIZENSHIP

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The present work discussed the popular action on the constitutional bias, mainly addressing the democratic principle and the principle of popular sovereignty. It aimed to demonstrate that popular action is an effective instrument for the control of public affairs and public morality through the Judiciary. He highlighted that this instrument represents an exercise of participatory democracy, in which the people themselves exercise power. Using an exploratory-bibliographic research, guided by the analytical-deductive method. As a result, it was found that the 1988 Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil admits participatory democracy, that is, it allows the people to participate in the government in their own interest based on popular sovereignty. In this way, the Brazilian citizen will be able to supervise the entire Administration in a broad sense, guided by its morality and probity and, in this way, contribute to maintaining the integrity of the system. Achieving such pretensions means acting with citizenship in addition to cooperating so that the democratic regime guarantees freedom, equality and the dignity of the human person, these being the main values of democracy. Thus, it remains demonstrated that popular action is a powerful instrument that should be more used by Brazilian citizens in order to realize true democracy in Brazilian society.

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Wendy Luiza Passos Leite, UNAERP

Master's student in Law at the University of Ribeirão Preto (UNAERP) with a CAPES scholarship. Postgraduate in Public Law and Labor Law from Universidade Cândido Mendes. Graduated in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais.

Juvêncio Borges Silva, UNAERP

Post-doctorate in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (2010), PhD in Sociology from the Júlio de Mesquita Filho State University - UNESP (2005), Master in Sociology from the University of Campinas - UNICAMP (2000), Graduated in Law from Faculty of Law of Franca (1997), Graduated in Social Sciences from the Faculty of Philosophy of Passos - FAFIPA (1992), Specialization in Didactics and Higher Education Planning from the Faculty of Philosophy of Passos - FAFIPA (1992). He is a full professor at the Ribeirão Preto Teaching Association and the Centro Educacional Hyarte - ML Ltda. He teaches the Master's and Doctorate Program in Collective Rights and Citizenship at the University of Ribeirão Preto. He is an associate member of CONPEDI - National Council for Research and Postgraduate Studies in Law.

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2024-03-07

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Passos Leite, W. L., & Borges Silva, J. (2024). POPULAR ACTION AS AN INSTRUMENT OF DEMOCRACY: AN EXERCISE OF POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY AND CITIZENSHIP. Anais Do Congresso Brasileiro De Processo Coletivo E Cidadania, 11(11), 295–316. Retrieved from https://revistas.unaerp.br/cbpcc/article/view/3144

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Vol. 11 No. 11 (2023): BRAZILIAN CONGRESS OF COLLECTIVE PROCESS AND CITIZENSHIP

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Cidadania e estado democrático de direito

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